California · Private foundation
The Changebox 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.
- $252k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $26,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Changebox Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $252k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $280k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $111k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $140k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindleaps | $120,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $71,307 | 4 | 0% |
| Kitchens for Good | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Water Project Inc | $17,681 | 2 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Casa de las Madres | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Changebox 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: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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
About The Changebox Foundation
- How much does The Changebox Foundation give?
- The Changebox Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $252,307 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Changebox Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (72%), Health (9%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are The Changebox Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Mindleaps ($120k), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ($85k), International Rescue Committee INC ($71k).
- Does The Changebox Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Changebox 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 Changebox Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is The Changebox Foundation based?
- The Changebox Foundation is based in CA.
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