About Pacific Life Foundation
Pacific Life Foundation appears to make very large, targeted grants to a very small number of institutional recipients rather than many small awards. The foundation concentrates its funding in multi-million-dollar commitments (including repeat payments to the same recipient), suggesting support for major programmatic initiatives, capital campaigns, or endowment-type investments in a few partner organizations. Geographic or topical specifics are not evident from the provided data, but the giving pattern is strategic and high-dollar.
Focus Areas
Large-scale institutional support (capital gifts, endowments, or multi-year program funding)Repeat core partner funding (sustained support for a small set of organizations)Strategic, high-impact grants likely tied to corporate-community priorities (disaster relief, community resilience, or sector-wide initiatives — exact sector not specified in data)
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: very few grants (3) totaling $23.6M, with two large awards to named statements—one recipient received multiple grants. Emphasis on large, likely multi-year or capital-level awards rather than broad small-dollar giving.
Funding Style
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About Pacific Life Foundation
Pacific Life Foundation’s recent giving is defined by a very small number of very large commitments, including a 2025 grant of $8,246,755 to See Attached Statement 16 in Newport Beach and a 2024 grant of $7,560,480 to the same recipient. The pattern suggests a foundation that supports a few institutional partners with sustained, high-dollar funding rather than many smaller awards. A 2023 grant of $7,804,800 to See Attached Statement 13 in Newport Beach reinforces that approach and shows that its grants can reach similar scale across multiple years. The foundation’s public record points to California-based recipients exclusively, with all of the listed recent grants going to organizations in Newport Beach. That makes the foundation’s profile especially relevant for researchers looking at major place-based support and repeat funding relationships. Across the available recent-grant data, Pacific Life Foundation appears to favor concentrated commitments that are large enough to function as core support for partner organizations.
What Pacific Life Foundation Funds
The available grant records point to a few broad funding themes, though the named grant purposes are limited to attached statements. In institutional support, Pacific Life Foundation gave $8,246,755 to See Attached Statement 16 for “SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT 16,” indicating a major commitment tied to a specific project or arrangement. A second grant to the same recipient, for $7,560,480, suggests ongoing support rather than a one-time award. The foundation also backed another Newport Beach recipient, See Attached Statement 13, with $7,804,800 for “SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT 13.” These entries show a pattern of large grants to named institutional partners, with the purpose text embedded in the grant listing rather than described in broader program terms.
How Pacific Life Foundation Gives
Pacific Life Foundation’s typical grant size is very high: the p25 is $7,682,640, the median is $7,804,800, and the p75 is $8,025,778. That narrow band shows tightly clustered, multi-million-dollar awards. The recent record also includes repeat support to the same recipient across 2024 and 2025, which points to ongoing partnerships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is not listed as funding individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its recent grants are all in California, and the grant data suggests a local, institution-focused approach.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$8.2M
Total Assets
$141.5M
Total Revenue
$14.7M
Total Expenses
$7.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7.7M and $8M, with a median of $7.8M.
25th Percentile
$7.7M
Median
$7.8M
75th Percentile
$8M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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