California · Private foundation
Busch Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Busch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 9 | $78k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $82k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $88k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $63k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $73k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $90k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $35k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palma School Foundation | $97,500 | 3 | 14% |
| Christian Brothers Institute of California | $94,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Memorial Health System | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association | $32,800 | 5 | 0% |
| Museum of Ventura County | $17,700 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Monterey County | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Bonaventure High School | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Defensive Line Inc | $12,750 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palma School Foundation | $97,500 | 3 | 14% |
| Christian Brothers Institute of California | $94,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Memorial Health System | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association | $32,800 | 5 | 0% |
| Museum of Ventura County | $17,700 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Monterey County | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Bonaventure High School | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Defensive Line Inc | $12,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Gals Give Back Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 21% |
| Community Bridges | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Raphaels Church | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rancho Cielo Inc | $3,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ventura County Family Justice Center Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Pollinator Partnership | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($152k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Busch Family 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: Ventura County Community Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Busch Family Foundation
- How much does Busch Family Foundation give?
- Busch Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $78,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Busch Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Health (24%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are Busch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Palma School Foundation ($98k), Christian Brothers Institute of California ($94k), Community Memorial Health System ($65k).
- Does Busch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Busch Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Busch Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ventura County Community Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Busch Family Foundation based?
- Busch Family Foundation is based in CA.
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