California · Private foundation
The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 44
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $913k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k 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 | 32 | $913k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $971k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $599k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $520k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $557k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menlo School | $330,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $310,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Castilleja School Foundation | $241,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Avenidas | $230,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Volcan Mountain Foundation | $135,000 | 2 | 4% |
| College Track | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $106,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Kipp Bay Area Schools | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Child Mind Institute Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Michael and Paula Rantz 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 · Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bisconti Family Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Stephen S Smith and Paula K Smith Family Foundation · Tomlinson Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation with peer funders
About The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation
- How much does The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation give?
- The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation reported 44 itemized grants totaling $913,300, out of $1,113,300 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Human Services (5%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Menlo School ($330k), Cornell University ($310k), Castilleja School Foundation ($241k).
- Does The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Michael and Paula Rantz 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 Michael and Paula Rantz 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, Marin Community Foundation.
- Where is The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation based?
- The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation is based in CA.
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