California · Private foundation
The Duncan Great Cause Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Duncan Great Cause Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 13 | $77k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $77k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $84k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $68k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $45k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $52k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $179,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ascencia | $27,259 | 6 | 0% |
| California State University Los Angeles Auxiliary Services Inc | $11,350 | 2 | 0% |
| The Caltech Y | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles | $5,200 | 2 | 0% |
| MuseIque | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Marino Schools Foundation | $4,203 | 6 | 0% |
| San Marino Motor Classic | $2,875 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $2,720 | 3 | 0% |
| The Monroe Institute | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $179,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ascencia | $27,259 | 6 | 0% |
| California State University Los Angeles Auxiliary Services Inc | $11,350 | 2 | 0% |
| The Caltech Y | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles | $5,200 | 2 | 0% |
| MuseIque | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Marino Schools Foundation | $4,203 | 6 | 0% |
| San Marino Motor Classic | $2,875 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $2,720 | 3 | 0% |
| The Monroe Institute | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| San Marino Rotary Charities | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chinese Club of San Marino | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Choc Foundation | $759 | 2 | 0% |
| Maasai Cultural Conservation Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Duncan Great Cause 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: Jcs Family Foundation · Harvey and Ellen Knell Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · California Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The Duncan Great Cause Foundation
- How much does The Duncan Great Cause Foundation give?
- The Duncan Great Cause Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $77,548 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Duncan Great Cause Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (64%), Education (20%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are The Duncan Great Cause Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery ($179k), Ascencia ($27k), California State University Los Angeles Auxiliary Services Inc ($11k).
- Does The Duncan Great Cause Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Duncan Great Cause Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Duncan Great Cause Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jcs Family Foundation, Harvey and Ellen Knell Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation.
- Where is The Duncan Great Cause Foundation based?
- The Duncan Great Cause Foundation is based in CA.
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