California · Private foundation
Engaging the Senses 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.
- $210k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $39,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $88,079
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $383k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Engaging the Senses Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 5 | $210k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $286k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $481k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $473k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $246k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $148k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Graduate Center Foundation Inc | $265,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Skirball Cultural Center | $178,666 | 5 | 0% |
| Kauai Writers Inc | $176,158 | 6 | 11% |
| Hawaii International Film Festival | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Maui Arts & Cultural Center | $57,669 | 3 | 0% |
| Grabhorn Institute | $54,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Honolulu Biennial Foundation | $35,100 | 2 | 2% |
| The Art of Elysium | $30,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Graduate Center Foundation Inc | $265,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Skirball Cultural Center | $178,666 | 5 | 0% |
| Kauai Writers Inc | $176,158 | 6 | 11% |
| Hawaii International Film Festival | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Maui Arts & Cultural Center | $57,669 | 3 | 0% |
| Grabhorn Institute | $54,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Honolulu Biennial Foundation | $35,100 | 2 | 2% |
| The Art of Elysium | $30,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Polynesian Voyaging Society | $27,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Hawaii Theatre Center | $17,525 | 3 | 1% |
| Women Helping Women | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Artists Against Antisemitism | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Arts Collaborative of Nevada County | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Waiwai Collective LLC | $1,859 | 1 | n/a |
| Merwin Conservancy Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Word Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Estria Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $20 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($869k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Engaging the Senses 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: Atherton Family Foundation · Hawaii Council for Humanities · J Watumull Fund · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Engaging the Senses Foundation
- How much does Engaging the Senses Foundation give?
- Engaging the Senses Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $210,079 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Engaging the Senses Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (53%), Arts & Culture (37%), Health (2%).
- Who are Engaging the Senses Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Graduate Center Foundation Inc ($265k), Skirball Cultural Center ($179k), Kauai Writers Inc ($176k).
- Does Engaging the Senses Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Engaging the Senses 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 Engaging the Senses Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atherton Family Foundation, Hawaii Council for Humanities, J Watumull Fund.
- Where is Engaging the Senses Foundation based?
- Engaging the Senses Foundation is based in CA.
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