Ann Peppers Foundation
Pasadena, CA · EIN 95-2114455. Reported 230 grants totalling $6,468,000 to 74 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ann Peppers Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $176,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena City College Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $473,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Door of Hope | Pasadena, CA | $265,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Union Station Homeless Services | Pasadena, CA | $215,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Villa Esperanza Services | Pasadena, CA | $215,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Playhouse State Theater of California Inc | Pasadena, CA | $190,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Professional Child Development Associates | Pasadena, CA | $170,750 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Armory Center for the Arts | Pasadena, CA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley | Altadena, CA | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cancer Support Community Pasadena | Pasadena, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $146,500 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Village Girls Academy New Village Charter School Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $130,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Conservatory of Music (pcm) | Pasadena, CA | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Noise Within | Pasadena, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| College Access Plan | Pasadena, CA | $120,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inner-City Arts | Los Angeles, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Children's Chorus | Pasadena, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Master Chorale Association | Los Angeles, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Symphony Association | Pasadena, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA De Las Amigas Dba CASA Treatment Center | Pasadena, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Hope (dba Elizabeth House) | Pasadena, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young & Healthy | Pasadena, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley | Monterey Park, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fund for Partnership for Success | Pasadena, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Pasadena San Marino YMCA | South Pasadena, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Frostig Center | Pasadena, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens | San Marino, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Convalescent Aid Society | Pasadena, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flintridge Center | Pasadena, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kidspace Children's Museum | Pasadena, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museique | Pasadena, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Long Beach, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Pasadena | Pasadena, CA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| USC Pacific Asia Museum | Pasadena, CA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foothill Unity Center | Pasadena, CA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Huntington Medical Research Institutes (hmri) | Pasadena, CA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jericho Road Pasadena | Pasadena, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salastina | Glendale, CA | $80,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Gooden Center | Pasadena, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Get Lit Words Ignite | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partners in Care Foundation | San Fernando, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy | Pasadena, CA | $65,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arroyos and Foothills Conservancy | Pasadena, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Families Forward (formerly Mothers' Club) | Pasadena, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Parson's Nose Theater | Pasadena, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Families Forward (formerly Mother's Club) | Pasadena, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pasadena Community Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saint Justin Education Fund for Los Angelesascending Lights | Los Angeles, CA | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cancer Support Community Greater San Gabriel Valley | Sierra Madre, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Focusing Philanthropy - Reading Partners | Santa Monica, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rose Bowl Aquatic Center | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America Greater Los Angeles Area Council | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation | Arcadia, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Red Hen Press | Pasadena, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Voices Project | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mount Wilson Institute | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern California Public Radio | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ecumenical Council of Pasadena Area Congregations Dba Friends in Deed | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends in Deed - Ecumenical Council of Pasadena Area Congregations | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wayfinder Family Services | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ecumenical Coucil of Pasadena Area Congregations Dba Friends in Deed | Pasadena, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Women for International Understanding (awiu) | Schaumburg, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pasadena Senior Center | Pasadena, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ameican Women for International Understanding (awiu) | Schaumburg, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nacd Pacific Southwest Chapter | Redondo Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California San Diego Foundation (ucsd) | La Jolla, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Multicultural Women Executive Leadership Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Song for Charlie | Pasadena, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
58 of 74 (78%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 84%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Pasadena City College Foundation
ANN PEPPERS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR PUSD GRADUATES - Villa Esperanza Services
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $30K & CAPITAL CAMPAIGN HOPE MOVES FORWARD $100K - Armory Center for the Arts
2-YR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $60K & $50K CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley
SUPPORT PASADENA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT 16-WEEK VACCINATION PROGRAM & STI INITIATIVE - The Salvation Army
CAPITAL SUPPORT FOR PASADENA HOPE CENTER - Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND CONSERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 159 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | $1,513,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 60 | $1,610,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 60 | $1,851,000 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 54 | $1,494,000 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Ann Peppers Foundation has 10 of them, worth $666,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Pasadena City College Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $426,000 |
| Convalescent Aid Society | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 |
| Get Lit Words Ignite | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 |
| Los Angeles Children's Chorus | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 |
| Pasadena Symphony Association | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Museique | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 |
| Salastina | Glendale, CA | $20,000 |
| Parson's Nose Theater | Pasadena, CA | $15,000 |
| Red Hen Press | Pasadena, CA | $15,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ann Peppers Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 177 E Colorado Blvd 800, Pasadena, CA, 91105. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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