California · Private foundation
Esperanza 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.
- $708k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $138,150
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $564k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Esperanza Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k 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 | 39 | $683k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $654k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $736k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $525k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $594k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $319k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $246k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $231k | 48% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary of the Sea High School | $1,355,415 | 9 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of San Francisco Ca | $470,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Mary | $220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ave Maria University Inc | $141,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Thomas Aquinas College | $140,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Marin Catholic High School | $110,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Notre Dame High School | $102,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Epiphany School | $85,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed | $68,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $59,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary of the Sea High School | $1,355,415 | 9 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of San Francisco Ca | $470,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Mary | $220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ave Maria University Inc | $141,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Thomas Aquinas College | $140,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Marin Catholic High School | $110,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Notre Dame High School | $102,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Epiphany School | $85,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed | $68,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $59,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Casa de Los Angelitos | $45,500 | 8 | 6% |
| 1990 Los Crusados Council Knights of Columbus | $41,000 | 6 | 21% |
| Don Bosco Technical Institute | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $39,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Life Legal Defense Foundation | $38,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Immaculate Heart Media Inc | $36,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Norbertine Fathers of Orange | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Harbor Academy | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $21,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge No 966 | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Abuelitos Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St James Catholic Church | $16,600 | 3 | n/a |
| St Peters & Pauls Church | $15,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Focus on the Family | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Peter and Paul School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole | $7,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Mission Pre-Born Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Media Research Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Pro-Life Alliance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Constitutional Rights Union | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Citizens United Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unbound | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Community of Caritas | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Co2 Coalition | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Thomas More Parish | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of the Little Flower | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Esperanza 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: California Community Foundation · Louise M Davies Foundation · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · Sempra Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Esperanza Foundation
- How much does Esperanza Foundation give?
- Esperanza Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $707,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Esperanza Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (58%), Religion (33%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Esperanza Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mary of the Sea High School ($1.4M), Archdiocese of San Francisco Ca ($470k), University of Mary ($220k).
- Does Esperanza Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Esperanza 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 Esperanza Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Louise M Davies Foundation, Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation.
- Where is Esperanza Foundation based?
- Esperanza Foundation is based in CA.
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