Grants awarded
Who does Esper a Petersen Foundation fund?
Esper a Petersen Foundation has awarded $4.1 million across 199 grants to 79 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in animals. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $3,000 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $6,750 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$4.1M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
79
Grants
199
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| I Individual recipient | $818K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Vc Colab Foundation | $456K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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$420K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| M Madison Project at Santa Monica Col | $255K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $230K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Ventura County Taxpayers Foundation | $200K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| S Salvation Army | $182K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Planned Parenthood
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$150K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | TX | |
| B Bear Valley Comm Healthcare Dist Fo | $150K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $130K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
Oc Pom Rescue
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$95K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
Westlake Christian Academy
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$70K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | IL | |
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$66K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
The Rescue Train
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$60K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| T The Foundation for Pierce College | $60K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
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$59K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
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$55K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society INC
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$53K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| S Somis Christian Community Church | $40K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| T The Pepper Foundation | $35K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$30K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
Nenn Foundation INC
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$30K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| V Village of Grayslake | $28K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$25K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
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$25K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| S Shepherds Paws Animal Rescue INC | $25K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
Beit T'Shuvah
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$23K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Saving K9 Lives Plus INC | $22K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
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$20K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | IL | |
| S Southern Ca Pomeranian Rescue | $18K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L La Cty Museum of Natural History Fo | $18K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Rotary Club of Grayslake Foundation | $14K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | IL | |
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$12K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| L Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation | $12K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$12K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| F Foundation for Research and Educati | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | SD | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WI | |
| S Studio Channel Island Arts Center | $10K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Maltese Rescue California
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$10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| C Community Youth Network INC | $10K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | IL | |
| C Chicagoland Eskie Rescue | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Danish Home of Chicago | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity of Ventura Cou | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Physicians for Responsible Medicine | $8K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$6K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Ventura County Medical Resource Fou | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| B Beverly Hills Women's Club | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S St Matthew's House INC | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Once Upon a Room Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N National Disaster Search Dog Founda | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Volunteers of America of Illinois
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| U University of Southern Ca | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| G Grayslake Heritage Center Foundatio | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| V Ventura County Sheriff Foundation | $5K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Ventura Cnty Animal Services Founda | $4K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$4K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Treepeople INC
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$2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| F Freedom Ride Rescue | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W West Los Angeles Symphony INC | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| W Wallis Annenburg Ctr-Perf Arts | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Ganna Walska Lotusland
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Womens Guild Cedars Sinai Medicial Center
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$2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| N National Foundation for Danish Amer | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Pittance Chamber Music INC | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Grayslake Lions Club Foundation | $1K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| W Women's International Zionist Organ | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Southern Christian Ldrshp Conf of S | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Museum Associates | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| O One Nation Under God Christian Chur | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S St John's Health Care Found | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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