California · Public charity
Parks California
As california state parks' statutory non-profit partner, we have a clear mission - to help strengthen parks and inspire all people to experience these extraordinary places.
- $5.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 82
- Grants FY2024
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $38,150
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 55
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 62% of the organizations Parks California funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 | 80 | $5.5M | 69% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $2.1M | 62% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $923k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $963k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $409k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Redwoods League | $630,650 | 5 | 1% |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | $384,700 | 4 | 1% |
| Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians | $320,192 | 2 | 13% |
| City of Crescent City | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crystal Cove Conservancy | $296,500 | 5 | 1% |
| City of Bakersfield | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Computer Using Educators | $243,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Amah Mutsun Land Trust | $236,728 | 4 | 5% |
| Sierra Institute for Community & Environment | $224,001 | 4 | 1% |
| Treepeople Inc | $184,604 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 141 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Parks California supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 108 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: California State Parks Foundation · Justice Outside · The California Endowment · The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · Patagoniaorg · Save the Redwoods League · The California Wellness Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
How this is measured
About Parks California
- How much does Parks California give?
- Parks California reported 82 grants totaling $5,517,566 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 55 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Parks California fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Environment (25%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
- Who are Parks California's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Save the Redwoods League ($631k), Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy ($385k), Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians ($320k).
- Does Parks California fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Parks California?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California State Parks Foundation, Justice Outside, The California Endowment.
- Where is Parks California based?
- Parks California is based in CA.
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