Virginia · Private foundation
The Little Family Foundation
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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2021
- 10
- Grants FY2021
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Little Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Mayo Clinic, 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 FY2021, the last year The Little Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $50k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 7
- Total assets, FY2021
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 67% of the organizations The Little Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 9 | $44k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $60k | 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, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding South Dakota | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spearfish Community Pantry Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Angels & Sparrows Soup Kitchen Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Samaritan Center-Simi Valley | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Savvy | $4,285 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Prader-Willi Research Inc | $4,285 | 1 | 0% |
| Senior Community Services | $4,285 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Little Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About The Little Family Foundation
- How much does The Little Family Foundation give?
- The Little Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
- What does The Little Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (92%), Public Safety & Disaster (3%), Food & Nutrition (2%).
- Who are The Little Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: World Central Kitchen Inc ($55k), Second Harvest Heartland ($11k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($10k).
- Does The Little Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Little Family 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 Little Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
- Where is The Little Family Foundation based?
- The Little Family Foundation is based in VA.
Play a game based on Little Family’s filings →