California · Private foundation
Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $396k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $396k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $341k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $323k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $323k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $336k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $270k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $345k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $226k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Anne's Family Services | $405,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Thomas Aquinas College | $145,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Santa Teresita Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Higher Ground Youth and Family Services Inc | $32,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Wall-Las Memorias Project | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kare Youth League | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Family Church | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Anne's Family Services | $405,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Thomas Aquinas College | $145,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Santa Teresita Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Higher Ground Youth and Family Services Inc | $32,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Wall-Las Memorias Project | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kare Youth League | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Family Church | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Garden School Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Veterans Initiative | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Drew Child Development Corporation | $600 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Walter & Donna Conn Charitable 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: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation
- How much does Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation give?
- Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $396,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Human Services (20%), Health (12%).
- Who are Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Anne's Family Services ($405k), Thomas Aquinas College ($145k), Corporation of Gonzaga University ($95k).
- Does Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walter & Donna Conn Charitable 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 Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.
- Where is Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation based?
- Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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