Idaho · Private foundation
Spark Foundation Inc
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.
- $147k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Spark Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | $147k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $108k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $67k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $62k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $61k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $54k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $10k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation of Teton Valley Inc | $184,600 | 7 | n/a |
| Teton Regional Economic Coalition Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Education Foundation of Teton Valley Inc | $44,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Teton Valley Collaborative for Early Learning | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Resource Center of Teton Valley | $15,750 | 2 | 4% |
| Family Safety Network Inc | $2,038 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.
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 Teton Springs Foundation Inc 01 · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
How this is measured
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About Spark Foundation Inc
- How much does Spark Foundation Inc give?
- Spark Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $146,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Spark Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), Philanthropy (33%), Community Improvement (18%).
- Who are Spark Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Community Foundation of Teton Valley Inc ($185k), Teton Regional Economic Coalition Inc ($100k), Education Foundation of Teton Valley Inc ($44k).
- Does Spark Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spark Foundation Inc 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 Spark Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Teton Springs Foundation Inc 01, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole.
- Where is Spark Foundation Inc based?
- Spark Foundation Inc is based in ID.
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