California · Private foundation
Foster Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $148k
- Granted FY2023
- 2
- Grants FY2023
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $97,503
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $97,503
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Foster Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $148k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $217k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $230k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $237k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $197k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $209k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $272k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifespan Research Institution | $982,826 | 6 | 11% |
| Carl I Bourhenne Medical Research | $190,400 | 6 | 65% |
| Buck Institute for Research on Aging | $97,503 | 1 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $52,454 | 4 | 0% |
| Courtneys House Inc | $35,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Warriors Live On | $25,000 | 3 | 28% |
| Carolina Raptor Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spectrum Ministries | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($121k), not named here.
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Foster Foundation
- How much does Foster Foundation give?
- Foster Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $147,503 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Foster Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (88%), Education (7%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Foster Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Lifespan Research Institution ($983k), Carl I Bourhenne Medical Research ($190k), Buck Institute for Research on Aging ($98k).
- Does Foster Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Foster 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 Foster Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Foster Foundation based?
- Foster Foundation is based in CA.
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