California · Public charity
The Battery Foundation
To increase charitable giving by connecting philanthropists to nonprofit organizations and causes that are tackling some of society's toughest challenges.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 72%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $104,088
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 72% of the organizations The Battery Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $2.1M | 90% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $2.7M | 72% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $2.9M | 93% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $2.6M | 88% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $3.3M | 69% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $4.1M | 100% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $4.0M | 97% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $3.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | $536,166 | 2 | 2% |
| Public Health Institute | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Callisto | $481,222 | 2 | 47% |
| Ignite | $475,000 | 2 | 16% |
| As You Sow | $442,254 | 2 | 5% |
| New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc | $375,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Brilliant Corners | $375,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeless Prenatal Program Inc | $375,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Everyday People for Change Inc | $345,365 | 2 | 11% |
| Faith in Action Network | $322,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 199 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The Battery Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 190 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 San Francisco Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Tipping Point Community · Crankstart Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · McNabb Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Battery Foundation
- How much does The Battery Foundation give?
- The Battery Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $2,066,892 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Battery Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (12%), Health (12%), Public Benefit (11%).
- Who are The Battery Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: San Francisco General Hospital Foundation ($536k), Public Health Institute ($500k), Callisto ($481k).
- Does The Battery Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 72% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Battery Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
- Where is The Battery Foundation based?
- The Battery Foundation is based in CA.
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