California · Private foundation
Atkinson 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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Atkinson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 26 | $2.3M | 35% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $822k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $1.5M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $1.5M | 62% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $470k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $215k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $593k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $719k | 14% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Foundation | $1,365,000 | 4 | 0% |
| La Jolla Music Society | $1,160,450 | 3 | 4% |
| Regents of the University of California | $1,100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| US Naval Sea Cadet Corps | $1,001,168 | 6 | 3% |
| Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc | $696,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association | $549,681 | 5 | 1% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $541,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Navy League of the United States | $344,200 | 7 | 7% |
| Voices for Children | $215,000 | 9 | 1% |
| US Naval Academy Foundation Inc | $132,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($885k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Atkinson Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 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.
Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation · Colegato Foundation · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Atkinson Family Foundation
- How much does Atkinson Family Foundation give?
- Atkinson Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $2,341,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Atkinson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Arts & Culture (27%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are Atkinson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Indiana University Foundation ($1.4M), La Jolla Music Society ($1.2M), Regents of the University of California ($1.1M).
- Does Atkinson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Atkinson 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 Atkinson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation.
- Where is Atkinson Family Foundation based?
- Atkinson Family Foundation is based in CA.
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