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The Walt Disney Company 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.

$358k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
72
Grants FY2024
437
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
396 to 437
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$171k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Walt Disney Company Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving71$358k27%
FY2023437$2.3M100%
FY2021396$519kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$16MEducation$9.1MHealth$43kInternational$21kPublic Benefit$18kArts & Culture$16kFood & Nutrition$11kAnimals$11kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 286 grantees
All grantees of The Walt Disney Company Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Art Center College of Design$225,35010%
The Barack Obama Foundation$13,45010%
Castleman Disease Collaborative Network$13,26912%
Odyssey Charter Schools$11,50010%
The Center for Early Education$10,00010%
Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation$10,00010%
Orinda Network for Education$8,50010%
The Clear Fund$7,86010%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$6,62810%
Compassion International Incorporated$5,6611n/a
Vistamar School$5,25010%
Sun Yat-Sen University Alumni Assoc$5,0001n/a
Oakland School for the Arts$4,18010%
Notre Dame High School$4,0221n/a
Wrestle Like a Girl Inc$4,00011%
Manhattan Beach Education Foundation$4,00010%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$3,50010%
Piedmont Education Foundation$3,00010%
Arts for LA$3,00011%
Florida United Methodist Children's Home Inc$3,00010%
Del Rey Parents' Club Inc$3,00013%
Wesleyan University$3,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,86810%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$2,86810%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$2,84610%
San Francisco Food Bank$2,82110%
The Ryman-Carroll Foundation$2,79510%
Girls Incorporated of Orange County$2,75010%
La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation$2,70010%
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund$2,5001n/a
When We All Vote$2,5001n/a
Straight Street Inc$2,50012%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,48010%
Trevor Project Inc$2,37210%
Southern California Public Radio$2,18610%
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization$2,01810%
Hollywood Impact Studios Rehabilitation$2,00012%
Indian River State College Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Lupus Research Foundation$2,00012%
PTA Rosa Parks Elementary PTA$2,00012%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc$1,69010%
St Pius X Catholic High School Inc$1,5001n/a
Carleton College$1,50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,37010%
Citizens of the World Charter Schools Los Angeles$1,30010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,28310%
National Parks Conservation Association$1,25010%
Bay Laurel Elementary School Parent Faculty Association$1,20010%
United Friends of the Children$1,06010%
Rochester Institute of Technology$1,05010%
Jeff Gordon Childrens Foundation$1,00010%
Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus$1,0001n/a
Friends of Franklin School Inc$1,00010%
I Have a Dream Foundation - Los Angeles$1,00010%
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice$98810%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$86410%
Helping Hand for Relief and Development Inc$80510%
The V Foundation$76010%
Redwood Day School$75010%
Occidental College$75010%
Santa Monica Education Foundation$75010%
American Heart Association Inc$71110%
Kensington Education Foundation$70010%
Yougivegoods Foundation Inc$69410%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$66510%
The University of Georgia Foundation$65010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$61210%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$6001n/a
Chapman University$58310%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$55010%
Charlotte Choir School$55010%
Redwood High School Foundation$55010%
Woodland Park Zoological Society$55010%
The Young Men's Christian Association of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area$52910%
Smile Train Inc$50410%
Greater Orlando Children's Miracle Network$50010%
Ballard Food Bank$50010%
Janney Elementary School PTA$50010%
Western Justice Center Foundation$50010%
Lime Hollow Nature Center Inc$50010%
Orange County School of the Arts$50010%
Mercer Island Schools Foundation$50010%
Hackley School$50010%
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation$50010%
Sage Parents Association$50012%
Jf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc$50010%
Basset Hound Rescue of Southern California$50010%
Virginia State University Foundation$50010%
Breast Cancer Alliance Inc$50010%
Live Like Noah Foundation Inc$44612%
Immaculate Heart High School$4291n/a
Community Action Partnership of Orange County$40010%
South Pasadena Educational Foundation$40010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assoc Tennessee Chapter$40010%
Poodle and Pooch Rescue Inc$36510%
John Burroughs High School Vocal Music Association$36010%
Loyola Marymount University$36010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of la Habra$35010%
Matthew's Hope Ministries Inc$34010%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$32510%
Earthjustice$31010%
Ventura County Library Foundation$30011%
Labradors and Friends Dog Rescue Group Inc$30010%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$30010%
Arkansas Children's Hospital$30010%
The Actors' Fund of America$28610%
Give Kids the World Inc$28010%
Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc$27510%
Wild Bird Fund Inc$25810%
McDaniel College Inc$25010%
Syracuse University$25010%
Central Florida Ballet Inc$25010%
Texas Christian University$25010%
Bedford Free Library$25010%
University of North Florida Foundation Inc$25010%
Lange Foundation$25010%
Farestart$25010%
