California · Private foundation
The Crary Social Ecology Fund
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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2022
- 22
- Grants FY2022
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
90% of The Crary Social Ecology Fund’s FY2025 grant dollars went to California Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Crary Social Ecology Fund named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 9
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 53% of the organizations The Crary Social Ecology Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $570k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.0M | 53% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $726k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $255k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $222k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $135k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $150k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Informed Consent Action Network | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Escala Initiative Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Independent Medical Alliance | $155,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids | $125,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Civilization Works | $120,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Wellness Forum Foundation Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 36% |
| American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Createyourscholarship org | $100,000 | 1 | 75% |
| American Brownstone Institute | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| One World Childrens Fund | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Crary Social Ecology Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: California Community Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Marin Community Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
About The Crary Social Ecology Fund
- How much does The Crary Social Ecology Fund give?
- The Crary Social Ecology Fund reported 22 grants totaling $1,010,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Crary Social Ecology Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (48%), Human Services (20%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Crary Social Ecology Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Informed Consent Action Network ($200k), Escala Initiative Inc ($200k), Independent Medical Alliance ($155k).
- Does The Crary Social Ecology Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Crary Social Ecology Fund 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 Crary Social Ecology Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Donors Trust Inc, Bradley Impact Fund Inc.
- Where is The Crary Social Ecology Fund based?
- The Crary Social Ecology Fund is based in CA.
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