California · Private foundation
Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family 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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2021
- 7
- Grants FY2021
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
50% of Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to The Chino Hills Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $44k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 43% of the organizations Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 7 | $44k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $57k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $49k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $104k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $744k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chino Cultural Foundation | $721,442 | 4 | 32% |
| University of Hartford | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inland Christian Home Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Stanford Daily Foundation | $21,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Ontario Christian Schools Association Inc | $20,575 | 3 | 0% |
| Chino Valley Historical Society | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Isaiahs Rock | $16,500 | 4 | n/a |
| First Amendment Coalition | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Chino Community Childrens Theatre | $12,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Boys Republic | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chino Cultural Foundation | $721,442 | 4 | 32% |
| University of Hartford | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inland Christian Home Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Stanford Daily Foundation | $21,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Ontario Christian Schools Association Inc | $20,575 | 3 | 0% |
| Chino Valley Historical Society | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Isaiahs Rock | $16,500 | 4 | n/a |
| First Amendment Coalition | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Chino Community Childrens Theatre | $12,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Boys Republic | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chino Valley Fire Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Chino Police Officers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Chino Community Theatre | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chino Neighborhood House | $3,000 | 2 | 2% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chino Fair Association | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Press Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Park Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Caring for the Hills Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation
- How much does Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation give?
- Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $43,500 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Education (12%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Chino Cultural Foundation ($721k), University of Hartford ($50k), Inland Christian Home Inc ($27k).
- Does Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Allen and Gretchen McCombs 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 Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Howard and Nikki Applebaum Foundation Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation based?
- Allen and Gretchen McCombs Family Foundation is based in CA.
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