California · Private foundation
The Barth Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $379k
- Granted FY2023
- 42
- Grants FY2023
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Barth Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Barth Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 30 organizations, $379k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 9
- Total assets, FY2023
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Barth Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 40 | $367k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $408k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 49 | $417k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $399k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 50 | $322k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 49 | $286k | 8% |
| FY2017 | 55 | $325k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlands Center for the Arts | $407,500 | 6 | 4% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $230,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre Inc | $202,730 | 8 | 4% |
| Playwrights Foundation Inc | $121,515 | 8 | 8% |
| Manhattanville University | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Shotgun Players | $67,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Child Advocates of Contra Costa County | $62,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $56,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Berkeley Repertory Theatre | $54,000 | 5 | 0% |
| San Francisco Playhouse | $52,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($726k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Barth Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Shubert Foundation Inc · Phyllis C Wattis Foundation · The Bernard Osher Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · The Sam Mazza Foundation · Fleishhacker Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Rock Foundation
How this is measured
About The Barth Foundation
- How much does The Barth Foundation give?
- The Barth Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $378,950 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Barth Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Philanthropy (21%), Environment (10%).
- Who are The Barth Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Headlands Center for the Arts ($408k), The Trust for Public Land ($230k), Ensemble Studio Theatre Inc ($203k).
- Does The Barth Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Barth 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 Barth Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shubert Foundation Inc, Phyllis C Wattis Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation.
- Where is The Barth Foundation based?
- The Barth Foundation is based in CA.
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