California · Private foundation
The F1 Key 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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $365k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The F1 Key Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 11 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $25k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $31k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $28k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $25k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Wesleyan University | $72,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $31,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Advocates for the West Inc | $30,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Western Watersheds Projects Inc | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Anza-Borrego Foundation | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | $10,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $5,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $4,250 | 7 | n/a |
| California State Parks Foundation | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Wesleyan University | $72,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $31,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Advocates for the West Inc | $30,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Western Watersheds Projects Inc | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Anza-Borrego Foundation | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | $10,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $5,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $4,250 | 7 | n/a |
| California State Parks Foundation | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Colorado Parks Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Oceanside Historical Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Oceanside Public Library | $1,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Madrona Marsh | $1,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Treepeople Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society for Science & the Public | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $666 | 1 | 0% |
| The Coral Reef Alliance | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Orangutan Foundation International | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Indian Foundation | $500 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The F1 Key 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The F1 Key Foundation
- How much does The F1 Key Foundation give?
- The F1 Key Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $26,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The F1 Key Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (46%), Education (29%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The F1 Key Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Iowa Wesleyan University ($72k), Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance ($31k), Advocates for the West Inc ($30k).
- Does The F1 Key Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The F1 Key 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 F1 Key Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The F1 Key Foundation based?
- The F1 Key Foundation is based in CA.
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