California · Private foundation
Project High Hopes
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2026
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $958k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Project High Hopes funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 1 | $4k | 100% |
| FY2025 | 1 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $43k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $72k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $83k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $160k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $284k | 100% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | $309,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Turnout Activism Inc | $164,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Yale University | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Henry L Stimson Center | $55,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vayu Global Health Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Inspire US | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ecolife Conservation | $2,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Ujenzi Charitable Trust | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marasco Charitable Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Future Farmers of America Barnesville Mn Alumni As | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($162k), 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Project High Hopes
- How much does Project High Hopes give?
- Project High Hopes reported 1 grants totaling $4,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Project High Hopes fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (49%), Public Benefit (21%), Health (19%).
- Who are Project High Hopes's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Yale University ($309k), Turnout Activism Inc ($164k), Yale University ($80k).
- Does Project High Hopes fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Project High Hopes 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 Project High Hopes?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Project High Hopes based?
- Project High Hopes is based in CA.
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