California · Public charity
California Forward
Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. The organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental, and social prosperity.
- $13k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $12k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $922k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations California Forward funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $213k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $330k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $297k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $39k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $46k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $61k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Forward Action Fund | $666,100 | 5 | 100% |
| Helena Group Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 7% |
| The Campaign Legal Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sierra Business Council | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mission Edge San Diego | $19,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Common Cause Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Workforce Partnership Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Water Conservation Garden | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Diego Regional Economic Development Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
California Forward supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About California Forward
- How much does California Forward give?
- California Forward reported 1 itemized grants totaling $12,000, out of $13,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does California Forward fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (71%), Environment (23%), Education (2%).
- Who are California Forward's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: California Forward Action Fund ($666k), Helena Group Foundation ($200k), The Campaign Legal Center Inc ($50k).
- Does California Forward fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as California Forward?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is California Forward based?
- California Forward is based in CA.
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