California · Private foundation
Erasca 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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Erasca Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $95k | 70% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $185k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $169k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Science Cares Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Curebound | $56,200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Poetic Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 25% |
| The Brain Tumor Network Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Indian Cancer Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sbcs Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Angels of San Diego | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Omars Dream Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 11% |
| The Clearity Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Science Cares Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Curebound | $56,200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Poetic Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 25% |
| The Brain Tumor Network Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Indian Cancer Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sbcs Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Angels of San Diego | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Omars Dream Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 11% |
| The Clearity Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Health Centers of San Diego Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mama's Kitchen | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Every Cure Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego Coastkeeper | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Brain Tumor Society Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for the Children of the Californias | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lazarex Cancer Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Erasca 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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Erasca Foundation
- How much does Erasca Foundation give?
- Erasca Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $95,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Erasca Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (46%), Philanthropy (36%), Education (6%).
- Who are Erasca Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Life Science Cares Inc ($100k), Curebound ($56k), The Poetic Foundation Inc ($50k).
- Does Erasca Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Erasca 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 Erasca Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation, David C Copley Foundation.
- Where is Erasca Foundation based?
- Erasca Foundation is based in CA.
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