California · Private foundation
Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation
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.
- $110k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,700
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $110k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $71k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $80k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $77k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $167k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $223k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $175k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $304k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immanuel Schools | $400,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Fresnos Chaffee Zoo Corporation | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Central California Food Bank | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley Public Television Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fairmont Ag Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Land-Based Learning | $50,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Fresno Sheriffs Memorial Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 6% |
| West Hills Community College Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California Specialty Crops Council | $7,200 | 3 | 2% |
| Friends of the Fair Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 20% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($248k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable 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.
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How this is measured
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About Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation
- How much does Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation give?
- Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $109,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Animals (17%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Immanuel Schools ($400k), Fresnos Chaffee Zoo Corporation ($200k), Central California Food Bank ($100k).
- Does Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable 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 Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation based?
- Gar and Esther Tootelian Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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