How much does Fullerton Family Foundation give?

Fullerton Family Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $2,499,036 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.

What does Fullerton Family Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (77%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (2%).

Who are Fullerton Family Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Making Waves Academy ($3.0M), 10000 Degrees ($388k), East Bay Center for the Performing Arts ($350k).

Does Fullerton Family Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2018, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Fullerton Family Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.

Where is Fullerton Family Foundation based?

Fullerton Family Foundation is based in CA.

Foundation Dossiers

California · Public charity

Fullerton Family Foundation

FULLERTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ("fff") is a california nonprofit public benefit corporation organized as a supporting organization of the marin community foundation ("mcf"). Fff engages in charitable activities which are consistent with the charitable purposes of mcf. Mcf's mission is to encourage and apply philanthropic contributions to…

$2.5M
Granted FY2018: 45
Grants FY2018: 43
Organizations funded FY2018: 28%
First-time grantees FY2018

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91% of Fullerton Family Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to Cerity Partners Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 30 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Fullerton Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 43 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2018: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2018: $1,000,000
Organizations funded a year: 42 to 43; FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2018: 4

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 28% of the organizations Fullerton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2018	43	$2.4M	28%
FY2017	42	$2.3M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Philanthropy$24MEducation$5.2MArts & Culture$597kAnimals$445kYouth Development$285kHuman Services$217kHealth$199kEnvironment$55kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Making Waves Academy	$3,000,000	3	6%
10000 Degrees	$387,500	3	1%
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts	$350,000	3	4%
Next Generation Scholars Inc	$250,000	3	12%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory	$240,000	2	1%
Aim High for High School	$225,000	3	1%
Summer Search	$180,000	3	0%
Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc	$180,000	3	2%
Wildcare	$179,000	3	2%
New Leaders Inc	$150,000	3	0%

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All grantees of Fullerton Family Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Making Waves Academy	$3,000,000	3	6%
10000 Degrees	$387,500	3	1%
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts	$350,000	3	4%
Next Generation Scholars Inc	$250,000	3	12%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory	$240,000	2	1%
Aim High for High School	$225,000	3	1%
Summer Search	$180,000	3	0%
Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc	$180,000	3	2%
Wildcare	$179,000	3	2%
New Leaders Inc	$150,000	3	0%
Parent Services Project	$150,000	3	14%
Teach for America Inc	$150,000	3	0%
Enriching Lives Through Music	$130,000	3	12%
Bridge the Gap College Prep	$118,500	3	4%
Dominican University of California	$100,000	3	0%
GO Public Schools	$100,000	2	2%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc	$100,000	2	0%
Square Peg Foundation	$80,000	3	n/a
North Bridge Academy	$60,000	3	5%
Audubon Canyon Ranch Inc	$55,000	3	0%
Mindful Life Project	$50,000	1	4%
Novato Unified School District	$45,000	3	n/a
West Contra Costa Unified School District	$45,000	2	n/a
The Oakland Public Education Fund	$45,000	3	0%
Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity	$43,000	3	9%
Marin Shakespeare Company	$40,000	2	1%
Conservation Corps North Bay Inc	$35,000	1	1%
Feed the Hungry Inc	$35,000	2	8%
Richmond Art Center	$35,000	2	2%
Vision to Learn	$30,000	3	0%
San Rafael City Schools	$30,000	3	n/a
Redwood High School	$30,000	1	n/a
Educate the Children Inc	$30,000	3	4%
Bay Area Discovery Museum	$30,000	1	0%
Amigos de Las Americas - East Bay	$25,000	1	n/a
Bay Area Community Resources Inc	$25,000	2	0%
Edventuremore	$25,000	1	1%
Marin County Office of Education	$25,000	1	n/a
Amigos de Las Americas Marin Chapter	$25,000	1	19%
Marin Link Inc	$22,000	2	1%
The Multicultural Center of Marin	$20,000	2	1%
Trips for Kids Marin	$20,000	1	n/a
Worldreaderorg	$18,000	3	0%
Every Dollar Feeds Kids	$17,000	2	n/a
Nepal Youth Foundation	$15,000	1	0%
PTA California Congress of PTA Alvarado School	$15,000	1	3%
Keys of Change USA	$12,000	2	n/a
Homeward Bound of Marin	$10,000	1	0%
Topps-Targeting Our Peoples Priorities With Service	$10,000	1	n/a
Canal Alliance	$10,000	1	0%
Hidden Genius Project	$5,000	1	0%
First Place for Youth	$5,000	1	0%
California Alumni Association	$5,000	1	0%
Beyond Hunger Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Beyond Differences	$5,000	1	0%

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fullerton Family Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

Marin Community FoundationCA61.6× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Chamberlin Education Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Fenwick Foundation · Peter E Haas Jr Family Fund · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · The California Endowment

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Fullerton Family Foundation

How much does Fullerton Family Foundation give?: Fullerton Family Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $2,499,036 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does Fullerton Family Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (77%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (2%).
Who are Fullerton Family Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Making Waves Academy ($3.0M), 10000 Degrees ($388k), East Bay Center for the Performing Arts ($350k).
Does Fullerton Family Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2018, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Fullerton Family Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
Where is Fullerton Family Foundation based?: Fullerton Family Foundation is based in CA.