California · Private foundation
Spirit of Max Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $148k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $112,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Spirit of Max Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $148k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $120k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $90k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noyo Center For Marine Science | $312,500 | 3 | 10% |
| All About Owls Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Turtle Island Restoration Network | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Adirondack Mountain Club Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
About Spirit of Max Foundation
- How much does Spirit of Max Foundation give?
- Spirit of Max Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $147,999 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Spirit of Max Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (91%), Animals (9%).
- Who are Spirit of Max Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Noyo Center For Marine Science ($313k), All About Owls Inc ($35k), Turtle Island Restoration Network ($20k).
- Does Spirit of Max Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spirit of Max 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.
- Where is Spirit of Max Foundation based?
- Spirit of Max Foundation is based in CA.
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