California · Private foundation
The Placzek Family 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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 52
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations The Placzek Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 | 28 | $87k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $75k | 52% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $71k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $30k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $34k | 4% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $33k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $66k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 48 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Partners in Education | $24,800 | 6 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Transports to Truth Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Kqed Inc | $7,664 | 6 | 0% |
| Regional Parks Foundation | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $6,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Lindsay Wildlife Museum | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Berkeley Public Schools Fund | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Musicians Choral Orchestra | $4,100 | 2 | 1% |
| Animal Rescue Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($303k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Placzek Family 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: East Bay Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Ibm International Foundation · Esb Charitable Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About The Placzek Family Foundation
- How much does The Placzek Family Foundation give?
- The Placzek Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $86,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 52 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Placzek Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Health (22%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are The Placzek Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lafayette Partners in Education ($25k), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($21k), Transports to Truth Inc ($9k).
- Does The Placzek Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Placzek Family 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 Placzek Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
- Where is The Placzek Family Foundation based?
- The Placzek Family Foundation is based in CA.
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