California · Private foundation
Whelan Prescott Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $15k
- Granted FY2020
- 5
- Grants FY2020
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $237k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 80% of the organizations Whelan Prescott Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 34% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 5 | $15k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $61k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $8k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save Oswit Canyon Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Great Autos of Yesteryear | $10,550 | 3 | n/a |
| Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Unstoppable Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Mission Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
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About Whelan Prescott Foundation
- How much does Whelan Prescott Foundation give?
- Whelan Prescott Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $14,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Whelan Prescott Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Environment (55%), Arts & Culture (12%), Education (4%).
- Who are Whelan Prescott Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Save Oswit Canyon Inc ($50k), Great Autos of Yesteryear ($11k), Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc ($3k).
- Does Whelan Prescott Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Whelan Prescott 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 Whelan Prescott Foundation based?
- Whelan Prescott Foundation is based in CA.
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