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Private foundation (trust)EIN 461031067Est. 2013-02

START SOMETHING THAT MATTERS FOUNDATION

BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212

Total Assets

$1.3M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$3.4M

FY 2023

Grants Made

14

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$246K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$10K–$1.0M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$480K

Total Expenses

$3.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$3.4M

Distributable Amount

$176K

Min. Investment Return

$182K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

14 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $10K through median $50K to maximum $1.0M, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2023. Peak $6.8M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

68 grants

JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
$2.2M
3 grants
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION
$2.0M
2 grants
HEALING ADVOCACY FUND
$1.5M
2 grants
PSFC
$1.1M
2 grants
INDIGNEOUS MEDICINE CONSERVATIVE FUND
$1M
2 grants
EVOLVE FOUNDATIONS DAF-VETERANS ACCELERATION PROGRAM
$1M
1 grant
CHARITY GLOBAL
$847K
4 grants
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES
$515K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

68 grants

<$10K
9
grants
$10–50K
27
grants
$50–250K
16
grants
$250K–1M
14
grants
$1–5M
2
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

14 states

California
$6.5M
47% of total
Maryland
$2.3M
16% of total
Oregon
$1.6M
11% of total
New York
$1.4M
10% of total
Wyoming
$713K
5% of total
Texas
$520K
4% of total
District of Columbia
$300K
2% of total
Arkansas
$280K
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$220K
2% of total
Utah
$50K
0% of total

+4 more states

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