Arizona · Public charity
Telecom for Change
Telecome for change's mission is to provide aid to local grassroots charitable organizations, often overlooked and undersfunded, by providing game changing donations that go directly to the cause rather than administrative costs through fundraising events and contributions. It accomplished that mission.
- $160k
- Granted FY2021
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $144k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $32,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 5
- Total assets, FY2021
- $78k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations Telecom for Change funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5 | $144k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $42k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown Action Alliance Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Operation Once in a Lifetime | $34,000 | 1 | 4% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion Planet | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Saprea | $12,602 | 1 | 0% |
| Hugs for Brady Foundation | $5,766 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($12k), 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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Telecom for Change
- How much does Telecom for Change give?
- Telecom for Change reported 5 itemized grants totaling $144,368, out of $159,660 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does Telecom for Change fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), Public Benefit (18%), Public Safety & Disaster (17%).
- Who are Telecom for Change's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2021: Newtown Action Alliance Foundation ($60k), Operation Once in a Lifetime ($34k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($32k).
- Does Telecom for Change fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Telecom for Change?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Telecom for Change based?
- Telecom for Change is based in AZ.
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