California · Public charity
Academy of Friends
Academy of Friends is a credible steward through which individual donors and corporations contribute to agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- $44k
- Granted FY2019
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2019
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Itemized, FY2019
- $39k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2019
- $6,566
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $12,976
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Total assets, FY2019
- $7k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 40% of the organizations Academy of Friends funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 5 | $39k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area | $26,231 | 2 | 1% |
| Maitri Compassionate Care | $14,727 | 2 | 0% |
| Aguilas | $14,105 | 2 | 2% |
| Openhouse | $11,604 | 1 | 0% |
| The Spahr Center | $9,636 | 1 | 1% |
| San Francisco Suicide Prevention | $8,516 | 1 | 1% |
| Prc | $7,944 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Open Hand | $6,566 | 1 | 0% |
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: Horizons Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Academy of Friends
- How much does Academy of Friends give?
- Academy of Friends reported 5 itemized grants totaling $39,250, out of $43,998 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Academy of Friends fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Health (31%), Crime & Legal (26%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Academy of Friends's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area ($26k), Maitri Compassionate Care ($15k), Aguilas ($14k).
- Does Academy of Friends fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Academy of Friends?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Horizons Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation.
- Where is Academy of Friends based?
- Academy of Friends is based in CA.
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