California · Private foundation
The Palm Tree 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.
- $267k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $220,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations The Palm Tree Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $266k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $243k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $273k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $269k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $163k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $231k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $266k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $219k | 78% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $33,300 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $26,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silicon Valley International School | $16,215 | 2 | 0% |
| Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | $13,179 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Kol Emeth | $6,954 | 2 | n/a |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $33,300 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $26,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silicon Valley International School | $16,215 | 2 | 0% |
| Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | $13,179 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Kol Emeth | $6,954 | 2 | n/a |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Womens Audio Mission | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Summit for STEM Cell Foundation | $1,033 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Beth Am | $1,015 | 2 | n/a |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | $720 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Greater South Bay | $540 | 1 | n/a |
| Atherton Police Officers Assn | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Study Network | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Palm Tree 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 · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Intuit Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Palm Tree Foundation
- How much does The Palm Tree Foundation give?
- The Palm Tree Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $266,844 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Palm Tree Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (44%), Religion (43%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are The Palm Tree Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northwestern University ($75k), The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($33k), American Friends of Magen David Adom ($27k).
- Does The Palm Tree Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Palm Tree 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 Palm Tree 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, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Palm Tree Foundation based?
- The Palm Tree Foundation is based in CA.
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