California · Private foundation
Rasmussen Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $155k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Rasmussen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 3 | $155k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $82k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $227k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $110k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $59k | 86% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $353k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Network | $492,800 | 6 | 2% |
| National Park Foundation | $205,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Viewpoint Educational Foundation | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Lutheran University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The James Storehouse Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lifeline Education Charter School | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Human Options Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Network | $492,800 | 6 | 2% |
| National Park Foundation | $205,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Viewpoint Educational Foundation | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Lutheran University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The James Storehouse Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lifeline Education Charter School | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Human Options Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Prostate Cancer Research Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern California Grantmakers | $725 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rasmussen 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: California Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Rasmussen Foundation
- How much does Rasmussen Foundation give?
- Rasmussen Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $155,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Rasmussen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (49%), Education (30%), Environment (20%).
- Who are Rasmussen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: ALS Network ($493k), National Park Foundation ($205k), Viewpoint Educational Foundation ($200k).
- Does Rasmussen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rasmussen 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 Rasmussen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Rasmussen Foundation based?
- Rasmussen Foundation is based in CA.
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