California · Private foundation
United Plankton Charitable Trust
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.
- $3.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations United Plankton Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 | $3.4M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $958k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $838k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $575k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $773k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $937k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $659k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of the Arts | $2,129,860 | 7 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $715,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $579,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Pasadena Conservatory of Music | $460,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation | $345,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Polytechnic School | $305,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $250,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Performance Art Museum | $200,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $185,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $160,750 | 6 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Plankton Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: California Community Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Wilhelm Family Foundation Co Cascade Wilhelm · Perenchio Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts · Harvey and Ellen Knell Foundation · The Green Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Fitzberg Foundation
How this is measured
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About United Plankton Charitable Trust
- How much does United Plankton Charitable Trust give?
- United Plankton Charitable Trust reported 17 grants totaling $3,352,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does United Plankton Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (71%), Health (14%), Education (11%).
- Who are United Plankton Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: California Institute of the Arts ($2.1M), Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($715k), The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles ($579k).
- Does United Plankton Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does United Plankton Charitable Trust 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 United Plankton Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Pasadena Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
- Where is United Plankton Charitable Trust based?
- United Plankton Charitable Trust is based in CA.
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