The Tyler Gilbert Heart Transplant Survivor's Foundation concentrates its giving on higher education and medical institutions—especially UCLA—and on child-focused health/wellness nonprofits and local faith organizations. Most grants are unrestricted general support, suggesting trust in grantee leadership and a preference for flexible funding. A large share of dollars go to repeat grantees at UCLA, while smaller gifts support community-based charities like Make‑A‑Wish and a local church.
Concentrated, high-dollar giving to a small set of recipients with repeat funding to core institutions (two grants to UCLA account for the majority of dollars); grants are typically unrestricted general support and a few modest community-level gifts round out the portfolio.
Tyler Gilbert Heart Transplant Survivor's Foundation centers a small set of repeat grantees, with its largest recent award going to the Regents of the University of Los Angeles for $59,000 in 2025. That same Los Angeles institution appears again in a separate $30,000 grant in 2024, and UCLA’s medical school received $50,000 in 2023 through the David Geffin School of Medicine at UCLA. The pattern points to sustained support for higher education and academic medicine, rather than one-off gifts across many unrelated causes. Alongside UCLA-related funding, the foundation also backs child-focused wish-granting and community organizations. Make-a-wish Foundation of Orange County received multiple grants across 2024 and 2025, while Pearl Church and Oregon Food Bank Inc each appear in the recent grants list as smaller recipients in Portland. The giving profile is broad enough to include education, medicine, children’s health and wishes, and faith-based organizations, but concentrated enough that a few institutions account for much of the activity. Most awards in the available record are listed as general and unrestricted support, indicating flexible grants rather than project-specific funding.
Higher education and academic medicine are the clearest cause areas in the recent record. The foundation gave $59,000 to the Regents of the University of Los Angeles in 2025 and $50,000 to the David Geffin School of Medicine at UCLA in 2023, both listed as general and unrestricted support. Child health and wishes programs are another recurring theme. Make-a-wish Foundation of Orange County received $20,000 in 2024, followed by $8,000 in 2025 and $5,000 in 2023, all as unrestricted grants. Faith and community support also appears in the recent grants list. Pearl Church received $10,000 in 2024 and $1,000 in 2025, while Oregon Food Bank Inc received a $3,000 grant in 2025. These smaller awards sit alongside the larger university and medical gifts, showing a mixed portfolio within a regional footprint.
Typical awards cluster around a $10,000 median, with the lower quartile at $5,000 and the upper quartile at $30,000. The recent record also includes larger outliers such as $59,000 and $50,000, which sit above the usual range. The pattern suggests a mix of mid-sized general support grants and a few larger institutional gifts. Recipients do repeat across years: the Regents of the University of Los Angeles, Make-a-wish Foundation of Orange County, and Pearl Church each appear more than once. The foundation gives to nonprofit organizations and uses unrestricted support in the grants shown. No individual-grant application process is visible in the provided data.
$103K
$1.3M
$292K
$128K
Most grants fall between $5K and $30K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$30K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Notable grantees: Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Make‑A‑Wish Foundation of Orange County, Pearl Church
All recent grants in the provided record went to U.S. recipients. California is the top state by grant count, driven by multiple awards to Los Angeles and Irvine. Portland, Oregon, also appears more than once through Pearl Church and Oregon Food Bank Inc. The foundation’s headquarters is in Wilmington, Delaware, but none of the listed grants went to Delaware recipients. The geography is regional rather than national, with activity concentrated on the West Coast.
The recent grants point to higher education, academic medicine, child-focused wish programs, and faith or community organizations. Examples in the record include the Regents of the University of Los Angeles, the David Geffin School of Medicine at UCLA, Make-a-wish Foundation of Orange County, Pearl Church, and Oregon Food Bank Inc.
The typical grant size is $10,000 at the median, with a lower quartile of $5,000 and an upper quartile of $30,000. The recent record also includes larger grants of $59,000 and $50,000, so the foundation makes some awards above its usual middle range.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years in the recent grants list. The Regents of the University of Los Angeles received $59,000 in 2025 and $30,000 in 2024, Make-a-wish Foundation of Orange County received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Pearl Church received grants in 2024 and 2025.
California is the top state by grant count in the provided record. The listed California recipients are in Los Angeles and Irvine, while Portland, Oregon, appears as another repeat location through Pearl Church and Oregon Food Bank Inc.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $55,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| ENDURING HEARTS INC | MARIETTA, GA | $30,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| EQUITY IN HEART TRANSPLANT PROJECT INC | BOSTON, MA | $6,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY | IRVINE, CA | $5,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION INC | DENVER, CO | $5,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| PEARL CHURCH | PORTLAND, OR | $2,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $59,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY | IRVINE, CA | $8,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| OREGON FOOD BANK INC | PORTLAND, OR | $3,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| PEARL CHURCH | PORTLAND, OR | $1,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $30,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY | IRVINE, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| PEARL CHURCH | PORTLAND, OR | $10,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| DAVID GEFFIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY | IRVINE, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES
$55,000General & Unrestricted
EQUITY IN HEART TRANSPLANT PROJECT INC
$6,000General & Unrestricted
TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION INC
$5,000General & Unrestricted
PEARL CHURCH
$2,000General & Unrestricted
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES
$59,000General & Unrestricted
PEARL CHURCH
$1,000General & Unrestricted
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES
$30,000General & Unrestricted
PEARL CHURCH
$10,000General & Unrestricted
DAVID GEFFIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA
$50,000General & Unrestricted