California · Private foundation
The Boss Family 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.
- $56k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $327k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations The Boss Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 15 | $56k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $52k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $44k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $41k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $28k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $290k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $231k | 50% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham University | $262,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood California Central Coast | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clubbed Thumb Inc | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sansum Clinic | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| National Network of Abortion Funds Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Williams College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham University | $262,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood California Central Coast | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clubbed Thumb Inc | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sansum Clinic | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| National Network of Abortion Funds Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Williams College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Ramah in California Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tiger Woods Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mission Scholars | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Brigid Alliance Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dignitymoves | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 805 Undocufund | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abortion Care Network | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ncga Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($476k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Boss Family 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 John C Mithun Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · California Community Foundation · La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Boss Family Foundation
- How much does The Boss Family Foundation give?
- The Boss Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $56,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Boss Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (77%), Health (9%), Civil Rights (2%).
- Who are The Boss Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fordham University ($263k), Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara ($30k), Planned Parenthood California Central Coast ($20k).
- Does The Boss Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Boss Family 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 Boss Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The John C Mithun Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, California Community Foundation.
- Where is The Boss Family Foundation based?
- The Boss Family Foundation is based in CA.
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