California · Private foundation
Protostar Foundation
TO IDENTIFY, DEVELOP, AND/OR INVEST IN PROJECTS THAT SERVE UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED NEEDS. Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $79k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $186k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Protostar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $79k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $49k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $27k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $31k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Jolla Music Society | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Diversionary Theatre Productions Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| North Coast Repertory Theatre | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Unscripted Learning | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Brooklyn Nets & New York Liberty Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kings County Tennis League | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Tennis Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 1% |
| City Parks Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain View Sports & Racquet Club | $6,500 | 2 | 2% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Jolla Music Society | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Diversionary Theatre Productions Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| North Coast Repertory Theatre | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Unscripted Learning | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Brooklyn Nets & New York Liberty Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kings County Tennis League | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Tennis Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 1% |
| City Parks Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain View Sports & Racquet Club | $6,500 | 2 | 2% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ipalpiti Artists International Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| East County Community Tennis Association | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 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 Protostar 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: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Protostar Foundation
- How much does Protostar Foundation give?
- Protostar Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $79,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Protostar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (56%), Recreation & Sports (31%), Education (6%).
- Who are Protostar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: La Jolla Music Society ($80k), Diversionary Theatre Productions Inc ($30k), North Coast Repertory Theatre ($15k).
- Does Protostar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Protostar Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Protostar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Protostar Foundation based?
- Protostar Foundation is based in CA.
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