Private foundation (trust)EIN 271444039Est. 2012-12

PROJECT PARADIGM

LOS ANGELES, CA 90066

Total Assets

$8.8M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$65K

FY 2023

Grants Made

12

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$5K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$132–$25K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$66K

The paradigm challenge: the paradigm challenge is an innovation competition that inspires youth aged 4 to 18 to use stem skills plus kindness, creativity, and collaboration to help solve important problems. More than 100,000 youth have participated so far. The first annual challenge invited youth to create new ways to reduce injuries and fatalities from home fires, the second annual challenge invited youth to generate new ideas to reduce waste. The third annual challenge invites youth to submit ideas to improve personal health through wellness and/or healing. The fourth annual challenge seeks ideas to improve food security and/or address any of the three prior challenge topics. The fifth challenge, as well as the current challenge, seeks ideas to improve biodiversity and/or any of the first four challenge projects.

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$288K

Total Expenses

$320K

Qualifying Distributions

$222K

Distributable Amount

$400K

Min. Investment Return

$403K

Payout rate 55%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.55%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

12 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $132 through median $3K to maximum $25K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2019 to 2023. Peak $65K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

206 grants

ANIRUD R
$25K
1 grant
AUSTIN P
$25K
1 grant
SOFIA O
$25K
1 grant
SEGAL V
$3K
1 grant
JUSTYN B
$3K
1 grant
SARAH P
$3K
1 grant
SHREYA R
$3K
1 grant
ASTRID S
$3K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

206 grants

<$10K
203
grants
$10–50K
3
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

1 states

California
$120K
100% of total

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