California · Private foundation
The William S Deakyne 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.
- $286k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 43
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $786k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations The William S Deakyne Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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 | 40 | $286k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $259k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $250k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $248k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $201k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $191k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $152k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $169k | 26% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties | $225,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $225,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Gwendolyn Strong Foundation | $92,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $70,500 | 7 | n/a |
| The Devereux Foundation | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $46,050 | 8 | 0% |
| The Riviera Ridge School | $36,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Santa Catalina School | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $33,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Trinity College | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($862k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William S Deakyne 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: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Pebble Beach Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The William S Deakyne Foundation
- How much does The William S Deakyne Foundation give?
- The William S Deakyne Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $285,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The William S Deakyne Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (21%), Human Services (16%), Health (14%).
- Who are The William S Deakyne Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties ($225k), Catholic Relief Services ($225k), Gwendolyn Strong Foundation ($93k).
- Does The William S Deakyne Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William S Deakyne 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 William S Deakyne Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Pebble Beach Company Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The William S Deakyne Foundation based?
- The William S Deakyne Foundation is based in CA.
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