California · Private foundation
Poisson Fou 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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Poisson Fou Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $205k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Princeton in Africa Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
About Poisson Fou Foundation
- How much does Poisson Fou Foundation give?
- Poisson Fou Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $35,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Poisson Fou Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (95%), Religion (3%), International (1%).
- Who are Poisson Fou Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Trustees of the Smith College ($600k), Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church ($20k), Princeton in Africa Inc ($5k).
- Does Poisson Fou Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Poisson Fou 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 Poisson Fou Foundation based?
- Poisson Fou Foundation is based in CA.
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