California · Private foundation
Current Wisdom
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2022
- 2
- Grants FY2022
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $967,225
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $967,225
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Current Wisdom funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $73k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $67k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| David T and Dorris E Staples Foundation | $1,534,472 | 2 | 9% |
| Upward Bound Camp for Persons With Special Ne | $21,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Escondido Education Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Kids College | $6,395 | 1 | 2% |
| Playwrights Project | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Reins Inc | $5,625 | 1 | 3% |
| Fallbrook Art Association | $4,398 | 1 | 17% |
| San Marcos Elementary School PTO | $1,907 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Interface Services | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($83k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Current Wisdom 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Current Wisdom
- How much does Current Wisdom give?
- Current Wisdom reported 2 grants totaling $1,509,472 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
- What does Current Wisdom fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Education (3%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are Current Wisdom's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: David T and Dorris E Staples Foundation ($1.5M), Upward Bound Camp for Persons With Special Ne ($22k), Escondido Education Foundation ($10k).
- Does Current Wisdom fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Current Wisdom?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Current Wisdom based?
- Current Wisdom is based in CA.
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