California · Private foundation
Wayne H Towne Family 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.
- $315k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Wayne H Towne Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 14 | $295k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $179k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $167k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $163k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $154k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $159k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $177k | 8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Public Television Inc | $413,098 | 9 | 2% |
| Valley Animal Center | $129,064 | 9 | 1% |
| Hinds Hospice | $118,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Fresno Philharmonic Association | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sierra Meadows Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Poverello House | $67,661 | 9 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Central California South Inc | $61,599 | 9 | 0% |
| Sierra College Foundation | $58,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Evangel Home Inc | $57,774 | 9 | 1% |
| Fresno Rescue Mission Inc | $54,500 | 9 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Public Television Inc | $413,098 | 9 | 2% |
| Valley Animal Center | $129,064 | 9 | 1% |
| Hinds Hospice | $118,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Fresno Philharmonic Association | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sierra Meadows Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Poverello House | $67,661 | 9 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Central California South Inc | $61,599 | 9 | 0% |
| Sierra College Foundation | $58,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Evangel Home Inc | $57,774 | 9 | 1% |
| Fresno Rescue Mission Inc | $54,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Marjaree Mason Center Inc | $49,333 | 8 | 0% |
| Valley Teen Ranch | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cat House on the Kings Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($434k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wayne H Towne Family 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: Leon S Peters Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Isnardi Foundation · Valley Children's Hospital · The Edward M and Jeanne C Kashian Family Foundation Inc · Briscoe Family Foundation · Educational Employees Credit Union · United Way California Capital Region · Teichert Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Carmax Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About Wayne H Towne Family Foundation
- How much does Wayne H Towne Family Foundation give?
- Wayne H Towne Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $314,805 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wayne H Towne Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Arts & Culture (30%), Education (9%).
- Who are Wayne H Towne Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Valley Public Television Inc ($413k), Valley Animal Center ($129k), Hinds Hospice ($118k).
- Does Wayne H Towne Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wayne H Towne Family 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 Wayne H Towne Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Leon S Peters Foundation, Aetna Foundation Inc, Isnardi Foundation.
- Where is Wayne H Towne Family Foundation based?
- Wayne H Towne Family Foundation is based in CA.
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