California · Private foundation
Least of These Foundation
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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $17,085
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $371k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Least of These Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $97k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $82k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $124k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $94k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $111k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $102k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $113k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $252,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $109,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $101,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Gigi's Shelter for Dogs | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| I Know I Can | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Disabled American Veterans | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of Central Iowa Foundation | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $252,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $109,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $101,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Gigi's Shelter for Dogs | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| I Know I Can | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Disabled American Veterans | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of Central Iowa Foundation | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercury One Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $465 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Least of These 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Least of These Foundation
- How much does Least of These Foundation give?
- Least of These Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $98,320 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Least of These Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (31%), Human Services (29%), Housing & Shelter (20%).
- Who are Least of These Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Samaritan's Purse ($252k), Semper Fi & America's Fund ($109k), Gary Sinise Foundation ($101k).
- Does Least of These Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Least of These 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 Least of These Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Least of These Foundation based?
- Least of These Foundation is based in CA.
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