California · Private foundation
Snow Charitable Trust
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.
- $123k
- Granted FY2023
- 5
- Grants FY2023
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $288k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Snow Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5 | $123k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $166k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $206k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $170k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $147k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $98k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $96k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Cityside Journalism Initiative | $56,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Swim Across America Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Naturebridge | $14,100 | 2 | 0% |
| The Friends of the Oakland Public Library | $12,250 | 4 | 3% |
| The George Washington University | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Berkeley Public Library Foundation | $5,750 | 4 | 1% |
| Marin County Office of Education | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Museum of California | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Cityside Journalism Initiative | $56,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Swim Across America Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Naturebridge | $14,100 | 2 | 0% |
| The Friends of the Oakland Public Library | $12,250 | 4 | 3% |
| The George Washington University | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Berkeley Public Library Foundation | $5,750 | 4 | 1% |
| Marin County Office of Education | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Museum of California | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Open Hand | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Contemporary Jewish Museum | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lindsay Wildlife Museum | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $2,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Womens Daytime Drop-In Center | $1,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Brain Tumor Society Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildcare | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dyf | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sixth & I Synagogue Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Truckee Donner Land Trust | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Root & Rebound | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($722k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Snow Charitable Trust 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: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · East Bay Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Esb Charitable Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
About Snow Charitable Trust
- How much does Snow Charitable Trust give?
- Snow Charitable Trust reported 5 grants totaling $123,200 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Snow Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Public Benefit (12%), Religion (8%).
- Who are Snow Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco ($125k), Cityside Journalism Initiative ($57k), Alameda County Community Food Bank ($18k).
- Does Snow Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Snow Charitable Trust 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 Snow Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, East Bay Community Foundation.
- Where is Snow Charitable Trust based?
- Snow Charitable Trust is based in CA.
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