California · Private foundation
Silicon Valley Luminary Society
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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $898k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Silicon Valley Luminary Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 6 | $21k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $2k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $11k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $13k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Resiliency Council | $7,500 | 3 | 1% |
| South Dakota State University Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Geohazards International | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of American Heritage | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Tech Interactive | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Dakota Discovery Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Scholarship Fund of the University Club of Palo Alto | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Colorado College | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Computer History Museum | $1,100 | 5 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Silicon Valley Luminary Society 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.
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How this is measured
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About Silicon Valley Luminary Society
- How much does Silicon Valley Luminary Society give?
- Silicon Valley Luminary Society reported 7 grants totaling $26,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Silicon Valley Luminary Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (74%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Silicon Valley Luminary Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: US Resiliency Council ($8k), South Dakota State University Foundation ($6k), Geohazards International ($6k).
- Does Silicon Valley Luminary Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Silicon Valley Luminary Society 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 Silicon Valley Luminary Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Silicon Valley Luminary Society based?
- Silicon Valley Luminary Society is based in CA.
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