The Razi Family Foundation
Irvine, CA · EIN 91-2169259. Reported 69 grants totalling $1,462,122 to 34 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. The Razi Family 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $12,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $257,200. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farhang Foundation | Torrance, CA | $827,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art | Los Angeles, CA | $123,282 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Napa Valley Festival Association | Napa, CA | $56,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Visionary Women | Beverly Hills, CA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Midnight Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $41,180 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California State University Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Opera Company | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Living With Harmony Inc | Boulder, CO | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of California Irvine Foundation | Irvine, CA | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ia-100 Inc | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Irex Network for Good | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Orange County Museum of Art Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pars Equality Center | Menlo Park, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boniad Ayeneh Inc | Encino, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edward Charles Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Society for Children With Cancer | Irvine, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Two Chairs Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freedom House Inc | Palmdale, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Travelers Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Iranian American Women Foundation | Irvine, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Individual and World Peace | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Run the Bases Inc | Orange, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Mind-Body Medicine | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles, CA | $1,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women's Guild Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Beverly Hills, CA | $1,135 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Brentwood Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Virtousi Orchestra Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Uli Foundation | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parkinson Voice Project Inc | Richardson, TX | $475 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope for Depression Research Foundation | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
15 of 34 (44%) 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 58%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Farhang Foundation
TO PROMOTE THE ART AND CULTURE OF IRANIAN AMERICANS. - City of Hope
TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE BY TURNING SCIENCE INTO PRACTICAL BENEFIT. - The Museum of Contemporary Art
IN SUPPORT OF THE MUSEUM'S ART PROGRAMS. - Napa Valley Festival Association
TO SUPPORT ARTS EDUCATION INITIATIVES AND THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN NAPA VALLEY. - The Midnight Mission
TO PROVIDE HOMELESS SHELTER. - Smithsonian Institution
TO SUPPORT THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | $431,505 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 19 | $389,275 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $441,726 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 10 | $199,616 | $11,250 |
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. 90% 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 $5,000. 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 The Razi Family 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: 2201 Dupont Drive Suite 300, Irvine, CA, 92612. 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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