California · Private foundation
The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $9.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,513,075
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $154M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k 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 | 9 | $9.2M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $12M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $8.8M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $7.0M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $8.2M | 17% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $8.6M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $9.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Walt Disney Family Museum | $52,723,568 | 7 | 82% |
| Walt Disney Family Foundation | $5,815,000 | 7 | 63% |
| Research to Prevent Blindness Inc | $900,000 | 6 | 5% |
| California Institute of the Arts | $600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| John Tracy Clinic | $175,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Thank You Walt Disney Inc | $151,220 | 1 | 93% |
| Hyperion Historical Alliance | $20,000 | 1 | 24% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
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: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation with peer funders
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About The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation
- How much does The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation give?
- The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $9,168,075 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (88%), Education (11%), Health (2%).
- Who are The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Walt Disney Family Museum ($53M), Walt Disney Family Foundation ($5.8M), Research to Prevent Blindness Inc ($900k).
- Does The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Walt and Lilly Disney 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 Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation based?
- The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation is based in CA.
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