California · Private foundation
Pham 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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $650
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,160
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $629k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 89% of the organizations Pham Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
AnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $14k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $13k | 89% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $700 | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $895 | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $300 | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Education$12kScience & Tech$4kAnimals$4kEnvironment$3kArts & Culture$2kHuman Services$2kInternational$1kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Academy of Sciences | $2,567 | 2 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $2,160 | 1 | 0% |
| Conservation Society of California | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Exploratorium | $1,876 | 2 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $1,688 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Smiles Day School a California Corp | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Academy of Sciences | $2,567 | 2 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $2,160 | 1 | 0% |
| Conservation Society of California | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Exploratorium | $1,876 | 2 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $1,688 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Smiles Day School a California Corp | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| San Ramon Valley High School | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| De la Salle Institute | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pham Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 10.
About Pham Foundation
- How much does Pham Foundation give?
- Pham Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $14,395 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Pham Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Science & Tech (15%), Animals (12%).
- Who are Pham Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: California Academy of Sciences ($3k), Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums ($2k), Conservation Society of California ($2k).
- Does Pham Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pham 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.
- Where is Pham Foundation based?
- Pham Foundation is based in CA.
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