California · Private foundation
Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $270k
- Granted FY2022
- 1
- Grants FY2022
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $270,262
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $270,262
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 1 | $270k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $8.6M | 52% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $3.2M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $3.5M | 56% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $3.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | $5,000,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation | $1,055,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Committee on the Shelterless | $790,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Becoming Independent | $500,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Santa Rosa Symphony Association | $310,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Santa Rosa Community Health Centers | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | $295,000 | 4 | 13% |
| The Ceres Community Project | $287,340 | 4 | 3% |
| Elsie Allen High School Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 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: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The Heck Foundation · Bothin Foundation · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Exchange Bank Foundation · Codding Foundation · Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation · Trione Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
How this is measured
Compare Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation with peer funders
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About Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation
- How much does Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation give?
- Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $270,262 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (30%), Human Services (18%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital ($5.0M), Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation ($1.1M), Committee on the Shelterless ($790k).
- Does Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, Sonoma County Vintners Foundation, McNabb Foundation.
- Where is Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation based?
- Ernest L and Ruth W Finley Foundation is based in CA.
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