California · Private foundation
Watson 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.
- $177k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Watson Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $171,531
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $171,531
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations Watson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $13k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vip Community Mental Health Center Inc | $13,735 | 2 | 0% |
| Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Ivanhoe School | $6,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Black Girls Code Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
About Watson Foundation
- How much does Watson Foundation give?
- Watson Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $176,531 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Watson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (74%), Education (8%), Crime & Legal (8%).
- Who are Watson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Vip Community Mental Health Center Inc ($14k), Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative ($10k), Friends of Ivanhoe School ($7k).
- Does Watson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Watson 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.
- Where is Watson Foundation based?
- Watson Foundation is based in CA.
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