California · Public charity
Irving J Symons Foundation
To carry out charitable and educational activities and to support, benefit, and carry out the purposes of the Sonora Area Foundation, whose charitable activities benefit Tuolumne County and its citizens. Particular concern is given to the youth of Tuolumne County.
- $870k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $244,775
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $52M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations Irving J Symons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k 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 | 17 | $623k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $452k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $1.3M | 42% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $980k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $195k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Sports Foundation of Tuolumne County | $1,565,000 | 3 | 61% |
| Symons Family Fund | $286,723 | 5 | 42% |
| Interfaith Community Social Services | $155,000 | 4 | 28% |
| Sierra Repertory Theatre Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Center for a Non Violent Community | $100,100 | 3 | 5% |
| Friends Oftuolumne County Lodge Building Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 83% |
| Resiliency Village | $100,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Tuolumne County Inc | $86,000 | 4 | 6% |
| County of Tuolumne | $82,845 | 3 | n/a |
| Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources and Environment Inc | $67,000 | 3 | 56% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Irving J Symons Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Sonora Area Foundation · Sonora Community Hospital dba Adventist Health Sonora · Symons Family Fund · Stanislaus Community Foundation · California Fire Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Irving J Symons Foundation
- How much does Irving J Symons Foundation give?
- Irving J Symons Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $870,230 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Irving J Symons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Recreation & Sports (34%), Food & Nutrition (5%).
- Who are Irving J Symons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Youth Sports Foundation of Tuolumne County ($1.6M), Symons Family Fund ($287k), Interfaith Community Social Services ($155k).
- Does Irving J Symons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Irving J Symons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonora Area Foundation, Sonora Community Hospital dba Adventist Health Sonora, Symons Family Fund.
- Where is Irving J Symons Foundation based?
- Irving J Symons Foundation is based in CA.
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