California · Private foundation
Thunen Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $641k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Thunen Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 17 | $50k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $58k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $61k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $50k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Nations Development Institute | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Independent Living | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Earth Circle Foundation Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 2% |
| The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Foundation for Students Rising Above | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Buddhist Church of Oakland | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Williams College | $9,700 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Nations Development Institute | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Independent Living | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Earth Circle Foundation Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 2% |
| The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Foundation for Students Rising Above | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Buddhist Church of Oakland | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Williams College | $9,700 | 5 | 0% |
| National Disaster Search Dog Foundation | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $7,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Reach West for Special Adults | $7,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Meals on Wheels of Alameda County | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| J-Sei Inc | $2,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Light for the World USA Inc Co Herta K | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thunen Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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How this is measured
About Thunen Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Thunen Family Foundation Inc give?
- Thunen Family Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Thunen Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (22%), Health (18%), International (9%).
- Who are Thunen Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: First Nations Development Institute ($24k), Center for Independent Living ($24k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($24k).
- Does Thunen Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thunen Family Foundation Inc 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 Thunen Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include McNabb Foundation, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Thunen Family Foundation Inc based?
- Thunen Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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