California · Private foundation
Diffenbaugh Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $296k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Diffenbaugh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $13k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $8k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $15k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $15k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $15k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Marine Mammal Center | $25,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wildcare | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Vermilion Sea Institute | $13,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Mount Madonna Institute | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Teaching Well Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Growing Together Bay Area Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Diffenbaugh Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About Diffenbaugh Foundation
- How much does Diffenbaugh Foundation give?
- Diffenbaugh Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $13,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Diffenbaugh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (41%), Environment (12%), Food & Nutrition (4%).
- Who are Diffenbaugh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Marine Mammal Center ($25k), Wildcare ($15k), Vermilion Sea Institute ($13k).
- Does Diffenbaugh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Diffenbaugh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Diffenbaugh Foundation based?
- Diffenbaugh Foundation is based in CA.
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