California · Private foundation
Donato Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $89k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations Donato Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $74k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $53k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $49k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vida Verde Nature Education | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Save the Redwoods League | $11,200 | 2 | 0% |
| In Real Life Movies Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan House Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of the River Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Burning Man Project | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heroic Hearts Project Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alma Future Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vida Verde Nature Education | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Save the Redwoods League | $11,200 | 2 | 0% |
| In Real Life Movies Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan House Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of the River Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Burning Man Project | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heroic Hearts Project Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alma Future Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Protect American River Canyons | $6,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Flux Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 50% |
| Coltura | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Victory | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Rivers Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Embrace Kulture Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Pomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Donato Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Donato Family Foundation
- How much does Donato Family Foundation give?
- Donato Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $89,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Donato Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Education (27%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Donato Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College ($40k), Vida Verde Nature Education ($15k), League to Save Lake Tahoe ($15k).
- Does Donato Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donato Family 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 Donato Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Donato Family Foundation based?
- Donato Family Foundation is based in CA.
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