California · Private foundation
Futures Unbound
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $426k
- Granted FY2022
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $291k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 30
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 9
- Total assets, FY2022
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 83% of the organizations Futures Unbound funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 30 | $229k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $267k | 86% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alia | $95,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Climate Action Campaign | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| California Institute of Technology | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Samuel Lawrence Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 5% |
| The Treehouse Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Community Energy | $11,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Project High Hopes | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Climate Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vayu Global Health Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alia | $95,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Climate Action Campaign | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| California Institute of Technology | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Samuel Lawrence Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 5% |
| The Treehouse Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Community Energy | $11,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Project High Hopes | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Climate Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vayu Global Health Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Voice of San Diego | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego County Inc | $1,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Razom Inc | $1,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastal Roots Farm | $1,023 | 1 | 0% |
| Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Public Integrity | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maya Relief Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Charity Global Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Stage Left Children's Theater Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($169k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Futures Unbound 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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Futures Unbound
- How much does Futures Unbound give?
- Futures Unbound reported 32 itemized grants totaling $290,644, out of $425,747 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Futures Unbound fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Environment (12%), Human Services (7%), Education (5%).
- Who are Futures Unbound's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($125k), Alia ($95k), Climate Action Campaign ($50k).
- Does Futures Unbound fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Futures Unbound 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 Futures Unbound?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation.
- Where is Futures Unbound based?
- Futures Unbound is based in CA.
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