California · Private foundation
Craigslist Charitable Fund
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $124k
- Granted FY2019
- 40
- Grants FY2019
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Craigslist Charitable Fund’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 52 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Craigslist Charitable Fund named its own grantees at scale: 28 organizations, $124k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $20,319
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 107
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 14
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 58% of the organizations Craigslist Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 31 | $124k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 87 | $553k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 107 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Publica Inc | $200,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Vegan Outreach Inc | $174,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Initiatives | $125,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $101,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Friends of the Animal Community | $67,050 | 4 | 8% |
| Northside Pet Connection | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sonora Cat Rescue | $60,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Friends of Calaveras Animal Services or Focas | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 161 grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($503k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Craigslist Charitable Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 138 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: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Walter and Elise Haas Fund · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · Teichert Foundation · Horizons Foundation
How this is measured
About Craigslist Charitable Fund
- How much does Craigslist Charitable Fund give?
- Craigslist Charitable Fund reported 40 grants totaling $124,434 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 107 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Craigslist Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (93%), Animals (2%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Craigslist Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Pro Publica Inc ($201k), Vegan Outreach Inc ($174k), The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc ($150k).
- Does Craigslist Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Craigslist Charitable Fund 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 Craigslist Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The Yelp Foundation.
- Where is Craigslist Charitable Fund based?
- Craigslist Charitable Fund is based in CA.
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