California · Private foundation
The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 51
- Grants FY2024
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $983,337
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 45
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $29M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 49 | $2.9M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $2.0M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $2.0M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $1.4M | 9% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $2.1M | 22% |
| FY2019 | 42 | $2.0M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $2.0M | 14% |
| FY2017 | 45 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum Associates | $4,416,668 | 8 | 1% |
| Academy Foundation | $2,525,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Connecticut College | $860,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Homeboy Industries | $656,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc | $509,850 | 8 | 1% |
| Los Angeles Lgbt Center | $450,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $340,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | $300,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Willows Community School | $245,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies | $157,500 | 8 | 2% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fran & Ray Stark 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: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Joseph Fidler Walsh & Majorie Walsh Foundation · The David Geffen Foundation · The Otis Booth Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Ahmanson Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Lauren and Richard King Charitable Trust · Moss Foundation · Hale Thornhill Foundation · Lear Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation
- How much does The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation give?
- The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation reported 51 grants totaling $3,722,103 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Education (36%), Health (6%).
- Who are The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Museum Associates ($4.4M), Academy Foundation ($2.5M), Connecticut College ($860k).
- Does The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Fran & Ray Stark 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 Fran & Ray Stark Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, The Joseph Fidler Walsh & Majorie Walsh Foundation.
- Where is The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation based?
- The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation is based in CA.
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