California · Private foundation
The Stensrud Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $68k
- Granted FY2019
- 5
- Grants FY2019
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Stensrud Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to The San Diego Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Stensrud Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $68k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 20% of the organizations The Stensrud Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 5 | $68k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $76k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $210k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solutions Exploring Success Post Hs | $105,000 | 4 | 17% |
| San Diego Opera Association | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Families NOW | $50,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Art of Elan | $20,024 | 3 | 4% |
| Kids Turn San Diego | $20,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Feeding San Diego | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Forever Families | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Stensrud Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation
How this is measured
About The Stensrud Foundation
- How much does The Stensrud Foundation give?
- The Stensrud Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $67,524 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Stensrud Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Employment (26%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are The Stensrud Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Solutions Exploring Success Post Hs ($105k), San Diego Opera Association ($100k), Families NOW ($50k).
- Does The Stensrud Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Stensrud Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Stensrud Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation.
- Where is The Stensrud Foundation based?
- The Stensrud Foundation is based in CA.
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