California · Private foundation
King & Joy 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.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $67,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations King & Joy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460 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 | 11 | $120k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $80k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $30k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $149k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $96k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $67k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $38k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $44k | 44% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County School of the Arts | $23,750 | 2 | 0% |
| PIH Health Foundation | $13,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Irvine Girls Softball Association | $13,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Bread of Life Great Park Church | $13,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Logos Evangelical Seminary | $10,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $8,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Operation Dawn | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Novo Mission Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Family Keepers Inc | $5,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Hearts to Heroes | $4,200 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County School of the Arts | $23,750 | 2 | 0% |
| PIH Health Foundation | $13,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Irvine Girls Softball Association | $13,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Bread of Life Great Park Church | $13,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Logos Evangelical Seminary | $10,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $8,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Operation Dawn | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Novo Mission Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Family Keepers Inc | $5,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Hearts to Heroes | $4,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Global Life Enrichment Center | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Chinese Christian Herald Crusades Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mariners Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dragon Kim Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of Orange County | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($547k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget King & Joy 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 · California Community Foundation · The Frank and Lillian Lee Foundation · MY Charitable Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About King & Joy Foundation
- How much does King & Joy Foundation give?
- King & Joy Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $120,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does King & Joy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Health (36%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are King & Joy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Orange County School of the Arts ($24k), PIH Health Foundation ($14k), Irvine Girls Softball Association ($13k).
- Does King & Joy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does King & Joy 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 King & Joy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, California Community Foundation, The Frank and Lillian Lee Foundation.
- Where is King & Joy Foundation based?
- King & Joy Foundation is based in CA.
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