California · Private foundation
Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 7 | $75k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $66k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $71k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $81k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $61k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $94k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $85k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $85k | 63% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcare Eastern Sierra | $108,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education | $68,854 | 4 | n/a |
| Haven | $26,000 | 4 | 1% |
| California Poets in the Schools | $19,800 | 3 | 3% |
| Youth Service Bureau of St Joseph County Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Land Trust of North Alabama Inc | $12,475 | 3 | 0% |
| Santa Rosa Catholic Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Webb Schools | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wild Iris Family Counseling & Crisis Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcare Eastern Sierra | $108,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education | $68,854 | 4 | n/a |
| Haven | $26,000 | 4 | 1% |
| California Poets in the Schools | $19,800 | 3 | 3% |
| Youth Service Bureau of St Joseph County Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Land Trust of North Alabama Inc | $12,475 | 3 | 0% |
| Santa Rosa Catholic Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Webb Schools | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wild Iris Family Counseling & Crisis Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Xerces Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Lone Pine Airport | $6,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Housed Great Falls | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Freedom in Motion Riding Center | $5,000 | 1 | 12% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Days For Girls International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Healthy Communities of Southern Inyo County | $300 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($370k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald and Ruby Branson 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation with peer funders
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About Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation
- How much does Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation give?
- Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $74,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (21%), Animals (19%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wildcare Eastern Sierra ($108k), Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education ($69k), Haven ($26k).
- Does Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation based?
- Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation is based in CA.
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