California · Private foundation
Sunkara Family Foundation
Its FY2020 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 FY2020
- 10
- Grants FY2020
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,740
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $74,477
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Total assets, FY2020
- $54k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 22% of the organizations Sunkara Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesInternationalCommunity ImprovementAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 9 | $121k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $86k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $49k | 59% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $15k | n/a |
88% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Education$389kPhilanthropy$38kArts & Culture$11kCommunity Improvement$6kHuman Services$5kHealth$4kEnvironment$1kAnimals$900Other$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
NH
WI
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
DC
OK
TX
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston University | $184,597 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Silicon Valley | $5,039 | 2 | 0% |
| TiE Silicon Valley Inc dba Indus Entrepreneurs | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| India Literacy Project | $2,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Kiwanis Club of Los Altos Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Clara High School | $549 | 3 | n/a |
| Last Chance for Animals | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $300 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston University | $184,597 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Silicon Valley | $5,039 | 2 | 0% |
| TiE Silicon Valley Inc dba Indus Entrepreneurs | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| India Literacy Project | $2,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Kiwanis Club of Los Altos Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Clara High School | $549 | 3 | n/a |
| Last Chance for Animals | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| California State Parks Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Geographic Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($69k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sunkara 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 19.
About Sunkara Family Foundation
- How much does Sunkara Family Foundation give?
- Sunkara Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $147,363 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Sunkara Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (84%), Philanthropy (8%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Sunkara Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Trustees of Boston University ($185k), Young Men's Christian Association of Silicon Valley ($5k), TiE Silicon Valley Inc dba Indus Entrepreneurs ($4k).
- Does Sunkara Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sunkara 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 Sunkara Family Foundation based?
- Sunkara Family Foundation is based in CA.
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