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Warne Family Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Irvine, California · EIN 330937768

Warne Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Irvine, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.2 million in 20 grants; the typical grant was $41,666 and the largest $200,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $1.4 million the year before.

25% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$1.4 million32$25.8 million
2024$1.2 million20$26.6 million

How to apply

ContactWarne Family Charitable Foundation
18101 von Karman Ave 700, Irvine, CA 92612
Phone or email(877) 968-6328
What to submitApplications must be submitted by internet to the foundation. Go to www.warnefoundation.org for application information.
Deadlines, restrictionsSee website and application

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Warne Family Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California16$996,666
Ohio1$125,000
Arizona1$41,666
Tennessee1$41,666
Maine1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 20 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Concorida University
Irvine, CA
General use$200,000
The Autism Comm in Action
Irvine, CA
For general use$165,000
Schwab Charitable Fund
San Francisco, CA
For general use$130,000
American Endowment Foundation
Hudson, OH
General use$125,000
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic F
Fullerton, CA
General use$100,000
Lutheran High School Assoc
Orange, CA
For general use$75,000
Brackens Kitchen Inc
Garden Grove, CA
General$60,000
Project Hope Alliance
Costa Mesa, CA
General use$60,000
Boys and Girls Club Westminster
Westminster, CA
For general use$50,000
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
For general use$41,666
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
Phoeniz, AZ
For general use$41,666
St Jude Children's Research Hospita
Memphis, TN
For general use$41,666
Arts and Learning Corp
Costa Mesa, CA
For general use$25,000
Community Action PTSHP of Orange
Garden Grove, CA
For general use$25,000
Scouting America Oc Council
Santa Ana, CA
For general use$25,000
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement
Santa Ana, CA
For general use$15,000
Family Promise of Orange County
Anaheim, CA
General use$10,000
Amrak Charitable Found
Sacramento, CA
For general use$10,000
Tabytha Jean Hembree Legacy Foundat
Pittston, ME
For general use$5,000
Yucaipa High School
Yucaipa, CA
For general use$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Warne Family Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

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

How much does Warne Family Charitable Foundation give?

$1.2 million in tax year 2024, across 20 grants, with a typical grant of $41,666.

Who runs Warne Family Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Robert Erautt (Director), Thomas H Warne (Director), Ron Levesque (President/Direc) and Julie Roberts (Treasurer/Dir.) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Warne Family Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and youth programs.

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