About Skechers Foundation
Supports children with special needs, public education, and a national college scholarship program; raises funds through the Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk to benefit children and education.
Focus Areas
children with special needspublic educationcollege scholarshipscommunity grantsvolunteer programs
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (general operating recipients)individual students / scholarship recipients
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted supportcore/organizational supportscholarship funding (restricted to individuals)
About Skechers Foundation
Skechers Foundation’s grantmaking is built around the Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk, which funds children with special needs, public education, and a national college scholarship program. That event-linked structure shapes a body of giving that mixes large general-support awards with scholarship funding for individual students. Recent grants show repeated support for education foundations in beach communities and nearby districts, alongside higher-dollar awards to organizations serving children and families. The foundation’s recent largest awards include $1,238,114 to The Friendship Foundation in Redondo Beach for general support and $1,120,660 to Torrance Education Foundation in Torrance for general support. Other major grants include repeated general-support funding for Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Peninsula education foundations. The pattern points to a funder that relies heavily on unrestricted grants while keeping a consistent connection to local school and community organizations. Scholarship support is part of the same funding stream, but the grant record also shows broad nonprofit support through community grants and walk-benefiting grants.
What Skechers Foundation Funds
Children with special needs and public education are the clearest throughlines in the foundation’s grantmaking. The strongest recent examples are general-support awards to The Friendship Foundation in Redondo Beach and to schools-focused grantmakers such as Torrance Education Foundation, Manhattan Beach Education Foundation, Hermosa Beach Education Foundation, Redondo Beach Education Foundation, and Peninsula Education Foundation. The foundation also makes grants beyond local education groups. Shoes That Fit in Claremont received $545,454 for general support, showing a willingness to back a nonprofit working outside the immediate beach-cities cluster. Another notable award went to Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund for general support, indicating support for broader community recovery efforts. Oceanographic Teaching Stations Inc in Manhattan Beach also received general support, adding a science- and education-related recipient to the mix. Scholarship funding appears as a separate programmatic lane alongside these nonprofit grants.
How Skechers Foundation Gives
Typical award size sits at $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $15,700 at the median, and $104,240 at the 75th percentile, which suggests a mix of smaller grants and a smaller number of much larger awards. The recent grant list shows repeated support to the same recipients across multiple years, especially education foundations and The Friendship Foundation, indicating ongoing relationships rather than isolated one-off gifts. The foundation gives through grant programs tied to the Pier to Pier Friendship Walk and also supports scholarship programs, with some initiatives accepting unsolicited requests and others not. The funding mix includes general-support and unrestricted-style awards, along with scholarships for individual students.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3M
Total Assets
$4.7M
Total Revenue
$4.5M
Total Expenses
$3.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $104K, with a median of $16K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$16K
75th Percentile
$104K
Geographic Reach
Regional16 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ROBIN CURREN
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