California · Private foundation
Dr Seuss Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $106k
- Granted FY2020
- 24
- Grants FY2020
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Dr Seuss Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The San Diego Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Dr Seuss Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 20 organizations, $106k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 63
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Total assets, FY2020
- $65M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 33% of the organizations Dr Seuss Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 24 | $106k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $976k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 48 | $237k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 63 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $1,050,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $166,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Springfield Museums Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uss Midway Museum | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reading Literacy Learning Inc | $31,500 | 4 | 41% |
| San Diego Society of Natural History | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Library Association of la Jolla | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's San Diego | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 68 grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($452k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Dr Seuss Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 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: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · David C Copley Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation
How this is measured
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About Dr Seuss Foundation
- How much does Dr Seuss Foundation give?
- Dr Seuss Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $105,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 63 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Dr Seuss Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Animals (15%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Dr Seuss Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Zoological Society of San Diego ($1.1M), San Diego Museum of Art ($250k), Uc San Diego Foundation ($166k).
- Does Dr Seuss Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dr Seuss Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dr Seuss Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, David C Copley Foundation.
- Where is Dr Seuss Foundation based?
- Dr Seuss Foundation is based in CA.
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