California · Private foundation
The Melmon 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.
- $34k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $472k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Melmon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 11 | $31k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $29k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $29k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $30k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $26k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $29k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $21k | 53% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside College Preparatory School Inc | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Bush School | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Trust for Hidden Villa | $5,650 | 6 | 0% |
| Jobtrain Inc | $4,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kara | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $1,650 | 4 | 0% |
| Music in the Schools Foundation | $1,410 | 5 | 1% |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco | $1,180 | 2 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $1,050 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside College Preparatory School Inc | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Bush School | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Trust for Hidden Villa | $5,650 | 6 | 0% |
| Jobtrain Inc | $4,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kara | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $1,650 | 4 | 0% |
| Music in the Schools Foundation | $1,410 | 5 | 1% |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco | $1,180 | 2 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $1,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Avenidas | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Castilleja School Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of the Pacific | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ecumenical Hunger Program | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Music for Minors Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Just Read | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Streetside Stories Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Academy of American Poets Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| California State Parks Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Melmon Family 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 · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · Atkinson Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Stanford Health Care · Floyd Family Foundation · Embarcadero Media Foundation
How this is measured
About The Melmon Family Foundation
- How much does The Melmon Family Foundation give?
- The Melmon Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $33,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Melmon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (78%), Environment (13%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are The Melmon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Eastside College Preparatory School Inc ($43k), The Bush School ($10k), Trust for Hidden Villa ($6k).
- Does The Melmon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Melmon 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 Melmon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation.
- Where is The Melmon Family Foundation based?
- The Melmon Family Foundation is based in CA.
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