California · Private foundation
Otter Cove 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.
- $325k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Otter Cove Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | $325k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $465k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $460k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $220k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $265k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $300k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $347k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Think Wild | $700,000 | 7 | 45% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $400,000 | 5 | 0% |
| All Saints Episcopal Day School | $350,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Robert Louis Stevenson School | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County | $222,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Uc Santa Cruz Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center | $120,000 | 6 | 8% |
| California Rangeland Trust | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| California Shakespeare Theater | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Think Wild | $700,000 | 7 | 45% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $400,000 | 5 | 0% |
| All Saints Episcopal Day School | $350,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Robert Louis Stevenson School | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County | $222,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Uc Santa Cruz Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center | $120,000 | 6 | 8% |
| California Rangeland Trust | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| California Shakespeare Theater | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Animal Assisted Happiness Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 2% |
| California Ocean Science Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peace of Mind Dog Rescue | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Otter Cove Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Otter Cove Foundation
- How much does Otter Cove Foundation give?
- Otter Cove Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $325,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Otter Cove Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (49%), Education (33%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Otter Cove Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Think Wild ($700k), The Marine Mammal Center ($400k), All Saints Episcopal Day School ($350k).
- Does Otter Cove Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Otter Cove 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 Otter Cove Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Otter Cove Foundation based?
- Otter Cove Foundation is based in CA.
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