California · Private foundation
Franklin Legacy Fund
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $24k
- Granted FY2020
- 7
- Grants FY2020
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $300
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $11k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations Franklin Legacy Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $64k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $78k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $206k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restorative Justice Partners Inc | $43,428 | 4 | 4% |
| Gathering for Women - Monterey | $18,875 | 3 | 1% |
| Kitchen Sisters | $13,050 | 2 | 3% |
| Mearth | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio | $5,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $3,266 | 4 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Peninsula College | $1,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Hamilton Families | $1,013 | 2 | 0% |
| Shire House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restorative Justice Partners Inc | $43,428 | 4 | 4% |
| Gathering for Women - Monterey | $18,875 | 3 | 1% |
| Kitchen Sisters | $13,050 | 2 | 3% |
| Mearth | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio | $5,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $3,266 | 4 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Peninsula College | $1,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Hamilton Families | $1,013 | 2 | 0% |
| Shire House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spectordance | $980 | 1 | 0% |
| Spirit of the Earth Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Read to Me Project | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Our House | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Spiritual Awakening | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Repertory Theatre | $111 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Community Service | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($273k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Franklin Legacy Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Alexander F Victor Foundation · Barnet Segal Charitable Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Franklin Legacy Fund
- How much does Franklin Legacy Fund give?
- Franklin Legacy Fund reported 7 grants totaling $23,772 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Franklin Legacy Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (43%), Crime & Legal (12%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are Franklin Legacy Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Restorative Justice Partners Inc ($43k), Gathering for Women - Monterey ($19k), Kitchen Sisters ($13k).
- Does Franklin Legacy Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Franklin Legacy Fund 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 Franklin Legacy Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Alexander F Victor Foundation.
- Where is Franklin Legacy Fund based?
- Franklin Legacy Fund is based in CA.
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