California · Private foundation
Dandelion Foundation
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.
- $226k
- Granted FY2018
- 24
- Grants FY2018
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Dandelion Foundation’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 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Dandelion Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $226k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 26% of the organizations Dandelion Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 23 | $211k | 26% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $108k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Food Bank | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Ceres Community Project | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Center for Domestic Peace | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Womens Daytime Drop-In Center | $35,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Share Our Strength | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pathway Home Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Art Center College of Design | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth in Arts | $18,000 | 4 | 1% |
| DrawBridge | $18,000 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Food Bank | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Ceres Community Project | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Center for Domestic Peace | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Womens Daytime Drop-In Center | $35,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Share Our Strength | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pathway Home Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Art Center College of Design | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth in Arts | $18,000 | 4 | 1% |
| DrawBridge | $18,000 | 4 | 4% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Milo Foundation | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Head Strong Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Valley Animal Disaster Group | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save the Redwoods League | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Okizu Foundation | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marin Humane Society | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dandelion 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: Marin Community Foundation · Sunshine Polka-Dot Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Dandelion Foundation
- How much does Dandelion Foundation give?
- Dandelion Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $226,000 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Dandelion Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Human Services (3%), Food & Nutrition (2%).
- Who are Dandelion Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: San Francisco Food Bank ($70k), The Ceres Community Project ($60k), St Vincent de Paul Society ($40k).
- Does Dandelion Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dandelion 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 Dandelion Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Sunshine Polka-Dot Foundation, Heffernan Group Foundation.
- Where is Dandelion Foundation based?
- Dandelion Foundation is based in CA.
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