California · Private foundation
Freda B Runyon 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.
- $79k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 33
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Freda B Runyon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 28 | $79k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $80k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $80k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $80k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $81k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $82k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Room Dining Hall Inc | $19,728 | 6 | 1% |
| Soil Born Farm Urban Agriculture Project | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Twin Lakes Food Bank | $12,311 | 4 | 0% |
| Assistance League of Sierra Foothills | $12,105 | 4 | 2% |
| Seniors First Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| K-9 Armor | $10,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Sierra Wildlife Rescue | $10,100 | 5 | 1% |
| Food Bank of El Dorado County | $9,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Ride Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ability Found Corporation | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 54 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Freda B Runyon 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: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · El Dorado Community Foundation · Teichert Foundation · Deacon Charitable Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Placer Community Foundation · United Way California Capital Region · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Carlsen Muir Family Foundation · Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services · Sutter Valley Hospitals
How this is measured
About Freda B Runyon Foundation
- How much does Freda B Runyon Foundation give?
- Freda B Runyon Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $79,072 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Freda B Runyon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (19%), Human Services (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are Freda B Runyon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Upper Room Dining Hall Inc ($20k), Soil Born Farm Urban Agriculture Project ($14k), Twin Lakes Food Bank ($12k).
- Does Freda B Runyon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Freda B Runyon 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 Freda B Runyon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sacramento Region Community Foundation, El Dorado Community Foundation, Teichert Foundation.
- Where is Freda B Runyon Foundation based?
- Freda B Runyon Foundation is based in CA.
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