California · Private foundation
Sonsma Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $193k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $483k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Sonsma Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k 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 | 12 | $193k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $211k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $538k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $502k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $410k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $375k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $422k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran High School Association of Orange County | $392,264 | 7 | n/a |
| Lutheran High South - Orange County Crean Lutheran South High School | $357,562 | 8 | n/a |
| Charity On Wheels Inc | $262,305 | 8 | 37% |
| Olive Crest | $210,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Champion Ministries Inc | $142,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Salem Lutheran Church | $71,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Multiplication Network Ministries | $61,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Concordia University Irvine | $28,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope International | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran High School Association of Orange County | $392,264 | 7 | n/a |
| Lutheran High South - Orange County Crean Lutheran South High School | $357,562 | 8 | n/a |
| Charity On Wheels Inc | $262,305 | 8 | 37% |
| Olive Crest | $210,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Champion Ministries Inc | $142,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Salem Lutheran Church | $71,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Multiplication Network Ministries | $61,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Concordia University Irvine | $28,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope International | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Masters Program | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pocket Testament League Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rooted Ministries | $17,040 | 7 | 1% |
| The Sheepfold Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Shelter Providers of Orange County Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Acquistapace Foundation Inc Acquistapace Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 82% |
| His Little Feet | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Acres of Love | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forever Kids | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Joseph High School | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Families Set Free Inc | $2,472 | 1 | 0% |
| Familybuilding Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Council on Aging - Southern California | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Working Wardrobes For A New Start | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Barnabas Group | $1,860 | 1 | 1% |
| Joe Andruzzi Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orangewood Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sonsma Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Orange County Community Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Giving University · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Servant Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Sempra Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Sonsma Family Foundation
- How much does Sonsma Family Foundation give?
- Sonsma Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $193,307 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sonsma Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (61%), Housing & Shelter (11%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Sonsma Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lutheran High School Association of Orange County ($392k), Lutheran High South - Orange County Crean Lutheran South High School ($358k), Charity On Wheels Inc ($262k).
- Does Sonsma Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sonsma Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sonsma Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Giving University.
- Where is Sonsma Family Foundation based?
- Sonsma Family Foundation is based in CA.
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