California · Private foundation
3j Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,900
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations 3j Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $30k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $18k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $18k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation of the State University of New York at Binghamton Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shin Shin Educational Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Jose Public Library Foundation | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Children with Special Needs | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Silicon Valley Chinese Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $1,560 | 5 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
About 3j Foundation
- How much does 3j Foundation give?
- 3j Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $30,220 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does 3j Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (89%), Health (4%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are 3j Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Foundation of the State University of New York at Binghamton Inc ($37k), Shin Shin Educational Foundation ($10k), San Jose Public Library Foundation ($5k).
- Does 3j Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 3j Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is 3j Foundation based?
- 3j Foundation is based in CA.
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