California · Private foundation
Matshym 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.
- $7k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $465k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Matshym Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 7 | $7k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $7k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $7k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $10k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Partners in Education | $11,700 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,523 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ising Silicon Valley | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Life | $900 | 1 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $698 | 2 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Northern California | $500 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
About Matshym Foundation
- How much does Matshym Foundation give?
- Matshym Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $6,940 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Matshym Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Education (32%), International (23%).
- Who are Matshym Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Palo Alto Partners in Education ($12k), United States Fund for Unicef ($6k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($4k).
- Does Matshym Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Matshym 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.
- Where is Matshym Foundation based?
- Matshym Foundation is based in CA.
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