California · Private foundation
Sherwood 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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Sherwood Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 5 | $100k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $125k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $100k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $140k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $140k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $129k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $110k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $123k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Voice | $120,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wise Readers to Leaders | $100,000 | 5 | 4% |
| A Place Called Home | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Child Development Institute | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| School on Wheels Inc | $77,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Pediatric Therapy Network | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Open Paths Counseling Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alexandria House | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Santa Monica College Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel at Ucla | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Voice | $120,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wise Readers to Leaders | $100,000 | 5 | 4% |
| A Place Called Home | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Child Development Institute | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| School on Wheels Inc | $77,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Pediatric Therapy Network | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Open Paths Counseling Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alexandria House | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Santa Monica College Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel at Ucla | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Inclusive Action for the City | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mychals Learning Place | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Organization for Social Media Safety | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($332k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sherwood 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: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · S Mark Taper Foundation · Ccf Community Initiatives Fund · The Deutsch Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Sherwood Foundation
- How much does Sherwood Foundation give?
- Sherwood Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sherwood Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Youth Development (20%), Health (18%).
- Who are Sherwood Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: One Voice ($120k), Wise Readers to Leaders ($100k), A Place Called Home ($80k).
- Does Sherwood Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sherwood 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 Sherwood Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, S Mark Taper Foundation.
- Where is Sherwood Foundation based?
- Sherwood Foundation is based in CA.
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