California · Private foundation
The Sean Combs 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $94k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Sean Combs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k 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 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $460k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $510k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $100k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $495k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $400k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $140k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Howard University | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund | $250,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Apollo Theater Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Access Books | $224,500 | 4 | 7% |
| Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ladylike Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount St Michael Academy | $95,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hollyrod Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 8% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Howard University | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund | $250,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Apollo Theater Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Access Books | $224,500 | 4 | 7% |
| Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ladylike Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount St Michael Academy | $95,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hollyrod Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Miami Rescue Mission Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Dreamyard Project Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Misa Hylton Fashion Academy Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| The Future Project Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Carver Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dream Charter School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unity Unlimited Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sean Combs Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Sean Combs Foundation
- How much does The Sean Combs Foundation give?
- The Sean Combs Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $20,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Sean Combs Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (63%), Arts & Culture (10%), Community Improvement (6%).
- Who are The Sean Combs Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School ($300k), The Howard University ($300k), Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund ($250k).
- Does The Sean Combs Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sean Combs 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 Sean Combs Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Sean Combs Foundation based?
- The Sean Combs Foundation is based in CA.
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