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their local communities.• Grants approved throughthe Foundation’s NewConnections Fund, a pilotprogram to fund unsolicitedgrant applications on acompetitive basis.Please note that grantsreported in this annualGRANTSEEKER GUIDELINESThe James Irvine Foundation makes grants to a widevariety of nonprofit organizations, most of which receivefunding through our three core grantmaking programs:Arts, California Perspectives, and Youth.The Foundation primarily makes grants to organizationsthat are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the InternalRevenue Code. In addition, by provision of Mr. Irvine’sIndenture of Trust, which established the Foundation in1937, we are restricted to making grants to programs andorganizations that directly benefit the people of California.Mr. Irvine also stipulated that grants from the Foundation“shall be used for such charities as do not enjoy substantialsupport through taxation.” Based on this restriction, werefrain from making grants to public agencies or organizationsthat receive more than 50 percent of their revenuefrom government sources.For current information about our grantmaking guidelines,please visit our Web site at www.irvine.org.report were approved in 2004 and refl ect the grantmakingpriorities that were in effect at that time. In early2005, we refi ned some of the strategies and priorities inour core grantmaking programs. For current informationon our grantmaking programs, strategies, and priorities,please visit our Web site, www.irvine.org.17