California · Private foundation
The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $230k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 26 | $230k | 69% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $144k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $252k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $258k | 59% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $313k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $245k | 84% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $253k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nativity Prep Academy of San Diego Inc | $76,000 | 3 | 2% |
| transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project | $63,500 | 3 | 5% |
| San Diego Children's Discovery Museum | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| San Diego Society of Natural History | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Miramar National Cemetery Support Fdn | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| California State University San Marcos Corporation | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kid Spark Education | $42,500 | 1 | 5% |
| San Diego Public Library Foundation | $37,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Coastal Roots Farm | $32,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Elementary Institute of Science | $32,000 | 3 | 2% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($920k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Thomas C Ackerman 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: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Parker Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation
- How much does The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation give?
- The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $230,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), Education (21%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nativity Prep Academy of San Diego Inc ($76k), transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project ($64k), San Diego Children's Discovery Museum ($50k).
- Does The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Conrad Prebys Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, The Parker Foundation.
- Where is The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation based?
- The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation is based in CA.
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