California · Public charity
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council
To plan, promote and sustain a connected 550-mile hiking, cycling and equestrian trail on the ridge lines above the San Francisco Bay - linking people, parks and open spaces for today and future generations.
- $141k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $138k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $118,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $118,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Bay Area Ridge Trail Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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 | 2 | $138k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $57k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Department of Parks and Recreation Candlestick Point State Recr | $118,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| City and County of San Francisco | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redwood Trails Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Regional Parks Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Volunteers for Outdoor California | $16,575 | 1 | 48% |
| NBC Universal Media LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bay Area Ridge Trail Council
- How much does Bay Area Ridge Trail Council give?
- Bay Area Ridge Trail Council reported 2 itemized grants totaling $138,000, out of $141,050 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Bay Area Ridge Trail Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (77%), Environment (19%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are Bay Area Ridge Trail Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: California Department of Parks and Recreation Candlestick Point State Recr ($118k), Greenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space ($40k), City and County of San Francisco ($37k).
- Does Bay Area Ridge Trail Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bay Area Ridge Trail Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Bay Area Ridge Trail Council based?
- Bay Area Ridge Trail Council is based in CA.
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