California · Public charity
Petaluma Educational Foundation
Pef creates impactful educational opportunities for all students in our community. We fund programs that promote critical thinking, creativity, student well-being, and lifelong learning.
- $726k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $425k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,711
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $82,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Petaluma Educational 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 | 10 | $425k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $202k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $252k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $198k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $133k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $198k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $238k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $192k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma City Schools | $842,389 | 9 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul High School | $256,072 | 8 | n/a |
| Miwok School | $159,991 | 7 | n/a |
| Waugh School District | $139,192 | 6 | n/a |
| Harvest Christian School | $70,482 | 7 | 1% |
| Sonoma Valley Unified School | $69,810 | 3 | n/a |
| The Spring Hill School | $61,353 | 4 | 1% |
| Wilson School | $57,133 | 6 | n/a |
| River Montessori Charter School | $53,691 | 4 | 1% |
| Two Rock School | $29,727 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma City Schools | $842,389 | 9 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul High School | $256,072 | 8 | n/a |
| Miwok School | $159,991 | 7 | n/a |
| Waugh School District | $139,192 | 6 | n/a |
| Harvest Christian School | $70,482 | 7 | 1% |
| Sonoma Valley Unified School | $69,810 | 3 | n/a |
| The Spring Hill School | $61,353 | 4 | 1% |
| Wilson School | $57,133 | 6 | n/a |
| River Montessori Charter School | $53,691 | 4 | 1% |
| Two Rock School | $29,727 | 3 | n/a |
| Cinnabar | $25,958 | 3 | n/a |
| Dunham School | $17,612 | 1 | n/a |
| United Anglers of Casa Grande Inc | $14,400 | 1 | 19% |
| Sonoma Marin Fair State of Ca 4th District Agrigultural Assoc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Marin | $955 | 2 | n/a |
| Santa Rosa Junior College District | $955 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
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: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Petaluma Educational Foundation
- How much does Petaluma Educational Foundation give?
- Petaluma Educational Foundation reported 24 itemized grants totaling $425,474, out of $726,186 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Petaluma Educational Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (97%), Arts & Culture (1%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Petaluma Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Petaluma City Schools ($842k), St Vincent de Paul High School ($256k), Miwok School ($160k).
- Does Petaluma Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Petaluma Educational Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Petaluma Educational Foundation based?
- Petaluma Educational Foundation is based in CA.
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