California · Private foundation
Robert and Coley Elder California 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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $151,790
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,019,122
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | $2.3M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $146k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $120k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $109k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $98k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa | $572,150 | 5 | 2% |
| Food for Thought | $528,013 | 5 | 10% |
| Escuela Bilingue Internacional | $165,790 | 5 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $111,027 | 3 | 0% |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 10000 Degrees | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa | $572,150 | 5 | 2% |
| Food for Thought | $528,013 | 5 | 10% |
| Escuela Bilingue Internacional | $165,790 | 5 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $111,027 | 3 | 0% |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 10000 Degrees | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| West County Health Centers Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Help a Mother Out | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Rainbow Railroad USA Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Pageturner | $5,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Transgender Law Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Envision Education Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert and Coley Elder California 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.
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How this is measured
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About Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation
- How much does Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation give?
- Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $2,286,075 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (44%), Human Services (22%), Food & Nutrition (21%).
- Who are Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa ($572k), Food for Thought ($528k), Escuela Bilingue Internacional ($166k).
- Does Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert and Coley Elder California 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 Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation based?
- Robert and Coley Elder California Foundation is based in CA.
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