California · Private foundation
The Yokefellow 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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $84k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Yokefellow Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 6 | $40k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $24k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $15k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $13k | 11% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Community Presbyterian Church | $26,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Smile Network International | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Watoto Child Care Ministry Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Baptist Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vincare Services of Austin Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Trinity Academy Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Community Presbyterian Church | $26,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Smile Network International | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Watoto Child Care Ministry Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Baptist Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vincare Services of Austin Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Trinity Academy Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Program | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $100 | 2 | 0% |
| Cheerful Givers | $50 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Yokefellow 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 Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Yokefellow Foundation
- How much does The Yokefellow Foundation give?
- The Yokefellow Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Yokefellow Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (38%), Religion (33%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are The Yokefellow Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Village Community Presbyterian Church ($26k), Smile Network International ($9k), Watoto Child Care Ministry Inc ($8k).
- Does The Yokefellow Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Yokefellow 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 Yokefellow Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Yokefellow Foundation based?
- The Yokefellow Foundation is based in CA.
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