California · Public charity
Trellis
Trellis partners with school districts and teacher preparation providers to recruit, develop and retain exceptional STEM teachers by supporting them over time with mentors, a learning community of peers and opportunities for continued growth and leadership within the teaching profession.
- $382k
- Granted FY2021
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $157k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $57,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 20% of the organizations Trellis funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5 | $157k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $127k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $107k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sfusd | $153,950 | 3 | n/a |
| Oakland Unified School District | $87,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Berkeley Unified School District | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Lorenzo Unified School District | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Santa Rosa City Schools | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkeley Unified School District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amethod Public Schools | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Contra Costa Unified School District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leadership Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Share Our Strength · Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Trellis
- How much does Trellis give?
- Trellis reported 5 itemized grants totaling $157,000, out of $381,967 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Trellis fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Trellis's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Sfusd ($154k), Oakland Unified School District ($87k), Berkeley Unified School District ($35k).
- Does Trellis fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Trellis?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Share Our Strength, Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation.
- Where is Trellis based?
- Trellis is based in CA.
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