Avery Dennison Foundation
Azusa, CA · EIN 95-3251844. Reported 255 grants totalling $17.8M to 176 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Avery Dennison Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Avery Dennison Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 11 grants totalling $2,263,997 to them. That is 22% of the $10.1M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charities Aid Foundation America | grantmaking organization | Virginia | $1,612,556 | 6 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Lake County Inc | federated giving programme | Ohio | $641,441 | 4 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Dayton Foundation | community foundation | Ohio | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,000 and $37,400; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $2,100,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Impact | Alexandria, VA | $3,785,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charities Aid Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $1,612,556 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Resource Foundation | New York, NY | $1,323,593 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| King Baudouin Fndtn United States Inc | New York, NY | $1,286,170 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Institute of International Education | New York, NY | $897,306 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | $889,875 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Lake County | Mentor, OH | $641,441 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA Inc King Baudouin Fndtn United States Inc | New York, NY | $604,469 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unicef USA | New York, NY | $533,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hola Ohio | Ashtabula, OH | $510,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Medical Corps (imc) | Los Angeles, CA | $333,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Globalgiving | Washington, DC | $295,395 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Fund for Children | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women Win Foundation | Belleair Bluffs, FL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Action Against Hunger | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Avina Americas | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Islamic Relief USA | Alexandria, VA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Union Station Homeless Services | Pasadena, CA | $159,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Global Forest Generation | Arlington, VA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asheville Greenworks | Asheville, NC | $107,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Building Markets | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Right to Play USA | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Hunar Foundation | Pacific Palisades, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scholarship America | Detroit, MI | $95,150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ideoorg | San Francisco, CA | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impact Hub Trust | Vashon, WA | $87,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scholarship America | St Peter, MN | $84,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lake-Geauga Habitat for Humanity | Chardon, OH | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Minds Matter Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Opportunities Unlimited (you) | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Backpack Beginnings | Greensboro, NC | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Young Men of Color Initiative | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baltimore Outreach Services Inc | Baltimore, MD | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Contemporary Chinese Culture Assoc (cccca) | Solon, OH | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lemons of Love Inc | Mount Prospect, IL | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Westlake Chinese Culture Association | Westlake, OH | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dancing Dreams | Bayside, NY | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Vietnam | Highlands Ranch, CO | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cradles to Crayons | Brighton, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lgbt Community Center of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lgbtq Lake County | Painesville, OH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Haven Home | Cleaveland, OH | $22,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bogg Ministries | Miamisburg, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colors | Fairview Park, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hannah's Treasure Chest | Miamisburg, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Heritage Foundation | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inner City Arts | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| La Chinatown Firecracker Run Committee Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Hancock County Inc | Greenfield, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pflag Cleveland | Berea, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Plexus Educational Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yess Institute | Denver, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YWCA Glendale and Pasadena | Glendale, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights | Los Angeles, CA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alcott Center for Mental Health Services | Los Angeles, CA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fica (fed of India Community Assoc) of Ne Ohio | Solon, OH | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lone Star Wheelers | Plano, TX | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children | San Francisco, CA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Share a Vision | Mentor, OH | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sub Zero Mission | Perry, OH | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Foodbank Inc Dayton | Dayton, OH | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| ACLU | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| UNCF | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women in Manufacturing | Independence, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arthritis Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asheville Humane Society | Asheville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals | Mount Pleasant, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Babe of Whitley County | Columbia City, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Fitchburg & Leominster | Leominster, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brigid's Path Inc | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carbon County Friends of Animals | Jim Thorpe, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA of Denton County Inc | Denton, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Corp | Painesville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Changing Footprints | Greenwood, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Council of Black Colleges Alumni Assoc | Shaker Heights, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Kids Book Bank | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clinton County Womens Center Inc | Lock Haven, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College Axis Project | Shrewsbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Digitunity Inc | North Conway, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Disabled American Veterans | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dress for Success Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Drink Local Drink Tap | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Embrace Waiting Children | Mckinney, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| End 68 Hours of Hunger