California · Private foundation
Margaret Pillsbury Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $60k
- Granted FY2023
- 10
- Grants FY2023
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $606k
- 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 Margaret Pillsbury Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 10 | $60k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $67k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $82k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $62k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $82k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McDonald House Charities - Bay Area | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Northern Inyo Hospital Auxiliary | $58,000 | 7 | 14% |
| Foundation for Excellence Inc | $39,500 | 7 | 0% |
| United Methodist Social Services Inc | $39,000 | 3 | 25% |
| Eastern Sierra Foundation | $29,000 | 6 | 15% |
| Eastside Student Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($221k), not named here.
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: Donald M Slager Sunset Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Margaret Pillsbury Foundation
- How much does Margaret Pillsbury Foundation give?
- Margaret Pillsbury Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Margaret Pillsbury Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Health (19%), Education (17%).
- Who are Margaret Pillsbury Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Ronald McDonald House Charities - Bay Area ($70k), Northern Inyo Hospital Auxiliary ($58k), Foundation for Excellence Inc ($40k).
- Does Margaret Pillsbury Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Margaret Pillsbury 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 Margaret Pillsbury Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donald M Slager Sunset Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Margaret Pillsbury Foundation based?
- Margaret Pillsbury Foundation is based in CA.
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