California · Private foundation
John Christopher Bunting 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.
- $43k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $694k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations John Christopher Bunting Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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 | 8 | $40k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $65k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $84k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $69k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $57k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $139k | 68% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $180k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $72k | 57% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation | $210,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation | $147,330 | 1 | 4% |
| North Bay Learning Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance | $40,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Cure International Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Urban Renewal & Education | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Young Women's Christian Association of Sonoma County | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sonoma Valley Historical Society | $25,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Sonoma Community Center | $21,900 | 2 | 1% |
| Vintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($133k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John Christopher Bunting 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: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Simon Blattner Family Foundation · The Vadasz Family Foundation · Sanderson Family Foundation · Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation · Khr McNeely Family Foundation · Clay Foundation - West · Kakatu Foundation Inc · Women Giving as One Inc · The Scott Family Fund
How this is measured
Compare John Christopher Bunting Foundation with peer funders
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About John Christopher Bunting Foundation
- How much does John Christopher Bunting Foundation give?
- John Christopher Bunting Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $42,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John Christopher Bunting Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Education (12%).
- Who are John Christopher Bunting Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation ($210k), Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation ($147k), North Bay Learning Foundation ($60k).
- Does John Christopher Bunting Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John Christopher Bunting 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 John Christopher Bunting Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, McNabb Foundation.
- Where is John Christopher Bunting Foundation based?
- John Christopher Bunting Foundation is based in CA.
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