California · Private foundation
Ardor Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $30k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2026
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $4,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 26
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 11
- Total assets, FY2026
- $748k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Ardor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 38 | $25k | 66% |
| FY2025 | 20 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $20k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $16k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $20k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $22k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $12k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uc Santa Barbara Foundation | $24,050 | 10 | 0% |
| Chinese Christian Herald Crusades Inc | $14,470 | 10 | 0% |
| Amitabha Buddhist Society of USA | $13,300 | 5 | 1% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $10,250 | 10 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,159 | 10 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $4,875 | 9 | 0% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $4,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $2,800 | 10 | 0% |
| Chang Sen Xue Longevity Association of USA | $2,760 | 4 | 1% |
| Smile Train Inc | $2,625 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ardor 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ardor Foundation
- How much does Ardor Foundation give?
- Ardor Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $30,237 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 26 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Ardor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are International (28%), Education (17%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are Ardor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Uc Santa Barbara Foundation ($24k), Chinese Christian Herald Crusades Inc ($14k), Amitabha Buddhist Society of USA ($13k).
- Does Ardor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ardor 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 Ardor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Ardor Foundation based?
- Ardor Foundation is based in CA.
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