California · Private foundation
Michael & Alice Chetkovich 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.
- $182k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $631k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $182k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $103k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $85k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $77k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $66k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $59k | 7% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $54k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uc Santa Cruz Foundation | $74,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cabrillo College Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay | $43,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hospice of Santa Cruz County | $38,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Homeless Garden Project | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Housing Matters | $27,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Santa Cruz SPCA and Humane Society | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Encompass Community Services | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Center for Farmworker Families | $18,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uc Santa Cruz Foundation | $74,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cabrillo College Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay | $43,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hospice of Santa Cruz County | $38,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Homeless Garden Project | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Housing Matters | $27,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Santa Cruz SPCA and Humane Society | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Encompass Community Services | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Center for Farmworker Families | $18,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Watsonville Wetlands Watch | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Action Board | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Multiplier | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Grey Bears | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Cruz Local Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvary Episcopal Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Esophageal Cancer Action Network Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($275k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael & Alice Chetkovich 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: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The J Miles and Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation · Sunlight Giving · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Sharanam Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Dignity Health · American Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation with peer funders
About Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation
- How much does Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation give?
- Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $182,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Uc Santa Cruz Foundation ($74k), Cabrillo College Foundation ($50k), Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay ($43k).
- Does Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael & Alice Chetkovich 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 Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County.
- Where is Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation based?
- Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation is based in CA.
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