Delaware · Private foundation
E M Downer 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.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $937k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations E M Downer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 15 | $38k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $34k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $34k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $31k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $22k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $21k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $17k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Symphony Orchestra Inc | $38,500 | 9 | 0% |
| East Bay Center for the Performing Arts | $28,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Richmond Art Center | $15,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Troon Country Club Scholarship Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys Club of Napa Inc Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Salesian High School | $7,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Bay Area Rescue Mission | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the East Bay | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| J-Sei Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Symphony Orchestra Inc | $38,500 | 9 | 0% |
| East Bay Center for the Performing Arts | $28,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Richmond Art Center | $15,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Troon Country Club Scholarship Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys Club of Napa Inc Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Salesian High School | $7,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Bay Area Rescue Mission | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the East Bay | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| J-Sei Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Linfield University | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Goen Senior Center Corporation | $4,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Pinole Valley Community Church | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Musical Instrument Museum | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Richmond Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pinole History Museum | $2,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| White Pony Express | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jabulani Kids Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Gate Area Council #023 | $750 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget E M Downer 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: East Bay Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The San Francisco Foundation · Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation · Richmond Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About E M Downer Foundation
- How much does E M Downer Foundation give?
- E M Downer Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $37,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does E M Downer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Education (20%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are E M Downer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: California Symphony Orchestra Inc ($39k), East Bay Center for the Performing Arts ($28k), Richmond Art Center ($15k).
- Does E M Downer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does E M Downer 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 E M Downer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is E M Downer Foundation based?
- E M Downer Foundation is based in DE.
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