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Brinnegar Charitable Foundation Inc

Accepts applications La Habra, California · EIN 202729668

Brinnegar Charitable Foundation Inc is a private foundation in La Habra, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $310,000 in 61 grants; the typical grant was $3,500 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $295,300 the year before.

56% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$229,60061$10.4 million
2024$295,30058$10.4 million
2025$310,00061$10.4 million

How to apply

ContactJohn J Barcal Secretary
PO Box 0863, La Habra, CA 90633-0863
Phone or email(562) 694-3397
What to submit, deadlinesSee scholarship application attached
RestrictionsSee scholarhsip application attached

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Brinnegar Charitable Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 11 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California46$206,500
Connecticut2$32,000
New York5$29,000
Minnesota1$10,000
Massachusetts1$8,000
Nevada1$7,000
Oregon1$5,500
Colorado1$3,500
Maryland1$3,500
North Carolina1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 61 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Esther Cohen - Yale School of Med
New Haven, CT
Scholarship educational costs$25,000
Giovanni Roman - Stanbridge Univ
Irvine, CA
Scholarship educational costs$20,000
Allison Lipschitz - Western Univers
Pomona, CA
Scholarship educational costs$15,000
Sara Yohanes - New York Univ
New York, NY
Scholarship educational costs$10,000
Sofya Yohanes - Univ of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Scholarship educational costs$10,000
Morgan Hoffberg - Chaminade College
West Hills, CA
Scholarship educational costs$8,500
Individual
CA
Scholarship educational costs$8,000
Olivia Torres - Harvard College
Cambridge, MA
Scholarship educational costs$8,000
Maxie Alwag - Loyola Marymount
Los Angeles, CA
Scholarship educational costs$7,500
Dylan Lovette - New York University
New York, NY
Scholarship educational costs$7,500
Aaron Esterson - Tuoro Univ Nevada
Henderson, NV
Scholarship educational costs$7,000
Josh Klein - Wesleyan University
Middleton, CT
Scholarship educational costs$7,000
Individual
CA
Scholarship educational costs$7,000
Ava Goldstein - Uc Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Scholarship educational costs$6,000
Franchesca Guillen - Uc Davis
West Sacramento, CA
Scholarship educational costs$6,000
Valerie Herrera - Cal State Northri
Northridge, CA
Scholarship educational costs$6,000
Michael Nunzio - Oregon State Univ
Corvallis, OR
Scholarship educational costs$5,500
Annika Bhatiya - Calpoly Pomona
Pomona, CA
Scholarship educational costs$5,000
Christian Cervantes - Bishop Montgo
Torrance, CA
Scholarship educational costs$5,000
Individual
CA
Scholarship educational costs$5,000
Carson Smith - Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Scholarship educational costs$5,000
Individual
CA
Scholarship educational costs$5,000
Dayana Golshirazian - West Coast Un
North Hollywood, CA
Scholarship educational costs$5,000
Marcus Miller - City College of Ny
New York, NY
Scholarship educational costs$5,000
Joseph Jaloma - Christ Lutheran Bre
Brea, CA
Scholarship educational costs$4,500
Nina Jaloma - Christ Lutheran Brea
Brea, CA
Scholarship educational costs$4,500
Individual
CA
Scholarship educational costs$4,000
Rylee Birtja - Uc Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Scholarship educational costs$4,000
Lorenzo Torres - St James School
Torrance, CA
Scholarship educational costs$4,000
Mateo Torres - Bishop Montgomery Hs
Torrance, CA
Scholarship educational costs$4,000
Noah Badener - Univ of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Scholarship educational costs$3,500
Individual
CA
Scholarship educational costs$3,500
Individual
CA
Scholarship educational costs$3,500
Paige Kaub - Calstate Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
Scholarship educational costs$3,500
Molly Keller - Columbia Univ
New York, NY
Scholarship educational costs$3,500
Individual
CA
Scholarship educational costs$3,500
L Kensington Ono - USC
Los Angeles, CA
Scholarship educational costs$3,500
Kiana Reed - Uc Irvine
Irvine, CA
Scholarship educational costs$3,500
Gabriel Kimmelman - John Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Scholarship educational costs$3,500
Jacqueline Q Allen - Fullerton Coll
Fullerton, CA
Scholarship educational costs$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Brinnegar Charitable Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See scholarship application attached.

How much does Brinnegar Charitable Foundation Inc give?

$310,000 in tax year 2025, across 61 grants, with a typical grant of $3,500.

Who runs Brinnegar Charitable Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Jesse Grossman (President) and John J Barcal (Secretary).

What does Brinnegar Charitable Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and faith communities.

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