California · Private foundation
Albatross Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $28M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Albatross Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $1.4M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.3M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $1.3M | 18% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $1.2M | 8% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Childrens Museum | $4,810,000 | 8 | 20% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $2,690,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Balboa Park Conservancy | $775,000 | 6 | 24% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $415,000 | 7 | 0% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $400,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Youth Services | $125,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Voices for Children | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| San Diego Parks Foundation | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Childrens Museum | $4,810,000 | 8 | 20% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $2,690,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Balboa Park Conservancy | $775,000 | 6 | 24% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $415,000 | 7 | 0% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $400,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Youth Services | $125,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Voices for Children | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| San Diego Parks Foundation | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| San Diego Canyonlands Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Francis Parker School | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Jolla Music Society | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Jolla Historical Society | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Expect Miracles Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Davidson College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($715k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Albatross 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: Price Philanthropies Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Parker Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Girard Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund
How this is measured
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About Albatross Foundation
- How much does Albatross Foundation give?
- Albatross Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $1,445,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Albatross Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (80%), Environment (8%), Education (7%).
- Who are Albatross Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The New Childrens Museum ($4.8M), The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles ($2.7M), Balboa Park Conservancy ($775k).
- Does Albatross Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Albatross 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 Albatross Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Price Philanthropies Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego.
- Where is Albatross Foundation based?
- Albatross Foundation is based in CA.
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