Young & Healthy$25010%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$25010%
The Carter Center Inc$25010%
Muslim Public Affairs Council Foundation$25010%
International Snow Leopard Trust$22510%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$22510%
Arlington Food Assistance Center$20810%
Food on Foot$20210%
Japanese American National Museum$20010%
Mommies in Need$20010%
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc$20010%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$20010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America$20010%
Whiting Lane Parent Teacher Organization Inc$20014%
University of California Irvine Foundation$20010%
University of Chicago$20010%
Livenationorg Foundation$20010%
Native American Heritage Association$20010%
Volunteers of the Burbank Animal Shelter$20010%
Childfund International USA$19810%
Cure Sanfilippo Foundation$18210%
Milos Sanctuary Inc$18010%
The Mustard Seed of Central Florida Inc$18010%
Fellowship for Performing Arts Inc$17510%
Unbound$16010%
Pacific Coast Dog Rescue Inc$15010%
826 Valencia$15010%
House Rabbit Society$15010%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$15010%
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$15010%
Covenant House California$15010%
American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California$15010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$15010%
Mei Fong and Associates Aws$15010%
Food in Need of Distribution Inc$15010%
Pinecrest Academy Inc$15010%
Club 21 Learning and Resource Center Inc$15010%
A Window Between Worlds$14510%
Kqed Inc$14010%
Cleveland High School Booster Club$1351n/a
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$12810%
The University of Tampa Incorporated$12510%
Pleasant Knoll Elementary PTO$12210%
Feed My Starving Children Inc$11710%
United States Fund for Unicef$11010%
Miami University$1101n/a
Connecticut Science Center Inc$10010%
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Middlesex County$10010%
Heifer International Foundation$10010%
42nd Street Moon$10010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte$10010%
Magic Curtain Productions Inc$10010%
Canine Lymphoma Education Awareness and Research Inc$10010%
Wnet$10010%
Cornell University$10010%
Thomas Edison Elementary Foundation$10010%
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation$10010%
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc$10010%
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation$10010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$10010%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$10010%
The Thirst Project$10010%
Northwest Montessori School$10010%
Food Allergy Research & Education Inc$10010%
Stand Up to Cancer$1001n/a
De la Salle Institute$1001n/a
Children's Miracle Network$10010%
Cascades Raptor Center$10010%
Behind the Scenes Foundation$10010%
Agoura High School Music Boosters Club$10010%
The Brain Tumor Network Inc$10010%
Edison High School Band Booster Associat$10010%
Als United Greater New York Inc$10010%
Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center$10010%
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles$10010%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$10010%
Habitat for Humanity of Calavera$10010%
Nmdp Foundation$10010%
Cathedral High School$1001n/a
Culver City Education Foundation$10010%
Haiti180 Inc$10010%
Friends of the Feathered & Furry Wildlife Center I$1001n/a
Catholic Charities of Central Florida Inc$10010%
Cantilena Inc$1001n/a
Louisiana Childrens Museum$10010%
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc$10010%
La Canada Spartan Boosters Club$10010%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$10010%
Operation Jump Start$10010%
Cabarrus Arts Council$10010%
Westside German Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles$10010%
University of Colorado Foundation$10010%
Glendale Arts$10010%
Dragon Master Initiative$10010%
National Geographic Society$9510%
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc$8710%
Three Squares New England Inc$7710%
Gary Sinise Foundation$7510%
Los Angeles Mission Inc$7510%
Best Friends Animal Society$7510%
100 Plus Animal Rescue Inc$7510%
Humane World for Animals Inc$7510%
Charity Global Inc$7510%
California State Parks Foundation$7510%
Choc Foundation$7510%
Pet Rescue by Judy Inc$6510%
Humane World for Animals International$6010%
Sequoia Parents Association$6010%
Adult Literacy League Inc$5510%
Mercy for Animals Inc$5010%
Love Your Feral Felines$5010%
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5010%
Habitat for Humanity North Central Connecticut$5010%
School on Wheels Inc$5010%
Compassionate Care ALS Inc$5010%
Hands on Hartford Inc$5010%
Orlando Shakespeare Theater Inc$5010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego$5010%
Cornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc$5010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc$5010%
The Houston Food Bank$5010%
Just Our Soldiers Helpers Inc$5010%
Barnard College$5010%
Trustees of Tufts College$5010%
American Indian College Fund$5010%
The Malala Fund$5010%
Northern Illinois University Foundation$5010%
Oklahoma State University Foundation$5010%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles$5010%
Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena$5010%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$5010%
American Folklore Society$5010%
Griffith Observatory Foundation$5010%
Professional Arts Education Center$401n/a
The Dunsmore Elementary School Foundation$4010%
Dyrk1a Syndrome US$4010%
University of Miami$4010%
Connecticut Humane Society$3610%
International Rescue Committee INC$3510%
Love Without Boundaries Foundation$3510%
Rainbow Railroad USA Inc$3110%
Black Girls Code Inc$3010%
National Novel Writing Month$3010%
112 Education Foundation$301n/a
The California Desert Land Conservancy$2610%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$2610%
Feed the Children Inc$2510%
Orange County Rescue Mission Inc$2510%
