California · Private foundation
The Kent and Rita Norton 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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $339k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Kent and Rita Norton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $16k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $23k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $21k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $21k | 29% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Museum of Art Association | $133,000 | 9 | 0% |
| San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art | $20,350 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $14,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose Incorporated | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Potsdam College Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Montalvo Association | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Works San Jose | $1,350 | 3 | 1% |
| FOR-SITE Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Opera San Jose Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance | $700 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Museum of Art Association | $133,000 | 9 | 0% |
| San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art | $20,350 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $14,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose Incorporated | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Potsdam College Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Montalvo Association | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Works San Jose | $1,350 | 3 | 1% |
| FOR-SITE Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Opera San Jose Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| City Lights Theater Co of San Jose Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Gatos Museum Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Shir Hadash | $360 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kent and Rita Norton 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Silicon Valley Creates · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Joel Dean Foundation · Leo M Shortino Family Foundation · John S and James L Knight Foundation · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Kent and Rita Norton Foundation
- How much does The Kent and Rita Norton Foundation give?
- The Kent and Rita Norton Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $15,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kent and Rita Norton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (86%), Education (10%), Philanthropy (3%).
- Who are The Kent and Rita Norton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Jose Museum of Art Association ($133k), San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art ($20k), University of Colorado Foundation ($15k).
- Does The Kent and Rita Norton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kent and Rita Norton 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 Kent and Rita Norton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Applied Materials Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
- Where is The Kent and Rita Norton Foundation based?
- The Kent and Rita Norton Foundation is based in CA.
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