Open Foundations · California

Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation

Santa Monica, California · EIN 821927087. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $22.8M across 88 grants in 2022, a median of $5K each.

All California foundations · All states

$22.8M
paid in 2022
88
grants paid
$5K
median grant
1%
to first-time recipients
$401.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
RICHARD SANDLER
Address
1250 FOURTH ST SUITE 520, SANTA MONICA, CA, 90401
Phone
3105704800
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
A BRIEF WRITTEN STATEMENT, NOT EXCEEDING THREE PAGES, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT GOALS, PROCEDURES AND PERSONNEL; QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUPPORT AND A BRIEF BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF YEARS IN OPERATION, OTHER AREAS OF ACTIVITY, THE APPLICANT'S PREVIOUS AND CURRENT SOURCES OF FUNDING; THE AMOUNT OF THE REQUEST, TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT, DETAILS OF THE BUDGET AND PLANS FOR OBTAINING TOTAL FUNDING; A LETTER OF EXEMPTION FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. APPLICANTS MAY SUPPLEMENT THEIR PROPOSALS WITH SUPPORTING PRINTED MATERIALS.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2022, IRS filing object id 202412899349101556. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2022 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

community centerspreschool gradehealth carelibraries museumscultural librariesresearch instinst progshigher research

Biggest grants in 2022

The 15 largest of the 88 grants paid in 2022, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Milken InstituteCA$18,956,703HIGHER ED & RESEARCH INST. & PROGS
2Prostate Cancer FoundationCA$1,158,000PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH
3Los Angeles BalletCA$455,000CULTURAL, LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS
4American Exchange ProjectMA$250,000PRESCHOOL - 12TH GRADE PROGRAMS
5Ownership WorksNY$250,000COMMUNITY CENTERS & PROGRAMS
6Windward SchoolCA$200,000PRESCHOOL - 12TH GRADE PROGRAMS
7University of Southern California - Marshall School of BusinessCA$130,000HIGHER ED & RESEARCH INST. & PROGS
8Ucla Foundationmattel Children's HospitalCA$122,000HEALTH CARE
9DreamNY$100,000COMMUNITY CENTERS & PROGRAMS
10Kehillat IsraelCA$100,000COMMUNITY CENTERS & PROGRAMS
11Los Angeles Dodgers FoundationCA$100,000COMMUNITY CENTERS & PROGRAMS
12Milken Community SchoolCA$100,000PRESCHOOL - 12TH GRADE PROGRAMS
13Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessCA$100,000HIGHER ED & RESEARCH INST. & PROGS
14University of Pennsylvania - Graduate School of EducationPA$100,000HIGHER ED & RESEARCH INST. & PROGS
15Keep Memory AliveNV$75,000GENERAL RESEARCH

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2019130$15.7M
202097$22.7M
202185$18.2M
202288$22.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2022 grant dollars by recipient state
California68%
New York13%
District of Columbia6%
Pennsylvania3%
Nevada3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Bari MilkenCO-TRUSTEE · 2022
Gregory MilkenCO-TRUSTEE · 2022
Lance MilkenCO-TRUSTEE · 2022
Lori MilkenTRUSTEE · 2022
Michael MilkenTRUSTEE · 2022
Richard SandlerCO-TRUSTEE · 2022

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

Get matched against every grant these foundations actually paid

One foundation is a start. Civly Grant Matching reads your own filings, matches your programs against millions of paid grants by purpose, geography and grant size, and hands back every funder like this one with the deadline, the restrictions and the named trustees attached.

See Grant Matching