Grants paid by The Donald Bren Foundation
EIN 95-4094426 · Newport Beach, CA · Form 990-PF, Part XV
The Donald Bren Foundation of Newport Beach, CA (EIN 95-4094426) reported 13 grants paid totaling $45,517,201 to 9 recipients in tax years 2020–2025, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. It also reported $0 approved for future payment, which is listed separately and not included in the total. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$45,517,201
13 grants
Recipients
9
distinct organizations
Tax years
2020–2025
5 filings in the corpus
Approved for future payment
$0
6 commitments · not included in grants paid
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | $9,627,287 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | $9,119,575 | — |
| 2023 | 2 | $10,558,602 | — |
| 2024 | 3 | $9,191,871 | — |
| 2025 | 2 | $7,019,866 | $0 |
Top recipients
The 9 recipients receiving the most from The Donald Bren Foundation, by grants paid, out of 9 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology 95-1643307 | B | Pasadena, CA | 5 | $42,067,201 | 2025 |
| Irvine Unified School District | U | Irvine, CA | 1 | $2,000,000 | 2023 |
| Marine Corps University Foundation 54-1143646 | B | Quantico, VA | 1 | $825,000 | 2020 |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation-Hoag Innovators 95-3222343 | D | Newport Beach, CA | 1 | $250,000 | 2024 |
| Milken Institute 95-4240775 | B | Santa Monica, CA | 1 | $150,000 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana | U | Santa Ana, CA | 1 | $100,000 | 2020 |
| Hoover Institute at Stanford | U | Stanford, CA | 1 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Hope Builders 26-0534815 | D | Santa Ana, CA | 1 | $50,000 | 2022 |
| Tustin Public Schools Foundation | U | Tustin, CA | 1 | $25,000 | 2022 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 19 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | B | $6,869,866 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION. . Description: 33,984 shares Apple Inc . Book value: $622,635.43 . Method used to determine the book value: specific identification . Method used to determine the FMV: JP Morgan bank statements . Date of the contribution: 6/25/2025 | 202641059349100829 |
| 2025 | Milken Institute Santa Monica, CA | B | $150,000 | paid | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202641059349100829 |
| 2025 | Harvard Graduate School of Design Cambridge, MA | U | $0 | approved, future | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202641059349100829 |
| 2025 | Marine Corps University Foundation Quantico, VA | B | $0 | approved, future | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202641059349100829 |
| 2025 | Hoover Institute at Stanford Stanford, CA | U | $0 | approved, future | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202641059349100829 |
| 2025 | UCLA Los Angeles, CA | D | $0 | approved, future | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202641059349100829 |
| 2025 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | U | $0 | approved, future | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202641059349100829 |
| 2025 | Milken Institute Santa Monica, CA | B | $0 | approved, future | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202641059349100829 |
| 2024 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | B | $8,891,871 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION. . Description: 42,033 shares Apple Inc . Book value: $993,926.08 . Method used to determine the book value: specific identification . Method used to determine the FMV: JP Morgan bank statements . Date of the contribution: 6/20/2024 | 202531019349100808 |
| 2024 | Hoag Hospital Foundation-Hoag Innovators Newport Beach, CA | D | $250,000 | paid | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202531019349100808 |
| 2024 | Hoover Institute at Stanford Stanford, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202531019349100808 |
| 2023 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | B | $8,558,602 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION | 202430969349100923 |
| 2023 | Irvine Unified School District Irvine, CA | U | $2,000,000 | paid | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202430969349100923 |
| 2022 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | B | $9,044,575 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION | 202302899349100645 |
| 2022 | Hope Builders Santa Ana, CA | D | $50,000 | paid | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202302899349100645 |
| 2022 | Tustin Public Schools Foundation Tustin, CA | U | $25,000 | paid | To support the mission of the recipient organization | 202302899349100645 |
| 2020 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | B | $8,702,287 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION. | 202141049349100019 |
| 2020 | Marine Corps University Foundation Quantico, VA | B | $825,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION. | 202141049349100019 |
| 2020 | Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana Santa Ana, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION. | 202141049349100019 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2025 | 2025-11-30 | not stated | 2024v5.2 | 202641059349100829 |
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-11-30 | not stated | 2023v6.0 | 202531019349100808 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-11-30 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202430969349100923 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-11-30 | not stated | 2021v4.2 | 202302899349100645 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-11-30 | not stated | 2019v5.1 | 202141049349100019 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/954094426.json.
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