California · Private foundation
The Parker Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 75
- Grants FY2024
- 65
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 61 to 65
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $48M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations The Parker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M 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 | 75 | $1.8M | 76% |
| FY2023 | 65 | $2.0M | 83% |
| FY2022 | 61 | $1.7M | 79% |
| FY2021 | 62 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties | $195,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Housing Works | $120,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Tijuana World Design Capital 2024 | $90,000 | 1 | 2% |
| San Diego Museum of Man Dba Museum of US | $90,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Rise Up Industries | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Escondido Creek Conservancy | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 214 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Parker Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · David C Copley Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Sempra Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Parker Foundation
- How much does The Parker Foundation give?
- The Parker Foundation reported 75 grants totaling $1,838,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 65 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Parker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Human Services (14%), Education (10%).
- Who are The Parker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties ($195k), Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans ($150k), Community Housing Works ($120k).
- Does The Parker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Parker Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Parker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Conrad Prebys Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, Price Philanthropies Foundation.
- Where is The Parker Foundation based?
- The Parker Foundation is based in CA.
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