California · Private foundation
Carnelian Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $94k
- Granted FY2022
- 27
- Grants FY2022
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 7
- Total assets, FY2022
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 12% of the organizations Carnelian Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 25 | $93k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $85k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $77k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniting Voices | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $61,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $18,000 | 5 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Food Bank | $9,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Salastina | $7,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Reading Between the Lines Nfp | $7,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Union Station Homeless Services | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniting Voices | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $61,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $18,000 | 5 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Food Bank | $9,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Salastina | $7,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Reading Between the Lines Nfp | $7,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Union Station Homeless Services | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jazz Hands for Autism | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pasadena Conservatory of Music | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Roosevelt University | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $2,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Defense Fund | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Westside Family Health Center | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $600 | 5 | 0% |
| Next City Inc | $320 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carnelian Trust 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: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Carnelian Trust
- How much does Carnelian Trust give?
- Carnelian Trust reported 27 grants totaling $94,420 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Carnelian Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Human Services (8%), International (7%).
- Who are Carnelian Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Uniting Voices ($75k), Southern California Public Radio ($61k), Merit School of Music ($18k).
- Does Carnelian Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carnelian Trust 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 Carnelian Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Carnelian Trust based?
- Carnelian Trust is based in CA.
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