California · Private foundation
The Natalie Cole 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.
- $609k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations The Natalie Cole Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k 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 | 19 | $609k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $738k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $390k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $138k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $75k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $20k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Museum Foundation Inc | $255,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Sweet Relief Musicians Fund | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Playing for Change Foundation | $105,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Harlem School of the Arts Inc | $95,040 | 2 | 1% |
| Nat King Cole Generation Hope Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Cornerstone Housing for Adults With Disabilities | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Musicares Foundation Inc | $27,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Athens United Soccer Association | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Alliance for Climate Protection | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Museum Foundation Inc | $255,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Sweet Relief Musicians Fund | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Playing for Change Foundation | $105,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Harlem School of the Arts Inc | $95,040 | 2 | 1% |
| Nat King Cole Generation Hope Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Cornerstone Housing for Adults With Disabilities | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Musicares Foundation Inc | $27,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Athens United Soccer Association | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Alliance for Climate Protection | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles River State Park Partners | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Save the Music Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mens Guild of Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Noah Benardout Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tm23 Foundation | $2,120 | 1 | 1% |
| Tj Martell Foundation | $799 | 1 | 0% |
| The Harold and Carole Pump Foundation (Fka the Harold Pump Foundation) | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 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 Natalie Cole 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: Alesia Alpert Family Foundation (Fka Alesia Family Foundation) · Pledgeling Foundation · Wasserman Foundation · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Natalie Cole Foundation
- How much does The Natalie Cole Foundation give?
- The Natalie Cole Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $609,169 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Natalie Cole Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Health (30%), Education (9%).
- Who are The Natalie Cole Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Grammy Museum Foundation Inc ($255k), Sweet Relief Musicians Fund ($200k), Playing for Change Foundation ($105k).
- Does The Natalie Cole Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Natalie Cole 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 Natalie Cole Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alesia Alpert Family Foundation (Fka Alesia Family Foundation), Pledgeling Foundation, Wasserman Foundation.
- Where is The Natalie Cole Foundation based?
- The Natalie Cole Foundation is based in CA.
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