California · Private foundation
The Joseph R Parker Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $105k
- Granted FY2019
- 8
- Grants FY2019
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Joseph R Parker Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Communitygiving, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Joseph R Parker Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $105k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 25% of the organizations The Joseph R Parker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 8 | $105k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $103k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $132k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marin Catholic High School | $80,000 | 4 | n/a |
| International Ocean Film Foundation Inc | $57,500 | 4 | 7% |
| College is Real Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| St Joseph High School | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Choc Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($164k), not named here.
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Joseph R Parker Foundation
- How much does The Joseph R Parker Foundation give?
- The Joseph R Parker Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $105,000 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Joseph R Parker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Education (8%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are The Joseph R Parker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Marin Catholic High School ($80k), International Ocean Film Foundation Inc ($58k), College is Real Inc ($30k).
- Does The Joseph R Parker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joseph R Parker 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 Joseph R Parker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Joseph R Parker Foundation based?
- The Joseph R Parker Foundation is based in CA.
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