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Augustyn Foundation Trust

Claremont, CA · EIN 95-3673855. Reported 153 grants totalling $716,197 to 68 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,000median grant
$716,197granted, 2021-2025
68recipients, as named on its returns
63%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,408,712assets, latest filing

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. Augustyn Foundation Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
17 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
63 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
41 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
30 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Navy Seal Foundation IncVirginia Beach, VA$60,000332025
Special Operations FundArlington, VA$40,000442025
Jmt WildernessMenlo Park, CA$35,000552025
St Joseph's Indian School South DakotaChamberlain, SD$33,000442025
Schlitz Audubon Nature CenterMilwaukee, WI$27,500442025
Raymond Alf MuseumClaremont, CA$25,000332023
Yosemite ConservancySan Francisco, CA$22,882112023
Webb SchoolsClairemont, CA$21,000332023
Raymond M Alf MuseumClaremont, CA$20,000222025
St Labre Indian SchoolClaremont, CA$20,000222025
Yosemite ConservancyArlington, VA$20,000222022
Yosemite FoundationSan Francisco, CA$20,000222025
Triumvirate TheaterKenai, AK$17,000332023
Doheny Eye InstituteLos Angeles, CA$15,500552025
Kdll Public Radio AlaskaKenai, AK$15,500332023
Catholic AnswersEl Cajon, CA$15,000112025
K9'S for WarriorsPonte Vedra Beach, FL$14,000442025
St Labre Indian SchoolAshland, MT$13,000222022
Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$11,500442025
Carmelite SistersAlhambra, CA$11,000332025
Dominican Sisters of Mission San JoseFremont, CA$11,000552025
Save the Redwoods LeagueSan Francisco, CA$11,000552025
American Red CrossWashington, DC$10,000222025
Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceDenver, CO$10,000112022
Faith Lutheran High School AssociationLa Verne, CA$10,000112022
High Country News MagazinePaonia, CO$10,000112021
Ica School - Immaculate ConceptionSan Francisco, CA$10,000112021
Lakeview Area Public Library PaSandy Lake, PA$10,000222025
Milwaukee School of Enggrohmann MuseumMilwaukee, WI$10,000112022
The Salvation ArmyBrookhaven, GA$10,000222025
University of Milwaukee - HsMilwaukee, WI$10,000112021
Dominican Sisters of MaryLos Angeles, MI$9,000112021
Guide Dogs of the DesertWhitewater, CA$9,000332025
Lakeview Area Public LibrarySandy Lake, PA$9,000332023
Museum of Natural History LanhmLos Angeles, CA$8,315112025
American Red CrossBoone, IA$7,000332023
ASPCA American Prevent Cruelty AnimalsNew York, NY$6,000442025
St Anne's Family ServicesLos Angeles, CA$6,000332025
Arf Animal RescueWalnut Creek, CA$5,000112022
Assistance LeagueBurbank, CA$5,000112022
Doctors Without BorderHagerstown, MD$5,000112023
Eternal Word Television NetworkIrondale, AL$5,000552025
Institute for the Study of Mongolian DinosaursSan Francisco, CA$5,000112024
Nature ConservancyLos Angeles, CA$5,000112023
Our Lady of the AssumptionLos Angeles, CA$5,000112021
Pickle Hill Public Broadcasting IncKenai, AK$5,000222025
Right to LifeAlexandria, VA$5,000112025
Salvation ArmyCarson, CA$5,000112023
Triumverate TheaterJacksonville, FL$5,000112024
Webb SchoolsBell Buckle, TN$5,000112025
St Scholastica PrioryPetersham, MA$4,500552025
Vital Ground FoundationMissoula, MT$4,000442024
CASA Colina FoundationPomona, CA$3,500222022
Defenders of WildlifeWashington, DC$3,000332025
World Wildfire FundWashington, DC$2,500332025
ASPCA American Prevent Cruelty AnimalsWashington, DC$2,000112023
Wounded Warrier ProjectJacksonville, FL$1,500112024
Wounded Warrior ProjectTopeka, KS$1,500112023
Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL$1,500112025
Animal Rescue FoundationWheaton, IL$1,000112023
Arf Animal RescueSeguin, TX$1,000112024
Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UT$1,000222022
David & Margaret Youth ServicesLa Verne, CA$1,000222022
Guide Dogs of AmericaSylmar, CA$1,000222022
Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$1,000222022
St Anne's SchoolFall River, MA$1,000222022
World Wildlife FundWashington, DC$1,000112023
Wounded Warrior ProjectSan Diego, CA$1,000222022

41 of 68 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 63%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 64 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Education
12 grants
Animal Welfare
10 grants
Religion
10 grants
Environment
10 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202134$135,000$2,000
202233$137,500$3,000
202326$112,382$3,000
202430$154,500$4,000
202530$176,815$5,000

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.

Where its money goes

43% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

California
$307K
Virginia
$138K
Wisconsin
$48K
Alaska
$38K
South Dakota
$33K
Florida
$22K
Colorado
$20K
Pennsylvania
$19K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund21 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc19 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc16 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program16 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc15 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation13 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Augustyn Foundation Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 2058 N Mills Avenue 245, Claremont, CA, 91711. 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.

EIN 95-3673855 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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