California · Private foundation
Small River 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.
- $266k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $87,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Small River Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $266k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $175k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $300k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Schools Atherton | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gladstone Foundation | $87,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Institute for Justice | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nishimachi Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | 9% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Francisco Opera Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Us- Japan Council | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Schools Atherton | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gladstone Foundation | $87,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Institute for Justice | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nishimachi Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | 9% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Francisco Opera Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Us- Japan Council | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bentley University | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Small River 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.
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How this is measured
About Small River Foundation
- How much does Small River Foundation give?
- Small River Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $266,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Small River Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (31%), Philanthropy (19%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are Small River Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Sacred Heart Schools Atherton ($150k), Gladstone Foundation ($88k), Second Harvest of Silicon Valley ($80k).
- Does Small River Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Small River 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 Small River Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Six Tree Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Small River Foundation based?
- Small River Foundation is based in CA.
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