Funding search · EIN 954594473 · Los Angeles, CA

Samuelson Charitable Foundation

Name: Samuelson Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

66
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

California Lutheran University1 grant · $250,000
Occidental College1 grant · $250,000
Beacon Housing3 grants · $110,500
La Canada Presbyterian Church2 grants · $83,500
Bridges3 grants · $47,500
Connect 2 Ministries2 grants · $47,500
Door of Hope2 grants · $45,000
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church3 grants · $36,000
Ymca of the Foothill2 grants · $26,500
Christ Lutheran Church3 grants · $24,000

Giving over time

$185,515

2022

$179,957

2023

$699,000

2024

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
California Lutheran University · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2024
General program support
$250,000
Occidental College · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General program support
$55,000
La Canada Presbyterian Church · La Canada, CA · 2022
General program support
$52,000
Beacon Housing · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General program support
$29,500
Beacon Housing · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General program support
$29,500
Connect 2 Ministries · Simi Valley, CA · 2024
General program support
$29,000
Beacon Housing · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General program support
$28,500
La Canada Presbyterian Church · La Canada, CA · 2023
General program support
$28,000
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church · Louisville, CO · 2022
General program support
$25,000
Door of Hope · Pasadena, CA · 2023
General program support
$20,000
Bridges · La Canada, CA · 2024
General program support
$20,000
Door of Hope · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General program support
$18,500
Crossroads Community Church · Valencia, CA · 2024
General program support
$18,000
Connect 2 Ministries · Simi Valley, CA · 2023
General program support
$16,500
Ymca of the Foothill · La Canada, CA · 2023
General program support
$16,000
Bridges · La Canada, CA · 2023
General program support
$14,000
Christ Lutheran Church · Santa Clarita, CA · 2024
General program support
$11,500
Bridges · La Canada, CA · 2022
General program support
$10,000
The Madeleine Choir School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General program support
$10,000
Ymca of the Foothill · La Canada, CA · 2024
General program support
$7,500
New Hope Lutheran Church · Agoura Hills, CA · 2024
General program support
$7,000
Hollywood Church of Christ · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General program support
$7,000
Rose Drive Friends Church · Yorba Linda, CA · 2024
General program support
$5,000
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church · Louisville, CO · 2024
General program support
$5,000
Marin Catholic High School · Kentfield, CA · 2024
General program support
$5,000
Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club · Santa Clarita, CA · 2024
General program support
$5,000
The Church at Rancho Bernardo · San Diego, CA · 2024
General program support
$5,000
Christ Lutheran Church · Santa Clarita, CA · 2023
General program support
$5,000
Hollywood Church of Christ · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General program support
$5,000
New Hope Lutheran Church · Agoura Hills, CA · 2023
General program support
$5,000
Rose Drive Friends Church · Yorba Linda, CA · 2023
General program support
$5,000
Christ Lutheran Church · Santa Clarita, CA · 2022
General program support
$5,000
Hollywood Church of Christ · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General program support
$5,000
New Hope Lutheran Church · Agoura Hills, CA · 2022
General program support
$5,000
Rose Drive Friends Church · Yorba Linda, CA · 2022
General program support
$3,000
Community United Methodist Church · Bowie, AZ · 2024
General program support
$3,000
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church · Louisville, CO · 2023
General program support
$3,000
Highlands Church · La Crescenta, CA · 2023
General program support
$3,000
The Church at Rancho Bernardo · San Diego, CA · 2023
General program support
$3,000
Connect2ministries · Simi Valley, CA · 2022
General program support
$3,000
Highlands Church · La Crescenta, CA · 2022
General program support
$3,000
The Movement Church · San Marcos, CA · 2022
General program support
$2,500
Blue Water Film Festival · C, CA · 2023
General program support
$2,500
San Dieguito United Methodist Church · Encinitas, CA · 2022
General program support
$2,000
Crossroads Community Church · Valencia, CA · 2023
General program support
$2,000
Little Wishes · San Anselmo, CA · 2023
General program support
$2,000
Fireside Elementary School · Louisville, CO · 2022
General program support
$1,500
Los Angeles Conservation Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General program support
$1,500
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary · Pittsburg, PA · 2023
General program support
$1,500
San Marcos High School Athletic Booster Club · San Marcos, CA · 2023
General program support
$1,500
St Nicholas Orthodox Church · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General program support
$1,500
Ymca of the Foothills · La Canada, CA · 2022
General program support
$1,265
Arlington Garden in Pasadena · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General program support
$1,200
Pasadena Educational Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2023
General program support
$1,000
Buena Vida Amigos · Tempe, AZ · 2024
General program support
$1,000
Los Angeles Conservation Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General program support
$1,000
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary · Pittsburg, PA · 2024
General program support
$1,000
Carlsbad Boys and Girls Club · Carlsbad, CA · 2023
General program support
$1,000
Fireside Elementary School · Louisville, CO · 2023
General program support
$1,000
Get Lit-Words Ignite · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General program support
$1,000
Pat Tillman Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2023
General program support
$1,000
La Conservation Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General program support
$1,000
Pat Tillman Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2022
General program support
$500
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General program support
$257
Arlington Garden in Pasadena · Pasadena, CA · 2023
General program support
$250
Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope · Oakland, CA · 2022
General program support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.