California · Private foundation
The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $575k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2026
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $29,600
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 11 | $575k | 27% |
| FY2025 | 8 | $536k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $948k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $529k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $715k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $402k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $770k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $624k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| YWCA of Glendale and Pasadena | $805,000 | 10 | 5% |
| Kids Community Clinic of Burbank | $325,000 | 4 | 6% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ascencia | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife Waystation | $97,000 | 2 | 2% |
| School on Wheels Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children Incorporated | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mesa Independent Living | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glendale Unified School District | $19,000 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| YWCA of Glendale and Pasadena | $805,000 | 10 | 5% |
| Kids Community Clinic of Burbank | $325,000 | 4 | 6% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ascencia | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife Waystation | $97,000 | 2 | 2% |
| School on Wheels Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children Incorporated | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mesa Independent Living | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glendale Unified School District | $19,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Ojai Youth Opera Company | $12,000 | 3 | 6% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gwendolyn Sexton 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: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation
- How much does The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation give?
- The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $575,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (41%), Youth Development (35%), Health (5%).
- Who are The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: YWCA of Glendale and Pasadena ($805k), Kids Community Clinic of Burbank ($325k), National Wildlife Federation ($200k).
- Does The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gwendolyn Sexton 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 Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation based?
- The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation is based in CA.
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