California · Public charity
The Disc Foundation
The mission of THE DISC FOUNDATION is to support and help those who served in the special operations forces and military veterans well beyond the battlefield by improving their quality of life and their families.
- $207k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2024
- $138k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations The Disc Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 3 | $138k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $219k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Special Forces Charitable Trust | $193,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rescue 22 Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Station Foundation | $65,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Sheriffs' Relief Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Reece Special Needs | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Disc Foundation
- How much does The Disc Foundation give?
- The Disc Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $138,000, out of $206,559 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Disc Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (61%), Animals (26%), Public Safety & Disaster (6%).
- Who are The Disc Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Special Forces Charitable Trust ($194k), Rescue 22 Foundation Inc ($80k), The Station Foundation ($65k).
- Does The Disc Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Disc Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Disc Foundation based?
- The Disc Foundation is based in CA.
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