California · Private foundation
The Bill Muster Foundation
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.
- $69k
- Granted FY2022
- 53
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $60k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $205
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 54
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 18
- Total assets, FY2022
- $979k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 29% of the organizations The Bill Muster Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 34 | $60k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $6k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $58k | 21% |
| FY2017 | 54 | $48k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our House Grief Support Center | $29,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $23,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Association for the Study of Dreams | $13,060 | 3 | 2% |
| International Cultic Studies Association Inc | $5,700 | 2 | 2% |
| Arizona Science Center | $3,145 | 2 | 0% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $1,648 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Museum of Phoenix | $1,600 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bill Muster 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.
Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Bill Muster Foundation
- How much does The Bill Muster Foundation give?
- The Bill Muster Foundation reported 53 itemized grants totaling $59,975, out of $69,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Bill Muster Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Human Services (4%), Arts & Culture (4%), Animals (3%).
- Who are The Bill Muster Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Our House Grief Support Center ($29k), Arizona Humane Society ($24k), Cincinnati Museum Center ($15k).
- Does The Bill Muster Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bill Muster 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 Bill Muster Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Bill Muster Foundation based?
- The Bill Muster Foundation is based in CA.
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