California · Private foundation
Summers Family Foundation
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.
- $331k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $299,829
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Summers Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $331k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $36k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $37k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $26k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $36k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $90k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $42k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Philanthropy$300kInternational$112kCivil Rights$85kEnvironment$58kHousing & Shelter$20kHealth$18kArts & Culture$14kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $110,250 | 8 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Louvis Services Inc | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Save the Redwoods League | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Just Detention International | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Creative Visions Foundation | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Forest Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $110,250 | 8 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Louvis Services Inc | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Save the Redwoods League | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Just Detention International | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Creative Visions Foundation | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Forest Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $500 | 4 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $200 | 5 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($342k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Summers Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 15.
About Summers Family Foundation
- How much does Summers Family Foundation give?
- Summers Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $330,829 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Summers Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (47%), International (18%), Civil Rights (13%).
- Who are Summers Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($110k), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc ($85k), National Arbor Day Foundation ($20k).
- Does Summers Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Summers Family 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 Summers Family Foundation based?
- Summers Family Foundation is based in CA.
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