California · Private foundation
Sean N Parker Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $11M
- Granted FY2018
- 12
- Grants FY2018
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
75% of Sean N Parker Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to New Venture Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Sean N Parker Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $11M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $172,127
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $6,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 5
- Total assets, FY2018
- $249M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 63% of the organizations Sean N Parker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 8 | $8.6M | 63% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $61M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy | $60,432,127 | 3 | 91% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $25,000,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Biden Cancer Initiative Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Core Community Organized Relief Effort | $1,000,000 | 2 | 10% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $700,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum Associates | $525,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Opencovidscreen Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| College Track | $160,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy | $60,432,127 | 3 | 91% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $25,000,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Biden Cancer Initiative Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Core Community Organized Relief Effort | $1,000,000 | 2 | 10% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $700,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum Associates | $525,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Opencovidscreen Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| College Track | $160,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Baby2baby | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emily Whitehead Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Utah Film Center | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beyond Type 1 | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Virginia Alumni Association | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Diabetes Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Sean N Parker Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Sean N Parker Foundation
- How much does Sean N Parker Foundation give?
- Sean N Parker Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $10,688,127 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Sean N Parker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (51%), Public Benefit (20%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Sean N Parker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy ($60M), The Barack Obama Foundation ($25M), Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health ($1.0M).
- Does Sean N Parker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sean N Parker 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 Sean N Parker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sean N Parker Foundation based?
- Sean N Parker Foundation is based in CA.
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