California · Public charity
Persimmon Foundation
The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational, or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of, the jewish community federation of san francisco, the peninsula, marin and sonoma counties.
- $501k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $330,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Persimmon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $456k 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 | 2 | $405k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $463k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $85k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $7k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | $614,757 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $84,534 | 1 | 0% |
| University College London Friends & Alumni Association Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Congregation Beth Am | $45,415 | 5 | n/a |
| National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Ass | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Israel Venture Network | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Persimmon 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.
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How this is measured
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About Persimmon Foundation
- How much does Persimmon Foundation give?
- Persimmon Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $500,867 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Persimmon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Philanthropy (20%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Persimmon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Pittsburgh ($615k), Northwestern University ($225k), Georgetown University ($85k).
- Does Persimmon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Persimmon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Persimmon Foundation based?
- Persimmon Foundation is based in CA.
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