California · Private foundation
Steffen 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.
- $66k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Steffen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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 | $66k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $108k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $98k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $65k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $79k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $93k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $86k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $100k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs House Inc | $12,220 | 5 | 2% |
| Generations Church Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| His Little Feet | $4,809 | 2 | 1% |
| Oak Grove Institute Foundation Inc | $4,205 | 3 | 0% |
| A Place for All Pieces | $4,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Treasure Box Angels | $3,950 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Canines | $2,775 | 2 | n/a |
| Voices for Children | $2,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Rolling for a Cause Corp | $1,475 | 3 | n/a |
| Megan's Wings Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs House Inc | $12,220 | 5 | 2% |
| Generations Church Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| His Little Feet | $4,809 | 2 | 1% |
| Oak Grove Institute Foundation Inc | $4,205 | 3 | 0% |
| A Place for All Pieces | $4,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Treasure Box Angels | $3,950 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Canines | $2,775 | 2 | n/a |
| Voices for Children | $2,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Rolling for a Cause Corp | $1,475 | 3 | n/a |
| Megan's Wings Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Healthcare | $999 | 1 | 0% |
| Thessalonika Family Services Inc | $998 | 2 | 0% |
| Pearl Center for Creative Arts Inc | $994 | 2 | n/a |
| Sale Ranch Sanctuary | $555 | 1 | 0% |
| California Family Life Center | $485 | 1 | 0% |
| Professional Womens Roundtable | $450 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Life Change Inc | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Community Food Pantry | $175 | 2 | n/a |
| Milvet | $140 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Menifee Womens Club | $115 | 1 | n/a |
| All From the Heart Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Love Song Foundation | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Birth Choice Centers Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Lily Kelly Ministries | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Dresses and Dreams Project | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Friends of the Valleys Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity Therapeutic Riding Center Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Choc Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($729k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Steffen 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.
Open a dossier: The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Steffen Foundation
- How much does Steffen Foundation give?
- Steffen Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $66,103 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Steffen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (80%), Human Services (8%), Health (7%).
- Who are Steffen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jacobs House Inc ($12k), Generations Church Inc ($10k), His Little Feet ($5k).
- Does Steffen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Steffen 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 Steffen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, Inland Empire Community Foundation, Sempra Foundation.
- Where is Steffen Foundation based?
- Steffen Foundation is based in CA.
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