California · Private foundation
The Binkley 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.
- $257k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations The Binkley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $128k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $257k | 76% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $146k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $42k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $7.9M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $22k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $15k | 0% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures | $350,100 | 8 | 48% |
| Compassion Without Borders | $21,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Positive Images | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Domenico School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Marin Catholic High School | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cancer Support Sonoma | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Walla Walla University | $1,365 | 1 | 0% |
| Vern Glenn Invitational | $1,100 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures | $350,100 | 8 | 48% |
| Compassion Without Borders | $21,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Positive Images | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Domenico School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Marin Catholic High School | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cancer Support Sonoma | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Walla Walla University | $1,365 | 1 | 0% |
| Vern Glenn Invitational | $1,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Cat Care Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Spahr Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maui Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Binkley Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Binkley Foundation
- How much does The Binkley Foundation give?
- The Binkley Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $257,216 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Binkley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (92%), Health (4%), Philanthropy (3%).
- Who are The Binkley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures ($350k), Compassion Without Borders ($21k), Positive Images ($15k).
- Does The Binkley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Binkley 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 Binkley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is The Binkley Foundation based?
- The Binkley Foundation is based in CA.
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