California · Private foundation
William Fries II 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $37M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations William Fries II Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 8 | $1.4M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.5M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $462k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $447k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Academy of Sciences | $2,500,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Exploratorium | $1,500,000 | 4 | 1% |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | $750,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | $385,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Kqed Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $345,000 | 5 | 0% |
| San Francisco Zoological Society | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Living Desert The | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Anthony Foundation | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Academy of Sciences | $2,500,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Exploratorium | $1,500,000 | 4 | 1% |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | $750,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | $385,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Kqed Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $345,000 | 5 | 0% |
| San Francisco Zoological Society | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Living Desert The | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Anthony Foundation | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Francisco Education Fund | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Association for the Preservation of the Potomac | $87,000 | 1 | 27% |
| St Anthony Foundation | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Francisco Symphony | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Opera Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William Fries II Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About William Fries II Foundation
- How much does William Fries II Foundation give?
- William Fries II Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $1,530,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William Fries II Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (40%), Health (20%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are William Fries II Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: California Academy of Sciences ($2.5M), The Exploratorium ($1.5M), California Pacific Medical Center Foundation ($750k).
- Does William Fries II Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William Fries II 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 Fries II Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund, The James Irvine Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation.
- Where is William Fries II Foundation based?
- William Fries II Foundation is based in CA.
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