California · Public charity
San Mateo Rotary Foundation
Support porgrams for youth, educational opportunities and interantional exchagnes for students, teachers, and other professionals. "service above self"
- $158k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $84k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $51,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations San Mateo Rotary Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | $84k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $86k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $23k | 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 Community Colleges Foundation | $165,874 | 7 | 1% |
| StarVista | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Namaste Foundation | $28,000 | 2 | 5% |
| One Life Counseling Center | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Clubhouse DBA Aspire House | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| San Mateo Police Activities League Inc | $16,405 | 4 | 1% |
| Redwood City Art Center Art Bias | $12,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Peninsula Humane Society & Spca | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| NAMI San Mateo County | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mental Health Association of San Mateo County | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation | $165,874 | 7 | 1% |
| StarVista | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Namaste Foundation | $28,000 | 2 | 5% |
| One Life Counseling Center | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Clubhouse DBA Aspire House | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| San Mateo Police Activities League Inc | $16,405 | 4 | 1% |
| Redwood City Art Center Art Bias | $12,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Peninsula Humane Society & Spca | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| NAMI San Mateo County | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mental Health Association of San Mateo County | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lesley Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget San Mateo Rotary 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.
Open a dossier: Atkinson Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · Bothin Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About San Mateo Rotary Foundation
- How much does San Mateo Rotary Foundation give?
- San Mateo Rotary Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $84,200, out of $157,700 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 Rotary Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Health (18%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are San Mateo Rotary Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation ($166k), StarVista ($30k), Namaste Foundation ($28k).
- Does San Mateo Rotary Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as San Mateo Rotary Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atkinson Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.
- Where is San Mateo Rotary Foundation based?
- San Mateo Rotary Foundation is based in CA.
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