Delaware · Private foundation
The Three Sisters 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.
- $307k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Three Sisters Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $272k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $202k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $230k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $249k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $212k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $201k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $189k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $200k | 18% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | $265,000 | 9 | 0% |
| International Medical Corps | $258,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The People Concern | $180,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Everychild Foundation | $156,000 | 9 | 1% |
| New Directions Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| East la Community Corporation | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Open Paths Counseling Center | $65,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Vista del Mar Child and Family Services | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($150k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Three Sisters 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: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About The Three Sisters Foundation
- How much does The Three Sisters Foundation give?
- The Three Sisters Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $307,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Three Sisters Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (18%), Philanthropy (16%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are The Three Sisters Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Planned Parenthood Los Angeles ($265k), International Medical Corps ($258k), The People Concern ($180k).
- Does The Three Sisters Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Three Sisters 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 Three Sisters Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, Weingart Foundation.
- Where is The Three Sisters Foundation based?
- The Three Sisters Foundation is based in DE.
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