California · Private foundation
The Lester Napier Foundation Inc
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.
- $167k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations The Lester Napier Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $167k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $209k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $216k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $132k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $340k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $339k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $369k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preble Street | $185,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Midcoast Maine Community Action | $115,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Big Sunday | $80,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Art Division | $70,000 | 3 | 6% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bath Area Food Bank | $61,500 | 7 | 5% |
| Target Hunger Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Providence CityArts for Youth Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Undies for Everyone | $52,500 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($145k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lester Napier Foundation Inc 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 Mary Alice Fortin Foundation · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc · Quantum Foundation Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · The Palm Beach Post Season to Share Inc · The Mirasol Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Lester Napier Foundation Inc
- How much does The Lester Napier Foundation Inc give?
- The Lester Napier Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $167,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lester Napier Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (23%), Human Services (20%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
- Who are The Lester Napier Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Preble Street ($185k), Midcoast Maine Community Action ($115k), Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association ($110k).
- Does The Lester Napier Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lester Napier Foundation Inc 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 Lester Napier Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation, Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc.
- Where is The Lester Napier Foundation Inc based?
- The Lester Napier Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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