The Donald L Bren Foundation

Invitation Only

Newport Beach, California · EIN 95-4094426 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2024)$7M

Organizations funded2

Typical grant$150,000

Total assets$386.8M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $150,000 and $6,869,866.

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From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Education1

Where it gives

0% of grants went outside California.

California2

Where it gives most, by cause

Its largest causes in a single state on the latest return. Each page shows the leading foundations that fund the same cause there, with their largest grants.

Education grants in California1 of its grant, $6.9M · 7,943 foundations

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
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…	$6,869,866
Milken Institute	Santa Monica, CA	To support the mission of the recipient organization	$150,000

Grants approved for future payment

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Pepperdine University	Malibu, CA	To support the mission of the recipient organization	$0
Harvard Graduate School of Design	Cambridge, MA	To support the mission of the recipient organization	$0
Name withheld	Los Angeles, CA	To support the mission of the recipient organization	$0
Milken Institute	Santa Monica, CA	To support the mission of the recipient organization	$0
Hoover Institute at Stanford	Stanford, CA	To support the mission of the recipient organization	$0
Marine Corps University Foundation	Quantico, VA	To support the mission of the recipient organization	$0

Name withheld: we could not match the recipient to an IRS-registered organization, and the name may be a person's. Amount, place and purpose are as filed.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$7,019,866	8
2023	$9,191,871	3
2022	$10,558,602	2

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Apr 15, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202641059349100829
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 95-4094426
Profile updated Nov 10, 2026

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