Washington · Private foundation
McCreight 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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,850,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations McCreight Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $528k 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 | 4 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $738k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $803k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $896k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $735k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $855k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $1.0M | 42% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $5.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $5,020,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | $3,080,100 | 6 | 12% |
| Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd | $405,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Families Forward | $330,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Homestead Community | $305,000 | 2 | 56% |
| Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pasadena Education Network | $150,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pasadena Humane | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| A Noise Within | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $5,020,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | $3,080,100 | 6 | 12% |
| Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd | $405,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Families Forward | $330,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Homestead Community | $305,000 | 2 | 56% |
| Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pasadena Education Network | $150,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pasadena Humane | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| A Noise Within | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Prison Pet Partnership Program | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Pasadena Conservatory of Music | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gig Harbor Now | $6,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Innovate Pasadena | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillsides | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| College Access Plan | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Young & Healthy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
McCreight Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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: Pasadena Community Foundation · Helen and Will Webster Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte · Ann Peppers Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Rotary Club of Pasadena Foundation · John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou Ndation · Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts · S Mark Taper Foundation
How this is measured
About McCreight Foundation
- How much does McCreight Foundation give?
- McCreight Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $1,866,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does McCreight Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Health (22%), Community Improvement (3%).
- Who are McCreight Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of California Berkeley Foundation ($5.0M), Pasadena Educational Foundation ($3.1M), Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd ($405k).
- Does McCreight Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McCreight 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 McCreight Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pasadena Community Foundation, Helen and Will Webster Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation.
- Where is McCreight Foundation based?
- McCreight Foundation is based in WA.
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