Does Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts 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 Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.

Foundation Dossiers

California · Private foundation

Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts

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.

$259k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 19
Grants FY2024: 19
Organizations funded FY2023: 37%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $12,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $50,000
Organizations funded a year: 14 to 20; FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 9
Total assets, FY2024: $8.3M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $133k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Food & NutritionHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationEmploymentMembership BenefitOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	18	$246k	28%
FY2023	19	$290k	37%
FY2022	20	$240k	35%
FY2021	14	$238k	29%
FY2020	15	$245k	27%
FY2019	18	$228k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$494kFood & Nutrition$440kEducation$317kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kEmployment$50kInternational$50kPhilanthropy$30kEnvironment$15kOther$0

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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Smithsonian Institution	$196,500	6	0%
The Oxford American Literary Project Inc	$105,000	6	1%
World Central Kitchen Inc	$100,000	2	0%
Trustees of Boston University	$93,000	6	0%
Culinary Institute of America	$90,000	6	0%
Heritage Radio Network Inc	$82,500	6	6%
Common Threads	$77,500	6	0%
Les Dames D'Escoffier International Inc	$54,000	4	2%
The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute	$50,000	1	1%
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems	$50,000	1	3%

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All grantees of Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Smithsonian Institution	$196,500	6	0%
The Oxford American Literary Project Inc	$105,000	6	1%
World Central Kitchen Inc	$100,000	2	0%
Trustees of Boston University	$93,000	6	0%
Culinary Institute of America	$90,000	6	0%
Heritage Radio Network Inc	$82,500	6	6%
Common Threads	$77,500	6	0%
Les Dames D'Escoffier International Inc	$54,000	4	2%
The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute	$50,000	1	1%
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems	$50,000	1	3%
Johnson & Wales University	$50,000	6	0%
Edward Charles Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Food Tank the Think Tank for Food	$50,000	1	8%
New York City College of Technology Foundation Inc	$31,000	4	1%
Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Dba Culinary Careers Program	$20,000	2	0%
The Land Institute	$15,000	1	0%
Collaborative Support Services Inc	$10,000	1	1%
The Museum of Food and Drink	$10,000	1	2%
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Kcrw Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Chinatown Community Development Center	$10,000	1	0%
Film Independent	$10,000	1	0%
Chicago's Green City Market Program	$5,000	1	1%
Santa Barbara Agriculture & Farm Education Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	1%
University of North Texas Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago	$2,500	1	0%
Bard College	$2,500	1	0%
Jacques Pepin Foundation The	$2,000	2	0%
Mds Foundation Inc	$1,000	1	1%
Mount Auburn Hospital	$1,000	1	0%
Avid Center	$700	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($286k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL10.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts

How much does Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts give?: Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts reported 19 grants totaling $259,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (32%), Food & Nutrition (29%), Education (21%).
Who are Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Smithsonian Institution ($197k), The Oxford American Literary Project Inc ($105k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($100k).
Does Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts 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 Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Where is Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts based?: Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts is based in CA.