California · Private foundation
Frances Saunders 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.
- $37k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $504k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Frances Saunders Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $37k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $41k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $72k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $84k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $88k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $44k | 31% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jmj Maternity Homes | $33,755 | 8 | 13% |
| KNOM Radio Mission Inc | $21,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Priests for Life | $21,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Sister of Mary Boystown and Girlstown Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska | $18,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Live Action | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $16,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $13,950 | 8 | n/a |
| United for Life of Merced County | $11,900 | 4 | n/a |
| American Life League Inc | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jmj Maternity Homes | $33,755 | 8 | 13% |
| KNOM Radio Mission Inc | $21,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Priests for Life | $21,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Sister of Mary Boystown and Girlstown Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska | $18,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Live Action | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $16,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $13,950 | 8 | n/a |
| United for Life of Merced County | $11,900 | 4 | n/a |
| American Life League Inc | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Immaculate Heart Media Inc | $11,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Unbound | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Salesian Missions Inc | $7,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Labre Indian School | $6,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Anugraha Act Inc | $5,450 | 8 | 6% |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $3,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Students for Life of America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fuller Center for Housing of Merced County | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Navigators | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| California Police Activities League | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Wheelchair Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($210k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frances Saunders 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: Sacred Heart Trust Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Frances Saunders Foundation
- How much does Frances Saunders Foundation give?
- Frances Saunders Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $36,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Frances Saunders Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (36%), Religion (22%), Human Services (21%).
- Who are Frances Saunders Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jmj Maternity Homes ($34k), KNOM Radio Mission Inc ($22k), Priests for Life ($22k).
- Does Frances Saunders Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frances Saunders 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 Frances Saunders Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sacred Heart Trust Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Frances Saunders Foundation based?
- Frances Saunders Foundation is based in CA.
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