California · Private foundation
Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $171k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 15 | $47k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $35k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $56k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $20k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc | $21,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $17,650 | 6 | n/a |
| Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc | $8,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Mission Inc | $6,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Long Beach Rescue Mission | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $4,200 | 4 | n/a |
| In Touch Ministries Inc | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| South Bay Wildlife Rehab and Educ | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Amyloidosis Support Groups Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc | $21,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $17,650 | 6 | n/a |
| Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc | $8,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Mission Inc | $6,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Long Beach Rescue Mission | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $4,200 | 4 | n/a |
| In Touch Ministries Inc | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| South Bay Wildlife Rehab and Educ | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Amyloidosis Support Groups Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Calvary Chapel | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Fresh Life Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Access Fund | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($152k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul and Sharon Rajewski 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
Compare Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation with peer funders
About Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation
- How much does Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation give?
- Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $46,916 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (20%), Environment (9%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc ($21k), The Salvation Army ($18k), Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc ($8k).
- Does Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul and Sharon Rajewski 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 Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation based?
- Paul and Sharon Rajewski Foundation is based in CA.
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