California · Private foundation
The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund
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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2023
- 34
- Grants FY2023
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Tides Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund named its own grantees at scale: 25 organizations, $30k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 43
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 8
- Total assets, FY2023
- $7k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 31 | $29k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $32k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $30k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $37k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Media and Democracy Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Berkeley Symphony Orchestra | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| San Francisco Playhouse | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shotgun Players | $6,200 | 5 | 0% |
| The Land Alliance Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Francisco Mime Troupe Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Berkeley Public Library Foundation | $5,400 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund 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: The San Francisco Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Bernard Osher Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Rhe Charitable Foundation · Fleishhacker Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · The Rock Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · The Whittier Educational Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund
- How much does The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund give?
- The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund reported 34 grants totaling $30,250 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 43 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Arts & Culture (18%), Public Benefit (4%).
- Who are The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Center for Media and Democracy Inc ($9k), Berkeley Symphony Orchestra ($9k), Democracy Now Productions Inc ($8k).
- Does The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund 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 Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation.
- Where is The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund based?
- The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund is based in CA.
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