· Private foundation
The Boone Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY | $50,000 |
| LA WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND TOWN HALL | $30,000 |
| SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PCPasadena City College Foundation6× · 2019–2024 · $374k · revenue +229%
- SCSANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY8× · 2017–2025 · $271k · revenue +97%
- CDCalifornia Dance Institute5× · 2017–2021 · $150k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- CICALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +14%
- TCTHE CALTECH Yone grant, 2021 · $44k · revenue -75%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOOTHILLSgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +232%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
We are committed to breaking the cycle of poverty and creating programs that drive change. by addressing students' basic needs, including food, housing, utilities, transportation, and healthcare, we enable low-income students to enroll,…
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
We inspire and educate young minds through engaging science-based programs and exhibits to create a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.
To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…
The mission of the california council on economic education is to improve california's economic future by teaching economics and financial literacy, especially in under-served communities. ccee provides a broad range of resources and…
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…
To foster relationships among alumni, students and community by providing services and activities that build loyalty, support and a lifelong connection to the university.
To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 15 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Pasadena City College Foundation ↗
- Who funds SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds California Dance Institute ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds THE CALTECH Y ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VENICE ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND TOWN HALL ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOOTHILLS ↗
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 Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Boone Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Boone Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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