California · Private foundation
Waking Up Foundation
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.
- $705k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Waking Up Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 | 5 | $705k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.7M | 78% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $750k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc | $656,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Safe Artificial Intelligence Forum Institute | $300,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Securebio Inc | $270,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Rand Corporation | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $230,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $180,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc | $656,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Safe Artificial Intelligence Forum Institute | $300,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Securebio Inc | $270,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Rand Corporation | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $230,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $180,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Horizon Institute for Public Service | $74,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sightsavers Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| TREAT Humanity formerly Be Herd Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Malaria Consortium US Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dongyu Gatsal Ling Initiatives Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lotus Treasure | $4,700 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Waking Up 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: Good Ventures Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Waking Up Foundation
- How much does Waking Up Foundation give?
- Waking Up Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $704,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Waking Up Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (26%), Science & Tech (23%), International (23%).
- Who are Waking Up Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc ($656k), Safe Artificial Intelligence Forum Institute ($300k), Securebio Inc ($270k).
- Does Waking Up Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Waking Up 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 Waking Up Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Good Ventures Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Waking Up Foundation based?
- Waking Up Foundation is based in CA.
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