The Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-6874901. Reported 137 grants totalling $8,085,000 to 51 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $750,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmont College | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chapman University School of Law | Orange, CA | $1,045,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $1,025,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Simpson University | Redding, CA | $1,010,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA | $545,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| William Jessup University | Rocklin, CA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pacific Research Institute | Sacramento, CA | $255,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thriving Churches International | Roseville, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Thomas Aquinas College | Santa Paula, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies | Washington, DC | $185,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Basic Fund | Oakland, CA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | San Diego, CA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $166,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Life Pacific University | San Dimas, CA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vanguard University | Costa Mesa, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loyola Law School | Los Angeles, CA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Diego Christian College | Santee, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Usd School of Law | San Diego, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fuller Theoogical Seminary | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Fuller Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Don Bosco Technical Institute | Rosemead, CA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| La Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pacific Union College | Angwin, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Institute for Policy Research | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help School | Daly City, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Claremont Institude | Upland, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Claremont Institute | Upland, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Christian Schools | Claremont, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blind Children's Center | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope International University | Fullerton, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pacifica Christian High School | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Exceptional Childrens Foundation | Culver City, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Biola University | La Mirada, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Vista | Vista, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Vista, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Indiv Rights in Education | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression | Phiadilphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junipero Serra Hs | Gardena, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| William Jessup Univ | Rocklin, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Biola | La Mirada, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dream Center Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mater Dei Catholic Hs | Chula Vista, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Verbum Dei Jesuit Hs | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whittier Christian Hs | La Habra, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Festival of the Arts | Laguna Beach, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pageant of the Masters Festival of the Arts | Laguna Beach, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
35 of 51 (69%) 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Westmont College
FACILITIES PURCHASE AND RENOVATION - Azusa Pacific University
STUDENT COMMONS FSACILITIES - Thriving Churches International
PROGRAM SUPPORT AND SCHOLORSHIPS - Pacific Research Institute
BROWN/KOLKEY VISITING PROFESSORS - University of San Diego
CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGINALISM CENTER - The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies
CALIFORNIA PROGRAM SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 83 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 | 30 | $2,050,000 | $37,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $2,075,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 32 | $2,100,000 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 34 | $1,860,000 | $15,000 |
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. The Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation has 20 of them, worth $6,240,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $1,000,000 |
| Chapman University School of Law | Orange, CA | $750,000 |
| Simpson University | Redding, CA | $750,000 |
| Simpson University | Redding, CA | $500,000 |
| Chapman University School of Law | Orange, CA | $500,000 |
| Simpson University | Redding, CA | $500,000 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $300,000 |
| Chapman University School of Law | Orange, CA | $250,000 |
| Simpson University | Redding, CA | $250,000 |
| Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA | $250,000 |
| Thriving Churches International | Roseville, CA | $250,000 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $200,000 |
| Westmont College | Santa Barbara, CA | $175,000 |
| William Jessup University | Rocklin, CA | $175,000 |
| Thriving Churches International | Roseville, CA | $125,000 |
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Hugh and Hazel Darling 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: 500 South Grand Ave Suite 1310, Los Angeles, CA, 90071. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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