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Funder Directory›The James Irvine Foundation

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Private foundation (trust)EIN 941236937Est. 1939-11

The James Irvine Foundation

San Francisco, CA 94104

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Total Assets

$3.3B

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$174.1M

FY 2023

Grants Made

686

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$254K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$150–$10.4M

Typical

Deadlines

—

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$2.1M

to recognize and support diverse leaders whose work improves lives, creates opportunity, and contributes to a better California, through The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards.

Program 2

$276K

to support learning and reflection among worker rights organizations, including the design of future evaluations, that assess impact and inform strategies to advance the wages, rights, and protections of low-wage workers in California.

Program 3

$202K

to support Better Careers' New Fund grantee engagement and convening costs.

Program 4

$191K

to raise awareness of the impact of wage theft on low-income workers, and the role of strategic enforcement among policymakers, funders, and the media.

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$219.8M

Total Expenses

$224.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$203.8M

Distributable Amount

$157.2M

Min. Investment Return

$159.7M

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

686 grants

Min

Median

Max

$150$9K$10.4M

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

Central Valley Community Foundation

$10.4M

1 grant

Community Foundation of San Joaquin Inc

$7.6M

3 grants

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$7M

2 grants

Capitol Impact Consulting LLC

$4.5M

2 grants

Reinvent Stockton Foundation

$4.4M

1 grant

Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Los Angeles campus

$4.1M

3 grants

Common Counsel Foundation

$4.0M

2 grants

Latino Community Foundation

$4.0M

2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K

199

grants

$10–50K

grants

$50–250K

grants

$250K–1M

grants

$1–5M

grants

$5M+

grants

Geographic Focus

12 states

California

$150.4M

87% of total

District of Columbia

$13.3M

8% of total

New York

$5.8M

3% of total

Massachusetts

$2.7M

2% of total

Washington

$850K

0% of total

Louisiana

$250K

0% of total

Michigan

$250K

0% of total

Nevada

$75K

0% of total

Florida

$30K

0% of total

Wisconsin

$20K

0% of total

+2 more states

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