California · Private foundation
The Banyan Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $8k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $182k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations The Banyan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $11k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $75k | 82% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $133k | 89% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $37k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Place for Youth Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Luzerne Music Center Inc | $28,734 | 2 | 1% |
| Fulfillment Fund | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ps Arts | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tower Cancer Research Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Daisy Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Cancer Research Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Place for Youth Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Luzerne Music Center Inc | $28,734 | 2 | 1% |
| Fulfillment Fund | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ps Arts | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tower Cancer Research Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Daisy Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Cancer Research Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridge Brigade Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Lives on Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Andrew McDonough B Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rod Dedeaux Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| School on Wheels Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Tee of Los Angeles | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scorpion Athletic Booster Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United in Harmony | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Thirst Project | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Small Wonders Foundation | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Banyan 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.
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How this is measured
About The Banyan Foundation
- How much does The Banyan Foundation give?
- The Banyan Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $8,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Banyan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (23%), Youth Development (13%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The Banyan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc ($30k), Safe Place for Youth Inc ($30k), Luzerne Music Center Inc ($29k).
- Does The Banyan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Banyan 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 The Banyan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Network for Good, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Banyan Foundation based?
- The Banyan Foundation is based in CA.
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