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Augustyn Foundation Trust

Claremont, CA · EIN 95-3673855. Reported 123 grants totalling $539,382 to 63 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,000median grant
$539,382granted, 2021-2024
63organizations funded
46%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,264,802assets, 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
51 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
31 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
23 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Navy Seal Foundation IncVirginia Beach, VA$35,000222024
Jmt WildernessMenlo Park, CA$30,000442024
Special Operations FundArlington, VA$30,000332024
Raymond Alf MuseumClaremont, CA$25,000332023
St Joseph's Indian School South DakotaChamberlain, SD$23,000332024
Yosemite ConservancySan Francisco, CA$22,882112023
Webb SchoolsClairemont, CA$21,000332023
Yosemite ConservancyArlington, VA$20,000222022
Schlitz Audubon Nature CenterMilwaukee, WI$17,500332024
Triumvirate TheaterKenai, AK$17,000332023
Kdll Public Radio AlaskaKenai, AK$15,500332023
St Labre Indian SchoolAshland, MT$13,000222022
K9'S for WarriorsPonte Vedra Beach, FL$11,000332024
Doheny Eye InstituteLos Angeles, CA$10,500442024
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
Milwaukee School of Enggrohmann MuseumMilwaukee, WI$10,000112022
Raymond M Alf MuseumClaremont, CA$10,000112024
St Labre Indian SchoolClaremont, CA$10,000112024
University of Milwaukee - HsMilwaukee, WI$10,000112021
Yosemite FoundationSan Francisco, CA$10,000112024
Dominican Sisters of MaryLos Angeles, MI$9,000112021
Lakeview Area Public LibrarySandy Lake, PA$9,000332023
Dominican Sisters of Mission San JoseFremont, CA$8,000442024
Save the Redwoods LeagueSan Francisco, CA$8,000442024
American Red CrossBoone, IA$7,000332023
Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$6,500332024
Carmelite SistersAlhambra, CA$6,000222024
Guide Dogs of the DesertWhitewater, CA$6,000222024
American Red CrossWashington, DC$5,000112024
Arf Animal RescueWalnut Creek, CA$5,000112022
Assistance LeagueBurbank, CA$5,000112022
Doctors Without BorderHagerstown, MD$5,000112023
Institute for the Study of Mongolian DinosaursSan Francisco, CA$5,000112024
Lakeview Area Public Library PaSandy Lake, PA$5,000112024
Nature ConservancyLos Angeles, CA$5,000112023
Our Lady of the AssumptionLos Angeles, CA$5,000112021
Salvation ArmyCarson, CA$5,000112023
The Salvation ArmyBrookhaven, GA$5,000112024
Triumverate TheaterJacksonville, FL$5,000112024
ASPCA American Prevent Cruelty AnimalsNew York, NY$4,000332024
Eternal Word Television NetworkIrondale, AL$4,000442024
St Anne's Family ServicesLos Angeles, CA$4,000222024
Vital Ground FoundationMissoula, MT$4,000442024
CASA Colina FoundationPomona, CA$3,500222022
St Scholastica PrioryPetersham, MA$3,500442024
Pickle Hill Public Broadcasting IncKenai, AK$3,000112024
ASPCA American Prevent Cruelty AnimalsWashington, DC$2,000112023
Defenders of WildlifeWashington, DC$2,000222024
World Wildfire FundWashington, DC$1,500222024
Wounded Warrier ProjectJacksonville, FL$1,500112024
Wounded Warrior ProjectTopeka, KS$1,500112023
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

34 of 63 (54%) 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 46%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
10 grants
Animal Welfare
8 grants
Religion
8 grants
Environment
8 grants
Human Services
7 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

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

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 42% 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.

California
$228K
Virginia
$92K
Wisconsin
$38K
Alaska
$36K
South Dakota
$23K
Colorado
$20K
Florida
$18K
Montana
$17K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund20 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc18 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc15 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program15 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc14 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  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 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

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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