Illinois · Private foundation
The Sequoia 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.
- $7k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Sequoia Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,722
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,722
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 0% of the organizations The Sequoia Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 3 | $271k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $60k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young at Heart Senior Pet Adoptions | $240,900 | 3 | 26% |
| Red Door Animal Shelter | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($80k), not named here.
About The Sequoia Foundation
- How much does The Sequoia Foundation give?
- The Sequoia Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $6,722 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Sequoia Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (72%), Animals (22%).
- Who are The Sequoia Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Young at Heart Senior Pet Adoptions ($241k), Red Door Animal Shelter ($30k).
- Does The Sequoia Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sequoia 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 Sequoia Foundation based?
- The Sequoia Foundation is based in IL.
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