California · Private foundation
Manchester Charitable 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.
- $668k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Manchester Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $668k | 65% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $113k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $405k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $250k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $338k | 85% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $225k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $166 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Healthcare Foundation | $800,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Curebound | $115,140 | 2 | 1% |
| Emilio Nares Foundation | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Idea Relief Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lucky Duck Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bill Cook Foundation Inc | $29,257 | 2 | 3% |
| Richard Sabala Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| World of Children Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Healthcare Foundation | $800,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Curebound | $115,140 | 2 | 1% |
| Emilio Nares Foundation | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Idea Relief Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lucky Duck Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bill Cook Foundation Inc | $29,257 | 2 | 3% |
| Richard Sabala Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| World of Children Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Casa Cornelia Legal Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bahamas Hope Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| National Association of Bahamas Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Corps | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Villa Musica | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys to Men Mentoring Network Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bahamas Hurricane Restoration Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 10% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($600k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Manchester Charitable 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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Sempra Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Manchester Charitable Foundation
- How much does Manchester Charitable Foundation give?
- Manchester Charitable Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $668,464 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Manchester Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (59%), International (13%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are Manchester Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sharp Healthcare Foundation ($800k), Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego ($155k), Curebound ($115k).
- Does Manchester Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Manchester Charitable 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 Manchester Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation, Price Philanthropies Foundation.
- Where is Manchester Charitable Foundation based?
- Manchester Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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