Grants awarded
Who does The Auen Foundation fund?
The Auen Foundation has awarded $4.8 million across 247 grants to 103 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $7,500 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$4.8M
Typical grant
$15K
Grantees
103
Grants
247
Years
2020–2024
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 | Support |
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$350K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$198K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Aids Assistance Program
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$160K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$150K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
St Jude Children's Research Hospital INC
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$143K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
Alzheimers Coachella Valley
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$140K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$130K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
The Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower
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$130K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Well in the Desert
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$120K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| U USC - Davis School of Gerontology | $110K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Joslyn Senior Center | $110K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U USC - School of Dramatic Arts | $100K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| D Desert Aids Project | $100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $95K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $95K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$90K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A Act for Multiple Sclerosis | $87K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sharp Hospicecare Fund | $85K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Tools for Tomorrow INC
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$85K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| E Elderhelp | $80K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$80K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$80K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
The Desert Symphony INC
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$75K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre | $70K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$70K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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$65K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$60K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$60K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Guide Dogs of the Desert
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$55K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Jewish Family Service of the Desert
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$55K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Rutgers University Foundation
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$50K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| P Pacific Heart Lung & Blood Institute Phlbi | $50K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$50K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| C Coronado Promenade Concerts | $48K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$45K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| M Mizell Senior Center | $45K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Operation Safehouse INC | $45K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Friends of Vista Hill Foundation
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$45K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| P Parade Charities Corporation | $45K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A American Heart Association - Coachella Valley Division | $45K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Desert Cancer Foundation
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$45K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Spiritual Outreach Ministries INC | $40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$40K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Palm Canyon Theatre
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$40K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| T The Unforgettables Foundation | $38K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Mamysh INC | $35K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| F Foundation for Palm Springs Unified School Dist | $30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Dap Health INC
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$30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A American Red Cross | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Zoological Society of San Diego
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Iditarod Trail Committee INC
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | AK | |
Dogs for Our Brave INC
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MO | |
| C Coronado Island Film Festival | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$25K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A American Heart Association - Coachella Valley Divi | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Parkinson's Resource Organization INC
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$25K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| H Honor Health Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A American Heart Association - Coachella Valley Div | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$22K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| P Palm Springs International Piano Competition | $20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission
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$20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| L Lemhi County Historical Society and Museum | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Edge Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
International Classical Concerts of the Desert
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$20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C California Careforce | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $17K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Friends of the Cultural Center INC | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Harc - Health Assessment Resource Center | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Pacific Heart Lung & Blood Institute - Phlbi | $15K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$14K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
The Pad Project
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$12K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Inquiring Systems INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| F Find Food Bank INC | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Virginia Waring International Piano Competition | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Rancho Mirage Public Library Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A A Grandparents Love | $10K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Martha's Village & Kitchen | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Desert Theaterworks
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Operation Safe House INC
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$9K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Zero - the End of Prostate Cancer
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | VA | |
| C City of Salmon | $8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Palm Springs Unified School District | $6K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Inland Counties Legal Services
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Steinway Society of Riverside County and the Coachella Valley | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| B Boys and Girls Club of Coachella Valley | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Documentary Film Festival | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Palm Springs Art Museum
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| O Ophelia Project of Coachella Valley | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| L Lupus Foundation of America | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Desert Chapel | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | AZ | |
| H Habitat for Humanity - Coachella Valley | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Ronald McDonald House Loma Linda | $3K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA |
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