Declaration of Trust of the Bijan Amin
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-7110956. Reported 77 grants totalling $1,970,282 to 47 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. Declaration of Trust of the Bijan Amin 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 $3,500 and $23,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $302,500. 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 | Los Angeles, CA | $938,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| USC Advancement Gift Services | Los Angeles, CA | $127,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University Contributions | Los Angeles, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| UCLA Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paaia-Fund | Washington, DC | $103,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Academy Museum of Motion Pictures | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Iranian American Council | Washington DC, DC | $69,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Iman Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $59,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Keep Children in School(kcis) | Los Angeles, CA | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stop Poaching Now | W Hollywood, CA | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moms Against Poverty | Burlingame, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quincy Institue | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kansas University Endowment Association | Lawrence, KS | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Society Children W Cancer | Irvine, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Inclusion Matters By Shane's Inspiration | Los Angeles, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Representus | Florence, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Two Chairs Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vasht | Woodland Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cinematheque | Los Angeles, CA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Comkids | Toronto | $8,871 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Merry Go Round Children's Foundation | Toronto, Ontario | $8,087 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kcpsg Kenter Canyon School | Los Angeles, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Think Tank Science & Art Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Ritecare | Santa Ana, CA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anera | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midnight Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Action Network | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dr Susan Love Foundation | W Hollywood, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keep Bel-Air Beautiful | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Long Covid United | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Markaz Review | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels Wla | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Muslims for Progressive Values | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary International Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| UCLA School of Theater Film and Televisi | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Comkid Merry Go Round | Toronto | $3,824 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rotary Int'l Dist 5380 Charitable Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dr P David Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ellis Island Honor Society | Floral Park, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bel-Air Association | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| USC Marshal School of Business | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nishiyamato Academy of California | Lomita, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Persian American Cancer Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern California Public Radio | Pasadena, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Rotary Foundation | Evanston, IL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bright Focus | Clarksburg, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Negin Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
17 of 47 (36%) 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 44%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 SOCIAL EDUCATION & MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH - Iman Foundation
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL EDUCATION & MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEAR
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | $392,450 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 19 | $385,137 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 20 | $591,195 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $601,500 | $7,000 |
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. 87% 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 Declaration of Trust of the Bijan Amin'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: 10203 Santa Monica BLVD300, Los Angeles, CA, 90067. 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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