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The Paint Foundation’s recent giving is dominated by a single recurring recipient: Dawat E Hadiyah in Calabasas, California. Across three consecutive years, the foundation made grants of $544,000 in 2025, $529,845 in 2024, and $291,000 in 2023, showing a clear pattern of sustained support rather than scattered one-off awards. That concentration sits alongside a broader mission built around paint recycling, repurposing, and charitable distribution of paint products. The foundation describes programs that collect non-salable, returned, expired, and unused paint from stores, manufacturers, households, and industrial sources, then reprocess that material into usable paint, primers, stucco, and related products. Those products are then donated or redistributed to developing and needy communities, with an emphasis on waste diversion, circular use of raw materials, and community improvement. It also operates store-based collection and redistribution programs, plus a 501(c)(3) donation channel for cash, inventory, and materials. Its profile combines environmental protection with direct charitable distribution and local economic activity through collection networks, logistics, and recycling operations.
A core theme in The Paint Foundation’s work is paint recycling and waste diversion. Through its Paint Recycling Program, it collects non-salable, non-usable, and waste paints from households, industries, warehouses, and markets, then turns them into usable products for donation and sale. The Regent Recycled Series — Collections & Redistribution extends that model to non-saleable, returned, off-spec, and expired paints. The foundation also supports charitable distribution of repurposed paint to developing communities. Its Paint Donation Program and 501(c)(3) donation channels describe recycled or remanufactured paint being shipped to needy or developing communities for charitable use. Another visible strand is store-based circular logistics. The Store Double Donations Program and Circular Program with Stores — Double Donations rely on retail paint stores collecting donated or returned paint, with pickup and product return arranged once collection thresholds are met. County Programs add local collection events, volunteer coordination, and educational materials.
$544K
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Most grants fall between $351K and $470K, with a median of $410K.
25th Percentile
$351K
Median
$410K
75th Percentile
$470K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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The Paint Foundation’s grant sizes are large and tightly grouped: p25 is $350,711, the median is $410,422, and p75 is $470,134. Recent giving also shows repetition rather than breadth: the same recipient appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is organized as a public charity and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Several of its active programs accept unsolicited participation, including store collection and county collection channels.
Giving is regional, with the strongest concentration in California by grant count, while 0% of grants went to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state of New York. The recent grants list shows a California recipient in Calabasas, and the recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 3 grants in the United States and none outside it. Program descriptions also reference U.S. store networks and county-level collection work, along with broader logistics where allowed.
Its stated work centers on paint recycling, repurposing, and charitable distribution of paint products. Active programs include paint collection from stores, manufacturers, households, and industrial sources, then remanufacturing that material into usable paint, primers, and related products for donation or redistribution.
The recent grant record shows recurring support to the same grantee across three years: $291,000 in 2023, $529,845 in 2024, and $544,000 in 2025 to Dawat E Hadiyah in Calabasas, California.
Yes. Several active programs are marked as accepting unsolicited participation, including the Store Double Donations Program, Circular Program with Stores — Double Donations, County Programs, and the Paint Donation Program.
The grant-size distribution is relatively concentrated: p25 is $350,711, the median is $410,422, and p75 is $470,134. That suggests awards are generally in the mid-hundreds of thousands rather than small discretionary grants.
By grant count, California is the top state. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 3 grants in the United States.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Paint Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Retail paint stores willing to act as collection points and follow collection/packaging requirements (cubic yard boxes, inner lining, palletization); stores must commit donated free paint to local charity projects.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawat E Hadiyah | Calabasas, CA | $544,000 | 2025 | — |
| Dawat E Hadiyah | Calabasas, CA | $529,845 | 2024 | — |
| Dawat E Hadiyah | Calabasas, CA | $291,000 | 2023 | — |
Dawat E Hadiyah
$544,000Dawat E Hadiyah
$529,845Dawat E Hadiyah
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