California · Public charity
Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks
Our mission is to preserve, protect, improve and promote the use of santa cruz county parks and open spaces for recreational activities, arts and cultural activities to benefit all generations in our diverse community.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $36k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,177
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,177
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $463k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $896k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $896k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $95k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $655k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $75k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Santa Cruz | $740,918 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Capitola | $90,032 | 2 | n/a |
| Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center | $36,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Saved by Nature | $5,160 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($926k), not named here.
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About Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks
- How much does Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks give?
- Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks reported 2 itemized grants totaling $35,531, out of $41,703 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (49%), Recreation & Sports (43%), Public Benefit (5%).
- Who are Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: County of Santa Cruz ($741k), City of Capitola ($90k), Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center ($36k).
- Does Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks based?
- Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks is based in CA.
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