Margaret Perenchio Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to providing financial support primarily through general support grants to various charitable organizations. Its mission appears to focus on enhancing educational opportunities, health initiatives, and cultural enrichment, as evidenced by its funding to educational scholarship programs, health charities, and arts organizations. The foundation supports a diverse range of causes, including animal welfare, religious institutions, and health-related research. While it has a notable presence in California, its funding also extends to organizations in other states, reflecting a broader commitment to charitable giving.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small-to-mid sized charity working in areas the foundation has historically supported (churches/religious institutions, education, health, arts, or animal welfare), with an existing relationship or introduction to the trustees or nominators and a need for general operating support or scholarship-type donations.
Good Fit
- • Mission aligns with prior grant categories (religious institutions, education/scholarships, health, arts, or animal welfare).
- • Organization operates in states the funder has supported (California and other U.S. states funded previously).
- • Request is for general support or scholarship funding rather than a narrow program-specific RFP.
- • Has a board member, major donor, or intermediary who can introduce the organization to the foundation.
- • Can accept rolling, invitation-based support rather than relying on a public application cycle.
Geography
Observed giving is multi-state across the three-year record (recipients in CA, AZ, OK and others in earlier years), so the footprint is broader than a single city or county even though some years concentrate dollars in one state.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded multiple independent recipients each year (8 recipients in 2022, 9 in 2023, 5 in 2024), showing a moderate breadth of grantees for a small private foundation despite occasional large grants to single organizations.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of recipient turnover is limited but present: several new recipients were funded in 2023 and 2024, indicating new entrants can be added, yet the foundation states grants are only to preselected recipients and there is no public application route, so entry is likely possible mainly via nomination or relationships rather than open solicitation.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
