California · Private foundation
J K Barker 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.
- $150k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $19,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations J K Barker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k 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 | 18 | $150k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $177k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $153k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $104k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $132k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $169k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $153k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $127k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donorschooseorg | $61,855 | 9 | 0% |
| Elderhelp of San Diego | $60,900 | 6 | 1% |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $54,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Omaha Community Playhouse | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Science Delivered | $31,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Film Streams Inc | $31,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Serving Seniors | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Golden Retriever Rescue in Nebraska Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Disconnect Collective Inc | $28,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $27,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($580k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J K Barker 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: The Hawks Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Country Friends · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Oliver & Ferrol Barklage Foundation
How this is measured
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About J K Barker Foundation
- How much does J K Barker Foundation give?
- J K Barker Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $149,942 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does J K Barker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (16%), Religion (13%), Animals (12%).
- Who are J K Barker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Donorschooseorg ($62k), Elderhelp of San Diego ($61k), San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation ($55k).
- Does J K Barker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J K Barker 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 J K Barker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hawks Foundation, The Lozier Foundation, Sempra Foundation.
- Where is J K Barker Foundation based?
- J K Barker Foundation is based in CA.
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