Pasadena Community Foundation

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → Pasadena, CA EIN 20-0253310

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2020–2026

Total received

$87.3M

Foundation funders

114

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2020–2026

Who funds Pasadena Community Foundation?

Pasadena Community Foundation is funded by 114 grantmakers, led by Munger Charitable Trust Number Three ($51.7M), Margie and Robert E Petersen Foundation Co Theodore Calleton ($10.5M), Little Tokyo Towers Inc ($8.5M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $87.3M in grants to Pasadena Community Foundation between 2020–2026.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
Munger Charitable Trust Number Three$51,666,75732025
Margie and Robert E Petersen Foundation Co Theodore Calleton$10,500,00012021
Little Tokyo Towers Inc$8,500,00012024
PCF Gifting and Liquidation Charitable Foundation$6,527,96322022–2024
Josephine de Karman Trust$3,550,94412023
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$750,00012025
California Community Foundation$740,48152021–2025
Nina Simone Charitable Trust$372,44222020–2021
The Francis Bacon Foundation$315,00062020–2025
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego$250,00012025
The Rose Hills Foundation$234,56442020–2024
Open Stewardship Foundation$200,00012025
National Philanthropic Trust$184,55012025
California Healthcare Foundation$180,00012025
The Fitzberg Foundation$180,00052020–2024
Eleven Twenty Seven Foundation$176,66442020–2024
Albert and Elaine Borchard$160,00012025
The Baltimore Family Fund$156,00052020–2024
Helen and Will Webster Foundation$145,50022021–2023
The Lluella Morey Murphey$145,00042021–2025
Cathay Bank Foundation$125,00012025
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$120,96342021–2024
Orange County Community Foundation$106,60012025
The Violet Jabara Charitable Trust$100,00012025
Wells Fargo Foundation$100,00012025
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Unihealth Foundation$100,00012025
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$90,00042022–2025
Ann Peppers Foundation$75,00052020–2024
The Confidence Foundation$75,00022021–2022
Jean Perkins Foundation$75,00022020–2021
The J Paul Getty Trust$70,00042022–2024
John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou$65,00052022–2025
Weingart Foundation$60,00032025
J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family$50,00012025
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$50,00012025
Korean Gospel Broadcasting CO Inc$50,00012025
Nevada Community Foundation Inc$50,00012025
The San Diego Foundation$47,00012025
Keltner Family Foundation$45,00032022–2024
The Greathouse Family Foundation$40,00012025
Michael J Connell Foundation$35,00012025
Robert a Waller Foundation$35,00072020–2025
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$35,00072023
Louise Laraway Teal Foundation$32,50022023–2024
Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc$32,00062020–2025
Judith L Chiara Charitable Fund Inc$30,00012025
Kathryne Beynon Foundation$30,00022021–2025
The Bessemer Giving Fund$30,00012024
Boston Foundation Inc$27,00012025
Charles Detoy and Henrieta Johnson Detoy$25,90052021–2026
Innovia Foundation$25,00012025
The Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Foundation$25,00012025
The Kirby-Jones Foundation$25,00012021
Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation$25,00012020
Marin Community Foundation$24,00012025
The San Francisco Foundation$23,70012025
Millard & Muriel Jacobs Family$22,50012025
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley$22,50022025
The Community Foundation of Sarasota CO Inc$21,75012025
Academy of Music for the Blind$20,40322020–2021
Whitefish Community Foundation Inc$20,00012025
The Michael & Helen Schaffer Foundation$20,00012025
Ploughshares Foundation$20,00012025
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$20,00012023
Don & Sally Clark Foundation$20,00022020–2021
The Joseph B Gould Foundation$20,00012020
Abe Littenberg Foundation Inc$15,00012025
Wyss Foundation$15,00012025
Charities Aid Foundation America$11,04012025
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc$10,00012025
Livingston Family Foundation$10,00012025
Greenwood Foundation$10,00012025
Michael J Femino Foundation$10,00012025
Zuckerman Family Foundation$10,00012025
Sidley Family Foundation$10,00012025
GQG Partners Community Empowerment$10,00012025
Moss Adams Foundation$10,00012025
Assistance League of Pasadena$10,00012025
Henry a Yost and Cynthia Yost Family$10,00042021–2024
The Ernest G Herman Foundation$10,00012020
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Inc$8,50012025
The Chicago Community Trust$8,00012025
Arizona Community Foundation$6,50012025
Community Foundation of Orange and Sulli$6,50012025
Social Impact Fund$6,00012025
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund$5,50012025
Roosters Foundation of Orange County$5,50012022
Muller Family Foundation$5,00012025
Golden Pines Foundation$5,00012025
The Zelman Family Fund$5,00012025
Baskin Family Foundation$5,00012025
JCS Family Foundation$5,00012025
Allan & Lalita Charitable Foundation$5,00012020
Marcia and Ned Kaplin Foundation$2,50012025
The Healthquest Foundation$2,00022022–2024
Robert and Gail Edelstein Foundation$1,80012025
Tikvah Charitable Trust$1,58312025
Schneider National Foundation Inc$1,50012024
JPMorgan Chase Foundation$1,29112025
Kalpataru Foundation Inc$1,00112025
Dieter Family Foundation$1,00012025
Lourdes Columbian Society$1,00012025
Hara Foundation$1,00012025
Ed & Mary Lewis Foundation$1,00012025
HKPO Foundation$1,00012025
Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation$75022024–2025
Sampson Family Charitable Foundation$50012025
New Discovery Foundation$50012021
Carp Family Foundation$36012025
David and Elita Balfour Foundation$30022022–2025
Ima Foundation$25012021
The Bianchi Family Foundation$25012021
The a-H Foundation$20012025
Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman$10012024

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$20M$40M$60M17 grants2020 23 grants2021 23 grants2022 28 grants2023 24 grants2024 84 grants2025 1 grant2026

From 2020 to 2026, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2026) to $55.2M (2025). In 2026 it made 1 grant totaling $6K.

