California · Private foundation
M3k 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.
- $412k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $14,646
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $103,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations M3k Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 13 | $412k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $487k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $602k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $346k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $512k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $869k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $252k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $213k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $1,144,650 | 8 | 1% |
| Just Vision Inc | $297,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Sierra Canyon School | $162,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Claremont McKenna College | $138,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Hebron Baptist Church | $52,345 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Hope Inc | $34,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Islamic Center of Southern California | $32,700 | 2 | 1% |
| Valley Sports Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 91% |
| Kern Bridges Youth Homes Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University Camps | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $1,144,650 | 8 | 1% |
| Just Vision Inc | $297,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Sierra Canyon School | $162,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Claremont McKenna College | $138,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Hebron Baptist Church | $52,345 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Hope Inc | $34,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Islamic Center of Southern California | $32,700 | 2 | 1% |
| Valley Sports Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 91% |
| Kern Bridges Youth Homes Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University Camps | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Sabeel-North America | $6,600 | 1 | 1% |
| Memon Organization of North America | $6,123 | 1 | 3% |
| Unrwa USA National Committee Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Syrian Institute for Progress | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Stand by Me Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Southern California School Of Theology | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
M3k Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About M3k Foundation
- How much does M3k Foundation give?
- M3k Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $411,976 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does M3k Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (40%), Education (32%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
- Who are M3k Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Near East Refugee Aid ($1.1M), Just Vision Inc ($297k), Sierra Canyon School ($162k).
- Does M3k Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does M3k 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 M3k Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is M3k Foundation based?
- M3k Foundation is based in CA.
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