California · Private foundation
The Small Change Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $12k
- Granted FY2023
- 3
- Grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $651
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $11,228
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Small Change Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $4.0M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $515k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $401k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $511k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $601k | 61% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $556k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Center | $260,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Equality Federation Institute | $110,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Outright International | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Transgender Law Center | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Initiatives | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Advocates for Youth | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Centerlink Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| True Colors United Inc | $52,500 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 32 grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Small Change 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.
Open a dossier: Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Arcus Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · East Bay Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Gill Foundation · Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund · Borealis Philanthropy
How this is measured
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About The Small Change Foundation
- How much does The Small Change Foundation give?
- The Small Change Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $12,061 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Small Change Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Civil Rights (16%), Education (6%).
- Who are The Small Change Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Palm Center ($260k), Trevor Project Inc ($180k), Equality Federation Institute ($110k).
- Does The Small Change Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Small Change Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Small Change Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc, The San Francisco Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
- Where is The Small Change Foundation based?
- The Small Change Foundation is based in CA.
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