California · Private foundation
Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $60k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $437k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 2 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $90k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $71k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working Wardrobes For A New Start | $206,300 | 4 | 1% |
| Little Red Dog Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Operation Second Chance Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
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About Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation
- How much does Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation give?
- Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (76%), Animals (13%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Working Wardrobes For A New Start ($206k), Little Red Dog Inc ($35k), Operation Second Chance Inc ($30k).
- Does Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donna & Christopher Matthews 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.
- Where is Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation based?
- Donna & Christopher Matthews Family Foundation is based in CA.
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