Center for Urban Community Services$2510%
Earth Island Institute Inc$2510%
Humane Society of Washington County Incorporated$2510%
Washington Trails Association$2510%
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury$2510%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$2510%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$2510%
Pace University$2510%
Achievement Academy Inc$2510%
Community Seniorserv Inc$2510%
The Mental Health Association of New York City Inc$2510%
Friends of Griffith Park$2510%
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation$2510%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$2510%
Orlando Family Stage Inc$2510%
The Surfrider Foundation$2510%
California State University Northridge Foundation$2510%
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$2510%
Partnership With Native Americans$2510%
The Irish Repertory Theatre Companyinc$2510%
Hope Africa Collective Inc$2510%

Plus 566 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Walt Disney Company Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetArt Center College of Design: $225,350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $13,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCastleman Disease Collaborative Network: $13,269 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOdyssey Charter Schools: $11,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Early Education: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrinda Network for Education: $8,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $7,860 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $6,628 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVistamar School: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakland School for the Arts: $4,180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWrestle Like a Girl Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetManhattan Beach Education Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMote Marine Laboratory Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Education Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArts for LA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFlorida United Methodist Children's Home Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDel Rey Parents' Club Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetWesleyan University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,868 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Foundation: $2,868 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $2,846 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $2,821 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ryman-Carroll Foundation: $2,795 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Orange County: $2,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLa Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation: $2,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStraight Street Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $2,480 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $2,372 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $2,186 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization: $2,018 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHollywood Impact Studios Rehabilitation: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetIndian River State College Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLupus Research Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPTA Rosa Parks Elementary PTA: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: $1,690 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarleton College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,370 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens of the World Charter Schools Los Angeles: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,283 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBay Laurel Elementary School Parent Faculty Association: $1,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Friends of the Children: $1,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJeff Gordon Childrens Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Franklin School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetI Have a Dream Foundation - Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter on Juvenile and Criminal Justice: $988 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Ahmanson FoundationCA36.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ahmanson Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Rose Hills Foundation · California Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Western Asset Management Company Charitable Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · The Green Foundation · United Way Worldwide

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Walt Disney Company Foundation

How much does The Walt Disney Company Foundation give?
The Walt Disney Company Foundation reported 72 grants totaling $357,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 396 and 437 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does The Walt Disney Company Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (40%), Education (23%), Health (0%).
Who are The Walt Disney Company Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Art Center College of Design ($225k), The Barack Obama Foundation ($13k), Castleman Disease Collaborative Network ($13k).
Does The Walt Disney Company Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Walt Disney Company 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 Disney Company Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ahmanson Foundation, The J Paul Getty Trust, The Rose Hills Foundation.
Where is The Walt Disney Company Foundation based?
The Walt Disney Company Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 859 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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