· Private foundation
Fulton Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OHARE CATH SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| CHILDRENS MUSEUM | $8,000 |
| SOARR | $2,300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +145% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FAFEEDING AMERICA3× · 2018–2020 · $26k
- SOSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC3× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue -10%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC3× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue +145%
Funded once
- CBCALIFORNIA BREAST CANCER RESEARCHone grant, 2020 · $19k
- SSOAARone grant, 2018 · $15k
- ZCZACA CENTER PRESCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +120%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the san diego cooperative preschool is to provide the highest quality care, while creating a nurturing and supportive community of children, parents, and highly skilled staff. through a play-based program that attends to the…
A preschool in san francisco for children ages 2.5 to 5.5 years old.
Our goal is to help in the development of children who are secure, confident, and competent. We provide an environment that is emotionally warm and nurturing, physically safe, and cognitively challenging. It is our desire to work as a team…
An independent, co-educational, day school for a diverse group of children, toddler through 6th grade.
Promote child excellence through outstanding early care and education, parent engagement, and community partnerships.
The mission of unlimited possibilities is to create a limitless future for children and families with disabilities.
UCP of S.D.'s mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people affected by cerebral palsy and other disabilities. A variety of programs and services are offered for children and adults with disabilities…
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals... feeding san diego is on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community…
Year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Scs's mission is to prevent homelessness and hunger in our local community.
See schedule o the mission of children's home society of california is to provide children, families, and communities with supportive services to thrive.
To provide high quality educational childcare for children 0 to 12 years of age and to strengthen and support families throughout Santa Clara County.
How this is measured
7 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 7 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds ZACA CENTER PRESCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE PARK CO FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY ↗
- Who funds WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA MARIA PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fulton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fulton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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