California · Private foundation
The Porter 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.
- $3k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $540
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $470k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Porter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 4 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $705 | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $1k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Color Corps | $2,300 | 5 | 1% |
| Anderson Valley Arts | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $35 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
About The Porter Foundation
- How much does The Porter Foundation give?
- The Porter Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $2,540 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Porter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Arts & Culture (21%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are The Porter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Project Color Corps ($2k), Anderson Valley Arts ($300), National Parks Conservation Association ($50).
- Does The Porter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Porter 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.
- Where is The Porter Foundation based?
- The Porter Foundation is based in CA.
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