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Glen and Dorothy Stillwell

Pasadena, CA · EIN 95-6751888. Reported 117 grants totalling $1,729,025 to 76 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$1,729,025granted, 2020-2024
76recipients, as named on its returns
31%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,394,904assets, 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. Glen and Dorothy Stillwell 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $60,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
1 grant
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
99 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
9 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

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
Scholar's Hope FoundationGarden Grove, CA$90,000442024
Nashville Anti Human Trafficking CoalitionNashville, TN$73,000222022
Assistance League Huntington BeachHuntington Beach, CA$60,000332024
Mariposa Women and Family CenterOrange, CA$60,000332023
Lestonnac Free ClinicOrange, CA$55,000442023
CASA TeresaOrange, CA$50,000332023
South County OutreachIrvine, CA$45,000222024
FristersIrvine, CA$40,000222023
Progress IncNashville, TN$40,000222022
Shanti Orange CountyLaguna Hills, CA$40,000332024
WiseplaceSanta Ana, CA$40,000222024
Laguna Beach Community ClinicLaguna Beach, CA$35,000332022
Mental Health Association of Orange CountySanta Ana, CA$35,000332024
Autism Tennessee (asmt Inc)Nashville, TN$30,000112023
Charitable VenturesSanta Ana, CA$30,000112020
Community Enrichment PartnershipFranklin, TN$30,000112023
H I R ESanta Ana, CA$30,000112022
Homeaid Orange CountyOrange, CA$30,000222021
Moms Orange CountySanta Ana, CA$30,000222024
My Day CountsAnaheim, CA$30,000112020
New Vista SchoolLaguna Hills, CA$30,000332024
The Autism Community in ActionIrvine, CA$30,000332024
The Nashville Food ProjectNashville, TN$30,000332024
The Priority CenterSanta Ana, CA$30,000222023
Thomas House Temporary ShelterGarden Grove, CA$30,000222023
Hope HarborTustin, CA$25,000222024
Illumination FoundationOrange, CA$25,000112020
Bridges of Williamson CountyFranklin, TN$20,000112024
Build FuturesHuntington Beach, CA$20,000112021
Doorstep Project IncDekalb, IL$20,000112024
Giving Children HopeBuena Park, CA$20,000222024
Mother to MotherNashville, TN$20,000112023
Padre FoundationOrange, CA$20,000222021
Project KinshipSanta Ana, CA$20,000112024
Renewal HouseNashville, TN$20,000112021
Serving Kids HopeSanta Ana, CA$20,000222024
Speech and Language Development Center (sldc)Buena Park, CA$20,000112023
Tucker's HouseFranklin, TN$20,000112024
Youth Employment ServiceSanta Ana, CA$20,000222022
Tucker's HouseFranklin, CA$17,500222021
CASA Youth ShelterLos Alamitos, CA$15,000112023
Choc Foundation - Providence Speecah and Hearing CenterOrange, CA$15,000112020
Healing HousingBrentwood, TN$15,000112021
Insight Counseling CentersNashville, TN$15,000112021
Pathways to IndependenceLos Alamitos, CA$15,000112023
Project Access Resource CentersOrange, CA$15,000112021
Room in the InnNashville, TN$15,000112021
Speak Your Truth Today (sytt)Placentia, CA$15,000112023
The Youth CenterLos Alamitos, CA$15,000222022
Thomas House Family ShelterGarden Grove, CA$15,000112024
Unlimited PossibilitiesSanta Ana, CA$15,000112022
Action Alliance FoundationFullerton, CA$10,000112022
Boys and Girls Club of Buena ParkBuena Park, CA$10,000112022
Boys and Girls Club of StantonStanton, CA$10,000112024
Community Health Initiative of Orange CountySanta Ana, CA$10,000112024
Family Assistance MinistriesSan Clemente, CA$10,000112021
Frank Town Open Hearts Ministry IncFranklin, TN$10,000112023
Girl Scouts of Orange CountyIrvine, CA$10,000112024
High Hopes Development CenterFranklin, TN$10,000112022
Keep Her Uplifted (kherut)Anaheim, CA$10,000112023
Laura's HouseAliso Viejo, CA$10,000112022
Learning MattersNashville, TN$10,000112023
Orange County Rescue MissionTustin, CA$10,000112021
Parentis FoundationLaguna Hills, CA$10,000112023
Radiant FuturesFullerton, CA$10,000112022
Radiant Health CentersIrvine, CA$10,000112021
The Branch of Nashville IncAntioch, TN$10,000112024
The Eli Home for Abused ChildrenAnaheim, CA$10,000112022
The Heimerdinger Foundation IncNashville, TN$10,000112023
The Prentice SchoolNorth Tustin, CA$10,000112020
Women's Transitional Living CenterFullerton, CA$10,000112021
Working WardrobesIrvine, CA$10,000112022
Assistance League of FullertonFullerton, CA$8,000222024
Retrieving IndependenceNashville, TN$5,525112024
Amvets Ca Service FoundationGarden Grove, CA$5,000112024
Intervention for Early ChildhoodIrvine, CA$5,000112022

28 of 76 (37%) 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 31%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 71 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.

Human Services
17 grants
Mental Health
9 grants
Health Care
7 grants
Education
6 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202017$275,000$15,000
202124$323,000$14,000
202226$390,500$10,000
202325$400,000$15,000
202425$340,525$10,000

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

77% 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
$1.3M
Tennessee
$384K
Illinois
$20K

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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.

Orange County Community Foundation37 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc37 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund35 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc34 shared recipientsSisters of St Joseph24 shared recipientsThe Blackbaud Giving Fund20 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. 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 Glen and Dorothy Stillwell's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 155 North Lake Ave 11TH Floor, Pasadena, CA, 91101. 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 95-6751888 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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