California · Private foundation
The David and Heidi Welch 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.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The David and Heidi Welch 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; $1k 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 | 5 | $22k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $66k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $185k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $70k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $90k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $55k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $31k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $436k | 71% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $661,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Students Matter | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Caltech Y | $120,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Nosterra Ventures | $108,428 | 1 | 13% |
| University of Delaware | $58,874 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Joseph's Peruvian Mission | $31,710 | 3 | 1% |
| Cornell University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| CalMatters | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $661,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Students Matter | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Caltech Y | $120,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Nosterra Ventures | $108,428 | 1 | 13% |
| University of Delaware | $58,874 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Joseph's Peruvian Mission | $31,710 | 3 | 1% |
| Cornell University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| CalMatters | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Ocean Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kipp Bay Area Schools | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Soulsville Foundation | $7,768 | 1 | 0% |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| College Track | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspire Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Riekes Center for Human Enhancement | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The David and Heidi Welch 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 · 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
Compare The David and Heidi Welch Foundation with peer funders
About The David and Heidi Welch Foundation
- How much does The David and Heidi Welch Foundation give?
- The David and Heidi Welch Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $24,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The David and Heidi Welch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (46%), Education (24%), Civil Rights (15%).
- Who are The David and Heidi Welch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($662k), Students Matter ($200k), The Caltech Y ($120k).
- Does The David and Heidi Welch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The David and Heidi Welch 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 David and Heidi Welch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The David and Heidi Welch Foundation based?
- The David and Heidi Welch Foundation is based in CA.
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