California · Public charity
Sacramento Literacy Foundation
To raise funds to support and promote community literacy programs.
- $73k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $64k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Sacramento Literacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 | 4 | $64k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $52k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $61k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $170k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $210k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $268k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $254k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sacramento public library | $902,084 | 4 | n/a |
| United Way California Capital Region | $25,750 | 2 | 0% |
| 916 Ink | $22,373 | 1 | 2% |
| Teach for America Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Escape Velocity Resources Foundation Inc | $8,100 | 1 | 3% |
| Hmong Youth and Parents United | $5,105 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($80k), not named here.
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About Sacramento Literacy Foundation
- How much does Sacramento Literacy Foundation give?
- Sacramento Literacy Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $64,100, out of $73,100 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sacramento Literacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (92%), Philanthropy (2%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Sacramento Literacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: sacramento public library ($902k), United Way California Capital Region ($26k), 916 Ink ($22k).
- Does Sacramento Literacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Sacramento Literacy Foundation based?
- Sacramento Literacy Foundation is based in CA.
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