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Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation
WALNUT CREEK ROTARY CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the charitable arm to the rotary club of walnut creek that raises funds to provide charitable giving to qualified charities (irs sec 501(c)(3)) within the local community. The foundation also provides scholarship funding for students to pursue their educational goals.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $53k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $569k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $53k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $38k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Pony Express | $19,842 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity Center Walnut Creek | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rehabilitation and Employment Services of The | $5,001 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Touching Tiny Hearts - Rotary Club of Madras & Rotary Internation Fojndatio | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Womens Cancer Resource Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Sausalito Charitable Fdtn | $5,000 | 1 | 21% |
| The Giving Exchange | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Child Advocates of Contra Costa County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Contra Costa Interfaith Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Pony Express | $19,842 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity Center Walnut Creek | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rehabilitation and Employment Services of The | $5,001 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Touching Tiny Hearts - Rotary Club of Madras & Rotary Internation Fojndatio | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Womens Cancer Resource Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Sausalito Charitable Fdtn | $5,000 | 1 | 21% |
| The Giving Exchange | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Child Advocates of Contra Costa County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Contra Costa Interfaith Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Walnut Creek Education Foundation K-12 | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community 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: Lowell Berry Foundation · Charis Fund · East Bay Community Foundation · Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation · Justice Justice Foundation · Firedoll Foundation · Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good
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About Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation
- How much does Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation give?
- Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $52,750, out of $62,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (30%), Housing & Shelter (21%), Health (11%).
- Who are Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: White Pony Express ($20k), Trinity Center Walnut Creek ($15k), Rehabilitation and Employment Services of The ($5k).
- Does Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lowell Berry Foundation, Charis Fund, East Bay Community Foundation.
- Where is Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation based?
- Walnut Creek Rotary Club Community Foundation is based in CA.
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