California · Private foundation
Good News Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,775
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $121k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Good News Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $35k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $63k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $65k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $76k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $75k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $74k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $74k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $76k | 42% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $3,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Shelter Providers of Orange County Inc | $2,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Youth With a Mission | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| U Turn for Christ | $2,010 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Fontana | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,850 | 4 | 0% |
| Pueblo Diversified Industries Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $3,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Shelter Providers of Orange County Inc | $2,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Youth With a Mission | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| U Turn for Christ | $2,010 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Fontana | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,850 | 4 | 0% |
| Pueblo Diversified Industries Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wellspring Church Cv | $1,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Stars and Stripes Children's Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Showered With Love | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mercy Ships International | $900 | 3 | 0% |
| Fraternal Order of Eagles | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Sheepfold Inc | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Gateway Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($619k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Good News 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.
Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Good News Charitable Foundation
- How much does Good News Charitable Foundation give?
- Good News Charitable Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $34,575 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Good News Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (68%), Religion (18%), Education (5%).
- Who are Good News Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California ($5k), Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($4k), Shelter Providers of Orange County Inc ($3k).
- Does Good News Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Good News 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 Good News Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Good News Charitable Foundation based?
- Good News Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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