California · Private foundation
The Dempsey 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.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Dempsey Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, 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.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,538
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,538
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Dempsey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $501 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $125k | 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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Clinics | $177,266 | 4 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $501 | 1 | n/a |
About The Dempsey Foundation
- How much does The Dempsey Foundation give?
- The Dempsey Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,538 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Dempsey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (77%), Health (22%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are The Dempsey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Pacific Clinics ($177k), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($50k), University of Washington ($501).
- Does The Dempsey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dempsey 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.
- Where is The Dempsey Foundation based?
- The Dempsey Foundation is based in CA.
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