California · Private foundation
The Cec 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.
- $328k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $739k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Cec Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 11 | $328k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $438k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $387k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $386k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $347k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $442k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $410k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $556k | 35% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishbowl Ministries Inc | $950,000 | 9 | 52% |
| Hispanic Ministry Center | $640,000 | 9 | 11% |
| The Sheepfold Inc | $283,900 | 9 | 2% |
| Rooted Souls Ministries Inc | $235,000 | 9 | 47% |
| The Way Out Ministries Inc | $149,002 | 9 | 8% |
| Hope Now for Youth Inc | $115,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Bethany Church | $98,169 | 4 | n/a |
| Novo Mission Inc | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hume Lake Christian Camps Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneers | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishbowl Ministries Inc | $950,000 | 9 | 52% |
| Hispanic Ministry Center | $640,000 | 9 | 11% |
| The Sheepfold Inc | $283,900 | 9 | 2% |
| Rooted Souls Ministries Inc | $235,000 | 9 | 47% |
| The Way Out Ministries Inc | $149,002 | 9 | 8% |
| Hope Now for Youth Inc | $115,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Bethany Church | $98,169 | 4 | n/a |
| Novo Mission Inc | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hume Lake Christian Camps Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneers | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Good News Ministry | $25,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mercy Ships International | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mariners Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Missions Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Precious Lamb Preschool Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ugandan Lambs Association USA | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Cec Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 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: Orange County Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Cec Foundation
- How much does The Cec Foundation give?
- The Cec Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $328,187 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Cec Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Youth Development (24%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are The Cec Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fishbowl Ministries Inc ($950k), Hispanic Ministry Center ($640k), The Sheepfold Inc ($284k).
- Does The Cec Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cec 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 Cec Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Cec Foundation based?
- The Cec Foundation is based in CA.
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