California · Private foundation
William David Sommerville 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.
- $125k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 13
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $237k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations William David Sommerville Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $125k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $55k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Orange County Rescue Mission Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sallys Fund Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Grace Science Foundation | $16,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Good Deeds Forblake | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Orangewood Foundation | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Surfrider Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Glennwood Housing Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($87k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William David Sommerville 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About William David Sommerville Foundation
- How much does William David Sommerville Foundation give?
- William David Sommerville Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $125,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 13 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does William David Sommerville Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (23%), Human Services (23%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
- Who are William David Sommerville Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach ($16k), Orange County Rescue Mission Inc ($16k), Sallys Fund Inc ($16k).
- Does William David Sommerville Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William David Sommerville 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 William David Sommerville Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is William David Sommerville Foundation based?
- William David Sommerville Foundation is based in CA.
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