California · Private foundation
Cq 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.
- $12k
- Granted FY2023
- 10
- Grants FY2023
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
70% of Cq Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Cq Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $12k. 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
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Cq Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 8 | $10k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $16k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $31k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $24k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $42k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Florida | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cupertino Library Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kqed Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Buddhist Society of Amercia | $2,650 | 5 | n/a |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | $2,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Bay Area Cancer Connections | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Alumni Association | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ww II Pacific War Memorial Hall | $1,600 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Florida | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cupertino Library Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kqed Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Buddhist Society of Amercia | $2,650 | 5 | n/a |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | $2,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Bay Area Cancer Connections | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Alumni Association | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ww II Pacific War Memorial Hall | $1,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Chinese Church in Christ | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunnyvale Community Services | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The East Oakland Collective | $700 | 1 | n/a |
| Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church | $550 | 1 | n/a |
| Gofundmeorg | $333 | 1 | 0% |
| US Hunan Association | $200 | 3 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($114k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cq Foundation 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Cq Foundation
- How much does Cq Foundation give?
- Cq Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $12,350 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cq Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (61%), Civil Rights (21%), Religion (4%).
- Who are Cq Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Florida ($65k), Cupertino Library Foundation ($4k), Kqed Inc ($4k).
- Does Cq Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cq 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 Cq Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Cq Foundation based?
- Cq Foundation is based in CA.
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