California · Private foundation
A Better Place Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $31k
- Granted FY2022
- 11
- Grants FY2022
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of A Better Place Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year A Better Place Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $31k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 56% of the organizations A Better Place Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 42% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 9 | $26k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $28k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $30k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $25k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $30k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Representation Project | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Citizens Climate Education Corp | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Create CA | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| About-Face Media Literacy Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Thrive Animal Rescue Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Innoceana | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| StandUp for Kids | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kasiisi Project Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California Film Institute | $2,700 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget A Better Place Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Yelp Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About A Better Place Foundation
- How much does A Better Place Foundation give?
- A Better Place Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $31,131 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does A Better Place Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (69%), International (9%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are A Better Place Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: The Representation Project ($25k), Citizens Climate Education Corp ($8k), Create CA ($8k).
- Does A Better Place Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does A Better Place 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as A Better Place Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is A Better Place Foundation based?
- A Better Place Foundation is based in CA.
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