California · Private foundation
Pony Barnes 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.
- $4.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500,025
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,481,364
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 8
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Pony Barnes Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $4.7M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $98k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $94k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation | $1,500,025 | 1 | n/a |
| American Camping Association Inc | $694,695 | 1 | 4% |
| Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camps in Common | $24,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Camp Ocean Pines Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Camp Natoma Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Camp It Up Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Brave Trails | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Lightbulb Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation | $1,500,025 | 1 | n/a |
| American Camping Association Inc | $694,695 | 1 | 4% |
| Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camps in Common | $24,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Camp Ocean Pines Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Camp Natoma Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Camp It Up Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Brave Trails | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Lightbulb Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Laurel Foundation | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pony Barnes 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.
Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pony Barnes Foundation
- How much does Pony Barnes Foundation give?
- Pony Barnes Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $4,676,084 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 8 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Pony Barnes Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Animals (31%), Recreation & Sports (16%).
- Who are Pony Barnes Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation ($1.5M), American Camping Association Inc ($695k), Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation ($31k).
- Does Pony Barnes Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pony Barnes 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 Pony Barnes Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Pony Barnes Foundation based?
- Pony Barnes Foundation is based in CA.
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