California · Private foundation
Serving the Spirit 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.
- $43k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $738k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Serving the Spirit Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 14 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $43k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $50k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $50k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $50k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $42k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $51k | 17% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrito Foundation Inc | $52,000 | 9 | 7% |
| The Midnight Mission | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Disabled American Veterans | $43,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $41,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Cat House on the Kings Inc | $34,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $28,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Womens Odyssey Organization Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wildlife Waystation | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrito Foundation Inc | $52,000 | 9 | 7% |
| The Midnight Mission | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Disabled American Veterans | $43,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $41,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Cat House on the Kings Inc | $34,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $28,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Womens Odyssey Organization Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wildlife Waystation | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hope House for Women Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Tarzana Treatment Centers Inc | $3,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Forbadges | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greater Grace World Outreach Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Serving the Spirit 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.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Serving the Spirit Foundation
- How much does Serving the Spirit Foundation give?
- Serving the Spirit Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $43,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Serving the Spirit Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (41%), Health (16%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
- Who are Serving the Spirit Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cabrito Foundation Inc ($52k), The Midnight Mission ($45k), Disabled American Veterans ($43k).
- Does Serving the Spirit Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Serving the Spirit 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 Serving the Spirit Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Serving the Spirit Foundation based?
- Serving the Spirit Foundation is based in CA.
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