California · Private foundation
Chance to Excel
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.
- $105k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $650k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Chance to Excel funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 4 | $105k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $125k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $23k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $36k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $9k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rock Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Curiodyssey | $91,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Northwest Vocal Arts | $75,000 | 1 | 80% |
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Castro Valley Educational Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Monterey Bay Rugby Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Oakland Public Education Fund | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Mateo Sister City Association | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($82k), not named here.
About Chance to Excel
- How much does Chance to Excel give?
- Chance to Excel reported 4 grants totaling $105,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Chance to Excel fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (26%), Science & Tech (21%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are Chance to Excel's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Rock Foundation ($150k), Curiodyssey ($91k), Northwest Vocal Arts ($75k).
- Does Chance to Excel fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chance to Excel 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.
- Where is Chance to Excel based?
- Chance to Excel is based in CA.
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