California · Public charity
Focusing Philanthropy Inc
Focusing philanthropy believes extraordinary impact is possible if we focus on root causes, maximize leverage, act on solid information, and pool our efforts. We believe donations should be made with the same level of strategic intent, information, and confidence as other investments. That is why we target serious human challenges that…
- $36M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,168,089
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,386,101
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Focusing Philanthropy Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $289k 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 | 19 | $36M | 21% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $32M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $25M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $22M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $26M | 23% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $24M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Acre Fund | $35,944,224 | 6 | 3% |
| Per Scholas Inc | $18,893,569 | 6 | 9% |
| Water for People | $12,523,451 | 6 | 11% |
| Muso Inc | $10,944,151 | 6 | 15% |
| Refugepoint Inc | $10,437,788 | 6 | 16% |
| Vision to Learn | $9,883,947 | 4 | 17% |
| Onegoal | $7,476,001 | 6 | 8% |
| Voices for Children | $6,867,594 | 6 | 17% |
| Seva Foundation | $6,524,164 | 6 | 18% |
| Jewish Vocational Service Inc | $5,864,423 | 5 | 7% |
Show all 39 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Focusing Philanthropy Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · National Philanthropic Trust · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About Focusing Philanthropy Inc
- How much does Focusing Philanthropy Inc give?
- Focusing Philanthropy Inc reported 20 grants totaling $35,812,370 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Focusing Philanthropy Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (25%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Employment (19%).
- Who are Focusing Philanthropy Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: One Acre Fund ($36M), Per Scholas Inc ($19M), Water for People ($13M).
- Does Focusing Philanthropy Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Focusing Philanthropy Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tides Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Focusing Philanthropy Inc based?
- Focusing Philanthropy Inc is based in CA.
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