California · Private foundation
The Finkelman Family Charitable 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.
- $9k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $125k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200 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 | 15 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $10k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $28k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $16k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $20k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $19k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $20k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrillo College Foundation | $34,550 | 9 | 0% |
| Pajaro Valley Shelter Services | $25,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Teen Kitchen Project | $15,700 | 9 | 1% |
| Save Our Shores | $5,650 | 9 | 0% |
| Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Grey Bears | $4,880 | 9 | 0% |
| Rio del Mar Improvement Association Inc | $4,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Arts Council Santa Cruz County | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $1,812 | 9 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $1,380 | 8 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrillo College Foundation | $34,550 | 9 | 0% |
| Pajaro Valley Shelter Services | $25,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Teen Kitchen Project | $15,700 | 9 | 1% |
| Save Our Shores | $5,650 | 9 | 0% |
| Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Grey Bears | $4,880 | 9 | 0% |
| Rio del Mar Improvement Association Inc | $4,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Arts Council Santa Cruz County | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $1,812 | 9 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $1,380 | 8 | 0% |
| Family Service Agency of the Central Coast | $1,192 | 5 | 0% |
| Public Counsel | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · William J Codiga Family Foundation · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · Dignity Health · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Ibm International Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation give?
- The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $9,130 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cabrillo College Foundation ($35k), Pajaro Valley Shelter Services ($25k), Teen Kitchen Project ($16k).
- Does The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Finkelman Family Charitable 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 Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County.
- Where is The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation based?
- The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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