California · Private foundation
The Giant Steps 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,363
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $675,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The Giant Steps Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k 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 | 37 | $1.5M | 30% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $933k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $1.3M | 61% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $2.2M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $1.8M | 65% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $572k | 37% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $691k | 52% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vegan Outreach Inc | $3,612,891 | 6 | 59% |
| La Planta | $685,000 | 2 | 17% |
| American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign | $666,570 | 8 | 9% |
| Farmlink Project | $631,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Pawsitive Perspectives Assistance Dogs | $592,920 | 5 | 73% |
| Stanford Health Care | $480,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kanes Krusade Inc | $369,319 | 6 | 51% |
| FixNation Inc | $275,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Fleet of Angels | $229,000 | 7 | 36% |
| Wildcare | $199,309 | 7 | 2% |
Show all 111 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($735k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Giant Steps Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 94 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Quinn Foundation · The Grey Muzzle Organization · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund · Animal Charity Evaluators
How this is measured
About The Giant Steps Foundation
- How much does The Giant Steps Foundation give?
- The Giant Steps Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $1,463,505 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Giant Steps Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (63%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Giant Steps Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vegan Outreach Inc ($3.6M), La Planta ($685k), American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign ($667k).
- Does The Giant Steps Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Giant Steps 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 Giant Steps Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
- Where is The Giant Steps Foundation based?
- The Giant Steps Foundation is based in CA.
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