California · Private foundation
Salmon Family 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $425k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Salmon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $26k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $25k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $21k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $24k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $33k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $21k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $23k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $10,282 | 8 | 0% |
| San Diego Coastkeeper | $4,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Feeding San Diego | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Safe House Project Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $2,760 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of the Earth | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Generatehope Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spirit of Sharing | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $10,282 | 8 | 0% |
| San Diego Coastkeeper | $4,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Feeding San Diego | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Safe House Project Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $2,760 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of the Earth | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Generatehope Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spirit of Sharing | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pawsitive Teams Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Guitars in the Classroom | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($156k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Salmon Family 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Salmon Family Foundation
- How much does Salmon Family Foundation give?
- Salmon Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $26,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Salmon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Animals (15%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are Salmon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($11k), Marine Toys for Tots Foundation ($10k), San Diego Coastkeeper ($4k).
- Does Salmon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Salmon Family 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 Salmon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Salmon Family Foundation based?
- Salmon Family Foundation is based in CA.
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