Lake County | Grand River, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Roots Inc | Benton, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Ottowa County | Port Clinton, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| House of Bread | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hvaf of Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indiana Business & Profess Women's Fdtn Inc | Knightstown, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lgbta Allies Lake County | Painesville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Annie's Hope Train | Painesville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lock Haven University Foundation | Lock Haven, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lone Star Wheelers | Mesa, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mckinely Community Outreach Center | Willoughby, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana Inc | Merrillville, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mentor Schools | Mentor, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michelle's Love | Scappose, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Midwest Food Bank | Normal, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minority Veterans of America | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montgomery County Ohio College Promise | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Marine Sanctuary Fdtn | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Painesville City Local Schools Educational Foundation | Painesville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America Buckeye Chapter | Euclid, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Ropa | Gardena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Providence House | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Quakertown Food Pantry | Quakertown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Refugee Care Collective | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Riverview Industries Inc | Oak Harbor, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco CASA | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Save Our Families | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Serve Source | Round Rock, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Francis High School of La Canada Flintridge | La Canada, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Step Up Women's Network | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stonewall Sports Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Next Wave Ministries | Quakertown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Recing Crew | North Agusta, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Towards Employment | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer | Roanoake, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteers of America Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Water Is Life Kenya | Newark, DE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | Moreland Hills, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wings Financial Foundation | Palantine, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wings Program Inc | Palatine, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worcester Alliance for Refugee Ministry (warm Inc) | Worcester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YWCA Dayton | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teach Democracy | Los Angeles, CA | $9,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $9,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Ca Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $7,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Giving Spirit Foundation | Davidson, NC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Akshaya Patra | Fremont, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Sunday | Los Angeles, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis | Memphis, TN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena (bgcp) | Pasadena, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Connecting for Kids | Westlake, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Destination Imagination | Texarkana, AR | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doty Island Development Council | Neenah, WI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dress for Success Columbus | Columbus, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Embrace Wating Children | Mckinney, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Geneva Area Interfaith Food | Geneva, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Chardon, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope House Mission | Middletown, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michelle's Love | Scappoose, OR | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miracle League of Lake County | Eastlake, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mother & Child Alliance | Chicago, IL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northeast Indiana Ronald Mcdonald House | Fort Wayne, IN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Operation Combat Bikesaver | Crown Point, IN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pearls Positively Empowering & Restoring Ladies of Self-Esteem Inc | Lakewood, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Call | Little Rock, AR | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Think Big | Bloomsburg, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wings Eagles Discovery Center | Horseheads, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Partners for Ready Set Read | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diy Girls | Pacoima, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pakistan Red Crescent Society | Islamabad | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wolf Connection | Acton, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Constitutional Rights Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Japan Red Cross Society | Tokyo, Minato-Ku | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Van Nuys High School - Manufacturing Academy | Van Nuys, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coro Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Plus Me Project | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Plaza Comunitaria Sinaloa Inc | Mission Hills, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation | Arcadia, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| How Women Lead | Newport Beach, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
43 of 176 (24%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 36%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- The Resource Foundation
GLOBAL GRANTMAKING INITIATIVE - Institute of International Education
GLOBAL SCHOLARS, EDUCATION ACCESS - Avina Americas
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY - Ideoorg
PILOT HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 141 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | $4,868,880 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 75 | $4,605,896 | $7,000 |
| 2023 | 65 | $4,571,044 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 62 | $3,713,085 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Avery Dennison Foundation has 7 of them, worth $876,055. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Institute of International Education | New York, NY | $380,000 |
| Global Impact | Alexandria, VA | $200,000 |
| United Way of Lake County | Mentor, OH | $185,055 |
| Institute of International Education | New York, NY | $60,000 |
| Scholarship America | St Peter, MN | $40,000 |
| Avina Americas | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Globalgiving | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
Where its money goes
36% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Avery Dennison Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 751 N Todd Ave, Azusa, CA, 91702. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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