California · Private foundation
Dry Creek 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.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $130,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,615,511
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $34M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Dry Creek Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $3.7M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $3.6M | 38% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1.8M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.2M | 60% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $510k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $80k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $9,235,231 | 7 | 5% |
| Maliasili Initiatives Inc | $1,175,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Conservation Strategy Fund | $495,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $369,200 | 3 | 1% |
| African Leadership Foundation | $260,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Apis Arborea | $169,365 | 2 | 40% |
| Elakha Alliance | $148,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Proyecto Titi Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 40% |
| African Community and Conservation Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $9,235,231 | 7 | 5% |
| Maliasili Initiatives Inc | $1,175,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Conservation Strategy Fund | $495,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $369,200 | 3 | 1% |
| African Leadership Foundation | $260,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Apis Arborea | $169,365 | 2 | 40% |
| Elakha Alliance | $148,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Proyecto Titi Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 40% |
| African Community and Conservation Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Scopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sea Otter Savvy | $45,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Wild Philanthropy Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 16% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($395k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Dry Creek Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Dry Creek Foundation
- How much does Dry Creek Foundation give?
- Dry Creek Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $3,677,876 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Dry Creek Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (76%), Environment (18%), International (2%).
- Who are Dry Creek Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Wildlife Conservation Network Inc ($9.2M), Maliasili Initiatives Inc ($1.2M), Conservation Strategy Fund ($495k).
- Does Dry Creek Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dry Creek 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 Dry Creek Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Dry Creek Foundation based?
- Dry Creek Foundation is based in CA.
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