California · Private foundation
Plodzien Family 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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,336
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $135k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Plodzien Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | $17k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $14k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $12k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $10k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $8k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $14k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $10k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $20k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Friends Animal Society | $42,909 | 8 | 0% |
| Farm Sanctuary Inc | $10,629 | 8 | 0% |
| Stray Cat Alliance | $6,913 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $4,203 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy for Animals Inc | $3,196 | 2 | 0% |
| Operation Blankets Of Love | $3,014 | 3 | 0% |
| The Gentle Barn Foundation | $2,862 | 6 | 0% |
| Stray Rescue of St Louis | $1,805 | 3 | 0% |
| Live Love Animal Services Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($46k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Plodzien Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Winnick Family Foundation Inc · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Greater Good Charities · AbbVie Foundation · The Carol Moss Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation
How this is measured
About Plodzien Family Foundation
- How much does Plodzien Family Foundation give?
- Plodzien Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $16,751 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Plodzien Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (93%), Health (5%), Environment (1%).
- Who are Plodzien Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Best Friends Animal Society ($43k), Farm Sanctuary Inc ($11k), Stray Cat Alliance ($7k).
- Does Plodzien Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Plodzien Family 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 Plodzien Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Winnick Family Foundation Inc, Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
- Where is Plodzien Family Foundation based?
- Plodzien Family Foundation is based in CA.
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