California · Private foundation
Akerson Family 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.
- $590k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Akerson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 24 | $590k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $496k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $477k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $513k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $362k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $374k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $320k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $331k | 79% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopeworks | $236,000 | 8 | 1% |
| St Felix Pantry Inc | $209,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Meals on Wheels New Mexico | $199,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Joy Junction Inc | $186,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Outcomes Inc | $141,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Storehouse New Mexico | $131,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $121,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Barrett Foundation | $109,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Savila Collaborative | $104,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Bibleproject | $94,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopeworks | $236,000 | 8 | 1% |
| St Felix Pantry Inc | $209,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Meals on Wheels New Mexico | $199,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Joy Junction Inc | $186,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Outcomes Inc | $141,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Storehouse New Mexico | $131,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $121,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Barrett Foundation | $109,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Savila Collaborative | $104,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Bibleproject | $94,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Crossroads for Women | $90,000 | 7 | 1% |
| El Ranchito de Los Ninos Inc | $79,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Good Shepherd Center Inc | $76,000 | 7 | n/a |
| PB&J Family Services Inc | $58,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Safe Houseinc | $57,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Opera Southwest | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Las Cruces Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Colette's Children's Home Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rio Grande Down Syndrome Network | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Robynes Nest | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| They Are One | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Akerson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Pnm Tnmp Foundation · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · Nusenda Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Corio Foundation · The Jennifer Riordan Foundation · Hancock Family Foundation Inc · Washington Federal Foundation · Red Rock Foundation Trust · The Foundation for Sustainable Living · Club Culturale Italiano Inc
How this is measured
About Akerson Family Foundation
- How much does Akerson Family Foundation give?
- Akerson Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $590,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Akerson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (18%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are Akerson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hopeworks ($236k), St Felix Pantry Inc ($209k), Meals on Wheels New Mexico ($199k).
- Does Akerson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Akerson Family 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 Akerson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pnm Tnmp Foundation, Albuquerque Community Foundation, Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Akerson Family Foundation based?
- Akerson Family Foundation is based in CA.
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