California · Charitable trust
The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust
The trust's purpose is to help people in their times of need.
- $700k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $246k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 | 15 | $246k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $210k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $130k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $110k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Arts Education Project | $175,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Monte Rio School Foundation | $70,000 | 4 | 39% |
| West County Health Centers Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Monte Rio Firemans Association | $60,000 | 3 | 28% |
| Cazadero Performing Arts Camp | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Music in Place | $50,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Little Village Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Small Art Music Projects | $30,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Analy High School Education Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 40% |
| Monte Rio Variety Show | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Arts Education Project | $175,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Monte Rio School Foundation | $70,000 | 4 | 39% |
| West County Health Centers Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Monte Rio Firemans Association | $60,000 | 3 | 28% |
| Cazadero Performing Arts Camp | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Music in Place | $50,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Little Village Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Small Art Music Projects | $30,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Analy High School Education Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 40% |
| Monte Rio Variety Show | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sweet Relief Musicians Fund | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lamplighters Music Theatre | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| 42nd Street Moon | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Demeo Teen Club Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust
- How much does The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust give?
- The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust reported 15 itemized grants totaling $246,000, out of $700,325 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (59%), Education (14%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: San Francisco Arts Education Project ($175k), Monte Rio School Foundation ($70k), West County Health Centers Inc ($60k).
- Does The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust based?
- The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust is based in CA.
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