California · Private foundation
Laurel Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2021
- 23
- Grants FY2021
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
57% of Laurel Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Greater Horizons, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 20 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Laurel Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $42,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 10% of the organizations Laurel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 20 | $1.2M | 10% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.2M | 15% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $1.3M | 6% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $2.8M | 32% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $3.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windmill School Inc | $3,000,000 | 2 | 32% |
| LymeLight Foundation | $2,279,000 | 6 | 87% |
| Arctic Ice Project | $800,000 | 2 | 89% |
| Ignite | $700,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Mercy Beyond Borders | $635,000 | 6 | 16% |
| Team Giving Inc | $600,000 | 5 | 84% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $500,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $400,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula | $350,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Eastside College Preparatory School Inc | $306,000 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($303k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Laurel Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Greater Horizons · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · Tides Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Stephen S Smith and Paula K Smith Family Foundation · Embarcadero Media Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About Laurel Foundation
- How much does Laurel Foundation give?
- Laurel Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $1,238,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Laurel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (32%), Health (21%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are Laurel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Windmill School Inc ($3.0M), LymeLight Foundation ($2.3M), Arctic Ice Project ($800k).
- Does Laurel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Laurel 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 Laurel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Horizons, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Palo Alto Community Fund.
- Where is Laurel Foundation based?
- Laurel Foundation is based in CA.
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