California · Private foundation
Cecil B de Mille 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.
- $963k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Cecil B de Mille Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $194k 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 | 13 | $803k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $618k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $656k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $277k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $535k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $460k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $806k | 81% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $760k | 58% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Film Institute | $840,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Red Bucket Equine Rescue | $775,000 | 9 | 16% |
| Academy Foundation | $700,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hoofs and Woofs Animal Rescue | $345,000 | 7 | 65% |
| California Institute of Technology | $210,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Autry Museum of the American West | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Denkai Animal Sanctuary | $90,000 | 1 | 21% |
| National Film Preservation Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $75,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen | $71,300 | 3 | 9% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Cecil B de Mille Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Cecil B de Mille Foundation
- How much does Cecil B de Mille Foundation give?
- Cecil B de Mille Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $962,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cecil B de Mille Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Animals (20%), Education (13%).
- Who are Cecil B de Mille Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The American Film Institute ($840k), Red Bucket Equine Rescue ($775k), Academy Foundation ($700k).
- Does Cecil B de Mille Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cecil B de Mille 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 Cecil B de Mille Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Annenberg Foundation, California Community Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Cecil B de Mille Foundation based?
- Cecil B de Mille Foundation is based in CA.
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