What grants has Pasadena Community Foundation received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2026Charles Detoy and Henrieta Johnson DetoyGENERAL$5,700
2025Munger Charitable Trust Number Three(1) DESCRIPTION: 64 SHARES OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CLASS A SECURITIES (2) BOOK VALUE: $39,082,752 (3) METHOD USED TO DETERMINE BOOK VALUE: AVERAGE OF THE HIGH/LOW ON THE DATE THE SECURITIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE FOUNDATION. (4) METHOD USED TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET VALUE: AVERAGE OF THE HIGH/LOW ON THE DATE THE SECURITIES WERE DONATED. (5) DATE OF THE GIFT: 03/20/2025 (6) PURPOSE: GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT$50,571,712
2025Center for Disaster Philanthropy IncTHE ALTADENA BUILDS BACK FOUNDATION AT THE PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION RECEIVED $750,000 TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM RECOVERY AND REBUILDING EFFORTS IN ALTADENA, PASADENA, AND SIERRA MADRE, CALIFORNIA, FOLLOWING THE EATON FIRE. THE FUNDING WILL STRENGTHEN THE ALTADENA BUILDS BACK FOUNDATIONS CAPACITY, EXPAND DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AND SUSTAIN LONG-TERM RECOVERY COORDINATION TO ENSURE AN EQUITABLE AND COMMUNITY-LED REBUILDING PROCESS. THIS GRANT IS SUPPORTED BY CDPS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE RECOVERY FUND.$750,000
2025Munger Charitable Trust Number Three(1) DESCRIPTION: 1 SHARE OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CLASS A SECURITIES (2) BOOK VALUE: $610,668 (3) METHOD USED TO DETERMINE BOOK VALUE: AVERAGE OF THE HIGH/LOW ON THE DATE THE SECURITIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE FOUNDATION. (4) METHOD USED TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET VALUE: AVERAGE OF THE HIGH/LOW ON THE DATE THE SECURITIES WERE DONATED. (5) DATE OF THE GIFT: 12/17/2024 (6) PURPOSE: GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT$681,596
2025Munger Charitable Trust Number Three(1) DESCRIPTION: 910 SHARES OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CLASS B SECURITIES (2) BOOK VALUE: $403,588 (3) METHOD USED TO DETERMINE BOOK VALUE: AVERAGE OF THE HIGH/LOW ON THE DATE THE SECURITIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE FOUNDATION. (4) METHOD USED TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET VALUE: AVERAGE OF THE HIGH/LOW ON THE DATE THE SECURITIES WERE DONATED. (5) DATE OF THE GIFT: 12/17/2024 (6) PURPOSE: GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT$413,449
2025California Community FoundationEDUCATION$301,750
2025Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoGENERAL$250,000
2025Open Stewardship FoundationRELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND$200,000
2025National Philanthropic TrustPUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT$184,550
2025California Healthcare FoundationSUPPORT FOR PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS EATON FIRE RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND$180,000
2025Albert and Elaine BorchardGENERAL SUPPORT$160,000
2025Cathay Bank FoundationOPERATING SUPPORT$125,000
2025Orange County Community FoundationCOMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT$106,600
2025The Violet Jabara Charitable TrustEATON FIRE RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND$100,000
2025Wells Fargo FoundationAltadena Builds Back Foundation - Breathing Room Loan Program$100,000
2025Unihealth FoundationLOS ANGELES COUNTY WILDFIRES 2025 RELIEF$100,000
2025J Stanley & Mary W Johnson FamilyGENERAL OPERATIONS$50,000
2025Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterGENERAL SUPPORT$50,000
2025Korean Gospel Broadcasting CO Inc—$50,000
2025Weingart FoundationSUPPORT FOR ALTAGETHER$50,000
2025Nevada Community Foundation IncCHARITABLE$50,000
2025The San Diego FoundationFOR THE EATON CANYON FIRE RELIEF FUND$47,000
2025The Greathouse Family FoundationSUPPORT FOR PASADENA FIRE VICTIMS$40,000
2025The Ayco Charitable FoundationCOMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES$40,000
2025Michael J Connell FoundationGRANT FOR EATON FIRE FUND$35,000
2025Judith L Chiara Charitable Fund IncUNRESTRICTED$30,000
2025Boston Foundation IncDisaster Relief$27,000
2025Innovia FoundationRestricted For The Wildfire Relief And Recover Fund: To Support Families Impacted By Wildfire In California$25,000
2025Kathryne Beynon FoundationFOR EATON FIRE RELIEF FUND$25,000
2025The Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe FoundationSUPPORT FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND GENERAL PUBLIC$25,000

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Pasadena Community Foundation?

Pasadena Community Foundation is funded by 114 grantmakers, led by Munger Charitable Trust Number Three ($51.7M), Margie and Robert E Petersen Foundation Co Theodore Calleton ($10.5M), Little Tokyo Towers Inc ($8.5M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $87.3M in grants to Pasadena Community Foundation between 2020–2026.

Who is Pasadena Community Foundation's largest funder?

Munger Charitable Trust Number Three is the largest recorded funder of Pasadena Community Foundation, with $51.7M across 3 grants (2025).

How much grant funding has Pasadena Community Foundation received?

IRS 990 filings record $87.3M in grants to Pasadena Community Foundation across 200 grants from 114 funders between 2020–2026. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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