California · Private foundation
The Ellen & Clarence Peterson 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.
- $46k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 22 | $46k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $39k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $38k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $40k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $40k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $40k | 76% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $40k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $48k | 48% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Art Museum | $35,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Downey Historical Society | $20,875 | 6 | n/a |
| Delta Zeta Foundation | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Livinghelp Group | $12,250 | 5 | 4% |
| California Baptist University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Helping Other People Excel | $9,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Integrity Sports Training | $9,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Face of Grace | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cultural Heritage Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Computers for Communities Inc | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($164k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ellen & Clarence Peterson 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: Inland Empire Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation · California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation with peer funders
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About The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation
- How much does The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation give?
- The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $45,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Health (12%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Riverside Art Museum ($35k), Downey Historical Society ($21k), Delta Zeta Foundation ($15k).
- Does The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ellen & Clarence Peterson 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Inland Empire Community Foundation, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation.
- Where is The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation based?
- The Ellen & Clarence Peterson Foundation is based in CA.
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