The Donald Bren Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Newport Beach, CA · EIN 95-4094426 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 · Latest filing: preselected organizations only
The Donald Bren Foundation is a private foundation based in Newport Beach, CA (EIN 95-4094426). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $16.2M paid in 5 grants, with a median grant of $250K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $386.8M. Its latest 990-PF says it contributes only to preselected organizations.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE DONALD BREN FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Donald Bren Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-donald-bren-foundation-954094426
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 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 | Tax year 20232023 | $8.9M |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 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 | Tax year 20242024 | $6.9M |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation-Hoag Innovators | Newport Beach, CA | To support the mission of the recipient organization | Tax year 20232023 | $250K |
| Milken Institute | Santa Monica, CA | To support the mission of the recipient organization | Tax year 20242024 | $150K |
| Hoover Institute at Stanford | Stanford, CA | To support the mission of the recipient organization | Tax year 20232023 | $50K |
Showing 5 of the 5 largest grants (5 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Donald Bren Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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