California · Private foundation
The 54 Fund
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.
- $527k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 99
- Grants FY2024
- 84
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $78,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 84 to 85
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations The 54 Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 98 | $517k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 84 | $428k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 85 | $262k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of San Joaquin County | $95,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Mary's Community Services | $83,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St Mary's High School Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Support Stockton Police Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Goodwill Industries of San Joaquin Valley Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Seeds | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Lodi Boys and Girls Club Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Museum of Stockton | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Reinvent Stockton Foundation | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Resource & Referral Center of San Joaquin | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 59 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 66 recipients with no EIN on record ($495k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The 54 Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Cortopassi Family Foundation · San Joaquin Community Foundation Inc · Crete Family Foundation · Port City Operating Company LLC · Rosi Cerri Foundation Inc · The Antone and Marie Raymus Foundation · Henry and Carol Zeiter Charitable Foundation · Vaquero Foundation · The Foster Family Charitable Foundation · Coastal Barrier Island Foundation · Sunlight Giving · Teichert Foundation
How this is measured
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About The 54 Fund
- How much does The 54 Fund give?
- The 54 Fund reported 99 grants totaling $527,180 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 84 and 85 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The 54 Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (14%), Religion (12%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are The 54 Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: United Way of San Joaquin County ($95k), St Mary's Community Services ($84k), St Mary's High School Foundation ($75k).
- Does The 54 Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 54 Fund 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 The 54 Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cortopassi Family Foundation, San Joaquin Community Foundation Inc, Crete Family Foundation.
- Where is The 54 Fund based?
- The 54 Fund is based in CA.
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