California · Private foundation
The Cygnet Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $134k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Cygnet Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 | 10 | $134k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $133k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $115k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $226k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $88k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $85k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $78k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Conservation | $140,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Laguna Ocean Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| La Compost | $98,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Crystal Cove Conservancy | $85,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | $75,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Story of Stuff Project | $58,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Active San Gabriel Valley | $52,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Algalita Marine Research and Education | $52,000 | 3 | 10% |
| University of California- Davis | $52,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Climate Resolve | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Conservation | $140,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Laguna Ocean Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| La Compost | $98,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Crystal Cove Conservancy | $85,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | $75,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Story of Stuff Project | $58,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Active San Gabriel Valley | $52,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Algalita Marine Research and Education | $52,000 | 3 | 10% |
| University of California- Davis | $52,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Climate Resolve | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Clockshop | $22,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Build It Green | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Enrich La | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| California Trout Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| North East Trees Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Black Thumb Farm | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arroyo Seco Foundation Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California YIMBY | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Xerces Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bolsa Chica Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cygnet 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: California Community Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Liberty Hill Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · Water Foundation · Dorrance Family Foundation · Durfee Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Cygnet Foundation
- How much does The Cygnet Foundation give?
- The Cygnet Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $134,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Cygnet Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (80%), Recreation & Sports (10%), Education (6%).
- Who are The Cygnet Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sustainable Conservation ($140k), Laguna Ocean Foundation ($100k), La Compost ($98k).
- Does The Cygnet Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cygnet Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Cygnet Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is The Cygnet Foundation based?
- The Cygnet Foundation is based in CA.
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