California · Private foundation
The Roberts 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.
- $46M
- Granted FY2023
- 65
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 64
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $22M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 74
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 18
- Total assets, FY2023
- $324M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 73% of the organizations The Roberts Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 64 | $22M | 73% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $45M | 84% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $24M | 92% |
| FY2018 | 74 | $32M | 53% |
| FY2017 | 65 | $32M | 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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont McKenna College | $34,159,975 | 3 | 7% |
| Redf | $10,650,000 | 3 | 48% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $8,000,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Teach for America Inc | $5,427,500 | 2 | 1% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $3,500,000 | 2 | 3% |
| New Leaders Inc | $3,287,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula | $2,944,800 | 2 | 7% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $2,500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $2,242,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Year Up Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 106 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 120 recipients with no EIN on record ($66M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Roberts Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 96 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Zierk Family Foundation · Penner Family Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Courtney Roberts and Steve Preston Family Foundation · The Hoak Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · The Eric and Lulu Roberts Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Roberts Foundation
- How much does The Roberts Foundation give?
- The Roberts Foundation reported 65 itemized grants totaling $21,717,950, out of $45,741,340 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 74 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Roberts Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (32%), Employment (4%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Roberts Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Claremont McKenna College ($34M), Redf ($11M), Culver Educational Foundation ($8.0M).
- Does The Roberts Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Roberts 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 Roberts Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Marin Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is The Roberts Foundation based?
- The Roberts Foundation is based in CA.
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