California · Public charity
San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation
To inspire people to care for, learn about and enjoy san mateo county parks. We fund projects, programs and volunteer efforts throughout the 23 san mateo county parks, from improving playgrounds and interpretive facilities to stewarding the parks' natural environments.
- $281k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $237k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $215,814
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $572k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 4 | $237k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $314k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $270k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $242k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $231k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $172k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $124k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $107k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Mateo County Sheriff's Office | $1,825,758 | 9 | n/a |
| Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve | $84,250 | 3 | 29% |
| Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks | $14,450 | 2 | 3% |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NBC Universal Media LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compasspoint Mentorship | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Redwood City | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grassroots Ecology | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
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 San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation
- How much does San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation give?
- San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $237,264, out of $280,764 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (84%), Environment (11%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Mateo County Sheriff's Office ($1.8M), Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve ($84k), Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks ($14k).
- Does San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation based?
- San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation is based in CA.
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