California · Public charity
Orange County Parks Foundation
The foundation's mission is to raise money to preserve, enhance, and promote the use and appreciation of parks and beaches in orange county, california.
- $224k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $218k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $128,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Orange County Parks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $218k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $167k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $251k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $267k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $296k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvine Ranch Conservancy | $999,321 | 6 | 5% |
| Crystal Cove Conservancy | $237,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Orange County Bird of Prey Center | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| County of Orange | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
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About Orange County Parks Foundation
- How much does Orange County Parks Foundation give?
- Orange County Parks Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $218,000, out of $223,814 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Orange County Parks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (80%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Animals (1%).
- Who are Orange County Parks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Irvine Ranch Conservancy ($999k), Crystal Cove Conservancy ($238k), Orange County Bird of Prey Center ($15k).
- Does Orange County Parks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Orange County Parks Foundation based?
- Orange County Parks Foundation is based in CA.
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