California · Private foundation
The Muller 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.
- $1k
- Granted FY2022
- 8
- Grants FY2022
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Muller Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Woodside Community Foundation, 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 FY2022, the last year The Muller Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $1k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $300
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations The Muller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 8 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $2k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $2k | 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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside-Atherton Garden Club | $2,100 | 7 | 1% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $960 | 6 | 0% |
| St Denis Parish | $785 | 6 | n/a |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $700 | 6 | 0% |
| Benedictine Fathers of the Priory | $350 | 2 | n/a |
| Kqed Inc | $330 | 5 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $218 | 3 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Garden Club of America | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Peninsula Volunteers Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside-Atherton Garden Club | $2,100 | 7 | 1% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $960 | 6 | 0% |
| St Denis Parish | $785 | 6 | n/a |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $700 | 6 | 0% |
| Benedictine Fathers of the Priory | $350 | 2 | n/a |
| Kqed Inc | $330 | 5 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $218 | 3 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Garden Club of America | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Peninsula Volunteers Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Ecumenical Hunger Program | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $40 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Muller 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 · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Muller Foundation
- How much does The Muller Foundation give?
- The Muller Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $1,050 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Muller Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Environment (11%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are The Muller Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Woodside-Atherton Garden Club ($2k), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ($960), St Denis Parish ($785).
- Does The Muller Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Muller 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 Muller Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Muller Foundation based?
- The Muller Foundation is based in CA.
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