California · Private foundation
Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc
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.
- $138k
- Granted FY2023
- 25
- Grants FY2023
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Gilroy Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $138k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,750
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $16k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 25 | $138k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $90k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $84k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Health Foundation (Vhf) | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Valley Civic Theatre | $35,046 | 3 | 13% |
| SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER | $33,520 | 4 | 0% |
| Odd Fellow- Rebekah Childrens Home of California | $33,031 | 5 | 0% |
| Gilroy Garlic Festival Association Inc | $19,700 | 1 | 32% |
| Gilroy Unified School District | $15,895 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed the Frontlines NYC Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 3% |
| San Antonio Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Independence Day Celebration Inc | $4,550 | 2 | 1% |
| Leadership Gilroy | $2,050 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Gilroy Foundation · The Rendiamo Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc
- How much does Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc give?
- Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $137,778 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (57%), Education (13%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Valley Health Foundation (Vhf) ($45k), South Valley Civic Theatre ($35k), SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER ($34k).
- Does Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc 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 Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gilroy Foundation, The Rendiamo Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc based?
- Christopher Ranch Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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