California · Private foundation
The Peszynski 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.
- $200k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Peszynski Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | 15 | $200k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $200k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $190k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $196k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $186k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $172k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $163k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $150,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $135,000 | 5 | n/a |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Saint John's Program for Real Change | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacramento Children's Home | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Golden State Golf Tour Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of St Helena and Calistoga Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Newman Center | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $150,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $135,000 | 5 | n/a |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Saint John's Program for Real Change | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacramento Children's Home | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Golden State Golf Tour Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of St Helena and Calistoga Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Newman Center | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Loyola Guild of Jesuit High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellspring Women's Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Robert Louis Stevenson School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels by ACC | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Simple Wish Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Books by Special Kids Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Action of Napa Valley | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($726k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Peszynski Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: United Way California Capital Region · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Peszynski Foundation
- How much does The Peszynski Foundation give?
- The Peszynski Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $200,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Peszynski Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Human Services (29%), Education (28%).
- Who are The Peszynski Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: University of Washington Foundation ($150k), The Salvation Army ($135k), California Polytechnic State University Foundation ($75k).
- Does The Peszynski Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Peszynski 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 Peszynski Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way California Capital Region, Sacramento Region Community Foundation, California Foundation for Stronger Communities.
- Where is The Peszynski Foundation based?
- The Peszynski Foundation is based in CA.
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