California · Private foundation
Semloh 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.
- $736k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Semloh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k 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 | 18 | $637k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $432k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $982k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1.2M | 38% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.2M | 38% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $370k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $483k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $419k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Lloyd College | $2,700,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Kern County Youth for Christ | $647,950 | 8 | 10% |
| Hrs True Hope Inc | $455,600 | 6 | 17% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Kern County | $215,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Bakersfield Crisis Pregnancy Center | $210,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Bethany Services Inc | $205,000 | 2 | 3% |
| MARE Riding Center | $140,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Helps International | $110,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Alpha House A Place for New Beginnings | $100,000 | 5 | 15% |
| America's Mighty Warriors | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Lloyd College | $2,700,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Kern County Youth for Christ | $647,950 | 8 | 10% |
| Hrs True Hope Inc | $455,600 | 6 | 17% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Kern County | $215,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Bakersfield Crisis Pregnancy Center | $210,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Bethany Services Inc | $205,000 | 2 | 3% |
| MARE Riding Center | $140,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Helps International | $110,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Alpha House A Place for New Beginnings | $100,000 | 5 | 15% |
| America's Mighty Warriors | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Young America's Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Kern Oil Museum Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bakersfield Rescue Mission Dba the Mission at Kern County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Higher Impact | $7,500 | 1 | 39% |
| Project Sweet Peas | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Westside Believers Fellowship | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($707k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Semloh Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Kern Community Foundation · Greater Horizons · Amicus Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Dignity Health · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
About Semloh Foundation
- How much does Semloh Foundation give?
- Semloh Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $736,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Semloh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), Philanthropy (27%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are Semloh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Alice Lloyd College ($2.7M), Kern County Youth for Christ ($648k), Hrs True Hope Inc ($456k).
- Does Semloh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Semloh 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 Semloh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kern Community Foundation, Greater Horizons, Amicus Foundation.
- Where is Semloh Foundation based?
- Semloh Foundation is based in CA.
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