California · Private foundation
The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $196k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $494k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 9 | $196k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $129k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $126k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $162k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $123k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $158k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $75k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $89k | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement | $430,925 | 8 | 3% |
| Orangewood Foundation | $226,947 | 8 | 0% |
| Laguna Art Museum | $56,480 | 4 | 0% |
| South County Outreach | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $32,490 | 6 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey de la Salle East Bay High School Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Laguna Food Pantry | $17,195 | 3 | 0% |
| Laguna College of Art & Design | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Laguna Dance Festival | $8,500 | 4 | 2% |
| South Coast Repertory Inc | $7,350 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement | $430,925 | 8 | 3% |
| Orangewood Foundation | $226,947 | 8 | 0% |
| Laguna Art Museum | $56,480 | 4 | 0% |
| South County Outreach | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $32,490 | 6 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey de la Salle East Bay High School Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Laguna Food Pantry | $17,195 | 3 | 0% |
| Laguna College of Art & Design | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Laguna Dance Festival | $8,500 | 4 | 2% |
| South Coast Repertory Inc | $7,350 | 3 | 0% |
| Opera Laguna | $7,100 | 1 | 5% |
| Samueli Academy | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Laguna Playhouse | $5,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Newport Beach Public Library Foundation | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| The Collaborative Courts Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pepperdine University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Smile-A-Mile | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($214k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Donald and Constance Sperling 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: Orange County Community Foundation · Macgillivray Family Foundation · Weaver Family Private Foundation · The Hanauer Family Foundation · The William Gillespie Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County · Sempra Foundation · Roberta Freeman Cox Charitable Foundation · Croul Family Foundation · The William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation with peer funders
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About The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation
- How much does The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation give?
- The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $196,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (54%), Youth Development (21%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement ($431k), Orangewood Foundation ($227k), Laguna Art Museum ($56k).
- Does The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Macgillivray Family Foundation, Weaver Family Private Foundation.
- Where is The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation based?
- The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation is based in CA.
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