California · Private foundation
Costa Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
57% of Costa Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Stanislaus Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Costa Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Costa Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 17 | $829k | 65% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $35k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $186k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $46k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $64k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $188k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $3k | n/a |
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 Salvation Army | $321,580 | 7 | n/a |
| Memorial Hospital Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Friends of the Modesto Library | $200,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Without Permission Inc | $140,142 | 4 | 6% |
| Society for Disabilities | $119,028 | 3 | 9% |
| Montage Health Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Children's Hospital | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Lukes Family Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stanislaus County Police Activities League | $37,225 | 1 | n/a |
| Modesto Children's Museum | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $321,580 | 7 | n/a |
| Memorial Hospital Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Friends of the Modesto Library | $200,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Without Permission Inc | $140,142 | 4 | 6% |
| Society for Disabilities | $119,028 | 3 | 9% |
| Montage Health Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Children's Hospital | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Lukes Family Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stanislaus County Police Activities League | $37,225 | 1 | n/a |
| Modesto Children's Museum | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Learning Quest | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| State Theatre of Modesto Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Andrews Legacy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ppo Heritage Committee Ltd | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stanislaus Swat Association | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Recovery Resources | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Juline Foundation for Children | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Legion Post | $1,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Minds Matter National Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($472k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Costa Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: Stanislaus Community Foundation · The Antone and Marie Raymus Foundation · Stewart Family Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Costa Family Foundation
- How much does Costa Family Foundation give?
- Costa Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,079,228 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Costa Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), Health (26%), Education (14%).
- Who are Costa Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Salvation Army ($322k), Memorial Hospital Foundation ($200k), Friends of the Modesto Library ($200k).
- Does Costa Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Costa Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Costa Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Stanislaus Community Foundation, The Antone and Marie Raymus Foundation, Stewart Family Foundation.
- Where is Costa Family Foundation based?
- Costa Family Foundation is based in CA.
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