California · Private foundation
The McKenzie 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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2021
- 6
- Grants FY2021
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 40% of the organizations The McKenzie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $775 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 | 5 | $7k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $111k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $269k | 74% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $137k | 59% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $363k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compass Family Services | $221,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Marin Academy | $122,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Battery Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | $53,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Pencils of Promise Incorporated | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $19,999 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area | $17,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Ryse Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 50 grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The McKenzie 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: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · East Bay Community Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund · John Pritzker Family Fund · The Stanley S Langendorf Foundation
How this is measured
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About The McKenzie Foundation
- How much does The McKenzie Foundation give?
- The McKenzie Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $7,675 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The McKenzie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (25%), Education (21%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are The McKenzie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Compass Family Services ($221k), Marin Academy ($123k), The Battery Foundation ($100k).
- Does The McKenzie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The McKenzie 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 McKenzie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is The McKenzie Foundation based?
- The McKenzie Foundation is based in CA.
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