California · Private foundation
Ronald Philip Saturno 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.
- $18k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $174k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $18k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $33k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $29k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $32k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $16k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $18k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $17k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $17k | 18% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kqed Inc | $16,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Project Open Hand | $15,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Berkeley High School Jazz | $8,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Human Rights Campaign Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Anthony Foundation | $5,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastside State Parks Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kqed Inc | $16,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Project Open Hand | $15,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Berkeley High School Jazz | $8,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Human Rights Campaign Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Anthony Foundation | $5,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastside State Parks Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Underdog Animal Rescue | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Mono Lake Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Isabel Allende Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ronald Philip Saturno 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 Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation
- How much does Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation give?
- Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $17,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kqed Inc ($16k), Project Open Hand ($15k), Berkeley High School Jazz ($9k).
- Does Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ronald Philip Saturno 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 Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Network for Good, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation based?
- Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation is based in CA.
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