Open Foundations · California

Argyros Family Foundation

Costa Mesa, California · EIN 953421867. 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 $33.8M across 132 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

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$33.8M
paid in 2024
132
grants paid
$25K
median grant
10%
to first-time recipients
$311.7M
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
WENDY CANTOR
Address
949 SOUTH COAST DRIVE SUITE 600, COSTA MESA, CA, 92626
Phone
7144815000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
1) IDENTITY & HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF REQUESTING ORGANIZATION, 2) STATEMENT AS TO THE INTENDED USE OF THE CONTRIBUTION, 3) FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND 4) COPY OF THE IRS DETERMINATION LETTER INDICATING THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT UNDER CODE SECTION 501(C)(3).
Submission deadline
JUNE 1
Restrictions on awards
GRANTS ARE TYPICALLY PAID FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS & SITUATIONS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202641669349100764. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

charityeducationmedicalreligiousarts

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 132 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1City of HopeCA$6,266,371MEDICAL
2University of Southern CaliforniaCA$4,015,451EDUCATION
3Chileno Bay Foundation IncAZ$3,005,278PUBLIC CHARITY
4Milken InstituteCA$2,551,156PUBLIC CHARITY
5Eisenhower Medical CenterCA$2,009,594MEDICAL
6Sun Valley Performing Arts CenterID$1,752,009ARTS
7Hoag Hospital FoundationCA$1,727,513MEDICAL
8Chapman UniversityCA$1,050,227EDUCATION
9George W Bush Presidential CenterTX$1,048,596PUBLIC CHARITY
10Los Angeles Fire Department FoundationCA$1,000,000PUBLIC CHARITY
11Uc Irvine FoundationCA$758,530EDUCATION
12Blair House FoundationDC$700,000PUBLIC CHARITY
13Alzheimer's Association Orange County ChapterCA$570,148MEDICAL
14After School All StarsCA$559,270EDUCATION
15Horatio Alger Assoc of Disting AmericanVA$539,660PUBLIC CHARITY

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2019126$5.1M
202098$11.6M
2021100$13.9M
2022109$21.0M
2023139$34.4M
2024132$33.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
California73%
Idaho8%
District of Columbia2%
Texas2%
Virginia2%

Who decides

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

Brent LawSECRETARY, CIO & DIRECTOR · 2024
Kevin HauberPRESIDENT · 2024
Melissa ArgyrosCO-CEO & DIRECTOR · 2024
Stephanie ArgyrosCO-CEO & DIRECTOR · 2024
Varden AmloyanCFO & TREASURER · 2024

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.

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