California · Private foundation
Cup of Water 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.
- $59k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $775k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations Cup of Water Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $59k | 45% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $26k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $259k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $11k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $22k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $9k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $14k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iris Global | $267,284 | 3 | 2% |
| Children's Cup | $8,541 | 6 | 0% |
| Global Prophetic Alliance America | $7,724 | 1 | n/a |
| The Refuge | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Arising Global | $5,800 | 4 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $5,800 | 7 | n/a |
| Focus on the Family | $5,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Hive Inc | $3,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Inherit the Earth Outreach | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethel Church of Redding | $2,125 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iris Global | $267,284 | 3 | 2% |
| Children's Cup | $8,541 | 6 | 0% |
| Global Prophetic Alliance America | $7,724 | 1 | n/a |
| The Refuge | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Arising Global | $5,800 | 4 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $5,800 | 7 | n/a |
| Focus on the Family | $5,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Hive Inc | $3,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Inherit the Earth Outreach | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethel Church of Redding | $2,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Gathering Place | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Educational Media Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Azusa Pacific University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good News Radio | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $400 | 4 | 0% |
| Florida Breast Cancer Coalition Research Foundation Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Oak Ranch Ministries Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Mays Heart | $240 | 1 | n/a |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Redlands Christian School | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($101k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cup of Water Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About Cup of Water Inc
- How much does Cup of Water Inc give?
- Cup of Water Inc reported 20 grants totaling $59,089 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cup of Water Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (63%), Religion (20%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Cup of Water Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Iris Global ($267k), Children's Cup ($9k), Global Prophetic Alliance America ($8k).
- Does Cup of Water Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cup of Water 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 Cup of Water Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Cup of Water Inc based?
- Cup of Water Inc is based in CA.
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