New Jersey · Private foundation
Focus Central America
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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 110
- Grants FY2024
- 104
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 104
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Focus Central America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $392k 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 | 110 | $1.9M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 104 | $1.6M | 46% |
| FY2022 | 59 | $876k | 85% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $118k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaceworks Inc | $129,050 | 4 | 23% |
| Clean International Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Teensmart International | $75,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Un Mundo | $70,000 | 3 | 17% |
| A Better Life Guatemala | $63,000 | 4 | 57% |
| Semilla Nueva | $55,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Global Fund for Children | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trickle Up Program Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amigos of Costa Rica Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vitamin Angel Alliance Inc | $31,800 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaceworks Inc | $129,050 | 4 | 23% |
| Clean International Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Teensmart International | $75,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Un Mundo | $70,000 | 3 | 17% |
| A Better Life Guatemala | $63,000 | 4 | 57% |
| Semilla Nueva | $55,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Global Fund for Children | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trickle Up Program Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amigos of Costa Rica Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vitamin Angel Alliance Inc | $31,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Together for Girls | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for Central American Studies | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Green Empowerment | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Atitlan Fund Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Angels for Action Inc | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Fabretto Children's Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| United Way of Hunterdon County | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| One World Childrens Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 119 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Focus Central America supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Focus Central America
- How much does Focus Central America give?
- Focus Central America reported 110 grants totaling $1,932,965 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 104 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Focus Central America fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (15%), Religion (13%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Focus Central America's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Peaceworks Inc ($129k), Clean International Inc ($80k), Teensmart International ($75k).
- Does Focus Central America fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Focus Central America 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 Focus Central America?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Impactassetsinc.
- Where is Focus Central America based?
- Focus Central America is based in NJ.
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