The Josephine S Gumbiner Foundation
Long Beach, CA · EIN 33-0345249. Reported 223 grants totalling $4,938,949 to 98 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. The Josephine S Gumbiner 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $100,000. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nonprofit Partnership | Long Beach, CA | $312,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Food Finders | Los Alamitos, CA | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Linc Housing | Long Beach, CA | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Christian Outreach in Action | Long Beach, CA | $169,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Tichenor Clinic for Children | Long Beach, CA | $160,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ca for Justice | San Francisco, CA | $155,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Young Horizons | Long Beach, CA | $155,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Partners | Long Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Assistance League of Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Harbor Interfaith Shelter | San Pedro, CA | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Educate | Long Beach, CA | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rising Tide | Long Beach, CA | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels | Long Beach, CA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| One in Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ability First | Pasadena, CA | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Greater Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Long Beach Day Nursery | Long Beach, CA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Women Shelter | Long Beach, CA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ca Aquatic Therapy | Long Beach, CA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lutheran Social Services | Orange, CA | $101,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Long Beach Community Table | Long Beach, CA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Hope Grief Support | Long Beach, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Lukes Episcopal Church | Long Beach, CA | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Urban Community Outreach | Long Beach, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lb Bar Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Long Beach Gives | Long Beach, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| For the Child | Long Beach, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ca Aquatic Therapy & Wellness Center | Long Beach, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Century Villages Cabrillo | Long Beach, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Elite Skills Development | Long Beach, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Southern California | Long Beach, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Latin American Art | Long Beach, CA | $43,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Childrens Dental Health Fdn | Long Beach, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Families Uniting Families | Long Beach, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of So Ca | Long Beach, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Help Me Help You | Long Beach, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Hope Grief Support Community | Long Beach, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Transformational Living Homes | Long Beach, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women Shelter of Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs | Long Beach, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army | Carson, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Long Beach Symphony Orchestra | Long Beach, CA | $25,649 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Aquarium of the Pacific | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Goodwill | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family & Childrens Services | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Joseph Learning Lab | Signal Hill, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Libre-Social & Environmntl Entrepreneurs | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Long Beach Forward | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Long Beach Museum of Art | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brave Global | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ca Conference of Equality and Justice | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camp Ronald Mcdonald | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Disabled Resources Center | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Promise | Torrance, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Khmer Girls in Action | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Long Beach Bar Fdn | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Long Beach City College | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mental Health America | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Jump Start | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shelter Partnership | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Su CASA | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Book Truck | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA Community Development | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baker Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Coast Interfaith Council | Long Beach, CA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A New Way of Life Reentry Program | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Abode Communities | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Heart | Signal Hill, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Csulb 49ER Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Extraordinary Families | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International City Theatre | Long Beach, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Long Beach Blast | Long Beach, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mayors Fund for Education | Long Beach, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Path Venutres | Long Beach, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Winter | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion | Long Beach, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Guidance Center | Long Beach, CA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adventures to Dreams | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Days Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Human I-T | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People Assisting the Homeless Path | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Mary Med Center Fdn | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Mary Medical Center Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Success in Challenges | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shared Science | Long Beach, CA | $7,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Act Out Theatre | Long Beach, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Shetech International | Long Beach, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shetech International Dba Demochicks | Long Beach, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Csulb Adapted Pe | Long Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Long Beach Area Council of Boy Scouts | Long Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ritecare Child Language Center | Long Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House-Long Beach | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Association of Nonprofits | Capitola, CA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rancho Los Cerritos | Long Beach, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Csulb - Adpated Pe | Long Beach, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mack Calvin Youth Fdn | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
56 of 98 (57%) 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 57%, 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.
- Long Beach Gives
THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP - YMCA of Greater Long Beach
YOUTH INSTITUTE PROGRAM SUPPORT - Linc Housing
LONG BEACH FAMILY SUPPORT - Ca for Justice
LB YOUTH LEADERSHIP & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - Community Partners
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION - Transformational Living Homes
FAIMILY REUNIFICATION PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 117 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57 | $924,500 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 45 | $756,549 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 53 | $990,200 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 34 | $1,083,200 | $40,000 |
| 2025 | 34 | $1,184,500 | $40,000 |
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
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 The Josephine S Gumbiner Foundation'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: 333 W Broadway Ste 312, Long Beach, CA, 90802. 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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