· Private foundation
William McCaskey Chapman and Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k26 grants · $594k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| York School | $50,000 |
| International School of Monterey | $50,000 |
| Chartwell School | $40,000 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium | $40,000 |
| Stevenson School | $37,500 |
| Santa Catalina School | $35,000 |
| Girls Inc of Central Coast | $30,000 |
| Monterey Academy Oceanographic Scie | $30,000 |
| Youth Music Monterey | $30,000 |
| San Carlos School | $27,000 |
| All Saints Episcpal Day School | $27,000 |
| Notre Dame High School | $25,000 |
| Monterey Peninsula College Foundati | $25,000 |
| Youth Arts Collective | $25,000 |
| Casa of Monterey County | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against -92% for those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ISINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MONTEREY9× · 2017–2025 · $444k · revenue +76%
- RLROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL9× · 2017–2025 · $303k · revenue +50%
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2025 · $285k · revenue +105%
Funded once
- MFMPC Foundationone grant, 2017 · $30k
- PGPacific Grove Elementary Schoolone grant, 2024 · $10k
- COCOLLEAGUES OF THE ARTSone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -92%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…
The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.
To provide a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum which prepares students to enter higher education and occupations in their communities with an understanding of their geographic and historical roots and the goals toward which they can…
Engaging community at the intersection of art, history and education through innovative, locally connected and globally relevant exhibits, programs and experiences.
Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.
We ground students in a deep sense of belonging so they become enthusiastic learners, develop confident voices, and emerge as beacons of kindness in their communities.
The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…
The Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science, located at Monterey High School, prepares public high school students from throughout Monterey County for academic and career success. This is accomplished through a challenging curriculum…
The mission of Redwood Coast Montessori is to serve a diverse population of students (TK-12) in the Humboldt County area by providing students with a high quality educational option based on the Montessori method.
Ocean grove charter school is an independent study charter school that provides a voluntary public education choice for families of students who choose to educate their children in the home environment.
How this is measured
24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MONTEREY ↗
- Who funds THE YORK SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SANTA CATALINA SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds YOUTH ARTS COLLECTIVE INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH MUSIC MONTEREY ↗
- Who funds Monterey Peninsula College Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHARTWELL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds The Lyceum of Monterey County ↗
- Who funds Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc ↗
- Who funds SPECTORDANCE ↗
- Who funds CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Point Lobos Foundation ↗
- Who funds WESTERN FLYER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BIG SUR CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE WESTON COLLECTIVE ↗
- Who funds CARMEL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SUN STREET CENTERS ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF PACIFIC GROVE INC ↗
- Who funds MEARTH ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH ↗
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: Pebble Beach Company Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Barnet Segal Charitable Trust · Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation · Arts Council for Monterey County · Nancy Eccles and Homer M Hayward Family Foundation · Dunspaugh Dalton Foundation Inc · Manitou Fund · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · The Tyler Foundation · Woodward Fund Ua Fsw Bank of America Na · Berkshire Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William McCaskey Chapman and Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William McCaskey Chapman and Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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