Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-1667177. Reported 48 grants totalling $2,600,706 to 34 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Occidental College, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B420) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 34 distinct organizations, with 21% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 36% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,800. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $98,710; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $224,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Water Fund | Washington, DC | $540,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harambee House Inc | Savannah, GA | $427,160 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice | Commerce, CA | $415,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services | Houston, TX | $343,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cleanairnow Association | Lawrence, KS | $192,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Silent Spring Institute Inc | Newton, MA | $176,440 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ironbound Community Corporation | Newark, NJ | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $58,754 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisiana State University A&m Coll | Baton Rouge, LA | $38,450 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $29,751 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $22,633 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA | $17,252 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | $16,342 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | $15,258 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Citizens for a Sustainable Future Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clinton Hill Community Action | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Groundwork Northeast Revitalization Group Inc | Kansas City, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Huston-Tillotson University | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mobile Environmental Justice Action Coalition | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance Inc | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rushmere Community Development Corp | Smithfield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Mountain Community College | Tempe, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tallahassee Food Network | Tallahassee, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Long Beach Association | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | $7,905 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adelphi University | Garden City, NY | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks, CA | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Utah Tech University | St George, UT | $5,161 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of South Carolina - Beaufort | Columbia, SC | $5,077 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation | Lafayette, LA | $5,012 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Unversity of North Carolina at Willmington | Willmington, NC | $5,007 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Montana State University | Billings, MT | $5,004 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
8 of 34 (24%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Clean Water Fund
SUPPORT THE "COALITION FOR HEALTH PORTS NY NJ: FRONTLINE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS" PROJECT OF THE COLLEGE, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON ACCELERATING THE WIDESPREAD USE OF ZERO-EMISSION TECHNOLOGY IN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION IN THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY REGION TO REDUCE GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH. - Harambee House Inc
SUPPORT THE "ZERO-EMMISSIONS NOW: FRONTLINE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS" PROJECT OF THE COLLEGE FOCUSED ON PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH BY STRENGTHENING THE GRASSROOTS-LED NATIONAL MODEL, EFFECTIVELY PROMOTING FRONTLINE SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND ACCELERATING THE WIDESPREAD USE OF ZERO EMISSION TECHNOLOGY. - Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy
ASSIST WITH LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING AS A REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MOVING FORWARD NETWORK ADVISORY BOARD. ASSIST IN CONVENING THE MONTHLY REGIONAL MEETINGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE INFORMATION, DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF THE NETWORK, IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE THE NETWORK COULD SUPPORT THE REGION, AND PLAN JOINT ACTIVITIES. PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN DEVELOPING LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND/OR STATE STRATEGIES FOR ADVANCING AND IMPLEMENTING NETWORK CAMPAIGNS - Silent Spring Institute
RESEARCH PARTNER ASSISTING WITH CONDUCTING STUDY PROTOCOLS FOR IN-HOME PRODUCT USE, DEVELOPING SURVEY INSTRUMENT FOCUS GROUP MATERIALS, DATA ANALYSIS, CONDUCTING ANALYTICAL TESTING OF PRODUCTS, AND PREPARING PEER-REVIEW MANUSCRIPTS. - Columbia University
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BRINGS EXPERTISE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND METABOLOMICS ANALYSES. THEY HAVE SUPPORTED THE PROJECT THROUGH PROVIDING INPUT ON ALL STUDY PROTOCOLS, SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IN-DEPTH STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND WILL BE CONDUCTING THE ANALYTICAL TESTING OF URINE SAMPLES AT THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LABS. THEY SUPPORT DATA ANALYSIS, POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING, AND PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS. - Louisiana State University A&m Coll
BRING TOGETHER UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN IMMERSIVE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE THAT WILL SUPPORT THEM IN BECOMING FUTURE MATHEMATICIANS. STUDENTS WILL LEAVE THE EXPERIENCE HAVING MADE BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONTRIBUTIONS TO ACTIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 19 of 34 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 12 | $127,203 | $5,250 |
| 2021 | 15 | $968,855 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 14 | $915,358 | $34,225 |
| 2023 | 7 | $589,290 | $92,750 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
21% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,800 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Occidental College's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 7 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA, 90041.
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