California · Private foundation
The Daniel Legacy 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.
- $262k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Daniel Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 | 14 | $262k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $195k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $182k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $172k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $172k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $192k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $147k | 62% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $24k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare | $145,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Inner-City Arts | $120,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bard College | $93,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Jed Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Poetic Research Bureau | $38,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare | $145,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Inner-City Arts | $120,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bard College | $93,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Jed Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Poetic Research Bureau | $38,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Diego Squared | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Center for Science Education | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Coaxial Arts Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Parole Preparation Project Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound | $15,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Torrey Pines Association DBA Torrey Pines Conservancy | $14,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Grand Canyon Trust Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($438k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Daniel Legacy 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: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Daniel Legacy Foundation
- How much does The Daniel Legacy Foundation give?
- The Daniel Legacy Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $262,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Daniel Legacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (26%), International (16%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are The Daniel Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rare ($145k), Inner-City Arts ($120k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($100k).
- Does The Daniel Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Daniel Legacy 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 Daniel Legacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Daniel Legacy Foundation based?
- The Daniel Legacy Foundation is based in CA.
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