California · Nonprofit
THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION
THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,346,933 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,642,405). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What The Guy Fieri Foundation does
Mission
The Guy Fieri Foundation mission is to "serve those who serve us" through disaster relief efforts, honoring our countries heroes and first responders who dedicate their lives to protecting and serving others, and educating and empowering the next generation of culinary professionals.there are three program pillars:disaster reflief - when wildfires rage and hurricanes strike, we deploy nutritious food and hydration directly to first responders on the front lines - so they can stay in the fight and bring communities back faster.honoring heroes - we honor veterans, active military, first responders, and their families, through meals and direct programs. We provide real services and lasting aid to those who gave everything for this country.culinary education - we invest in the next generation of culinary professionals through programs and scholarships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Disaster preparedness and relief services
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
M40 active-duty law enforcement, career firefighters, and emergency responders are primary beneficiary. First responders meals and recognition. Coffee trailer.
$320,567 spent33% of program spendingB60 youth education into adult continuing education and workforce readiness.
$244,361 spentof which $163,215 as grants25% of program spendingW30/p60 honoring heroes, serving combat veterans, and reserve members. 30+ events, 55,000+ meals served
$160,487 spent16% of program spendingK30 food production and distribution program. Thanksgiving meals.
$109,303 spent11% of program spendingM20 disaster preparedness and relief services.25,000+ meals during la fires. 200,000+ meals since tubbs fire.two 48 foot mobile kitchens.
$72,360 spent$50,900 earned by the program7% of program spendingB90 educational services - vocational/ culinary arts
$72,101 spentof which $104,000 as grants$442,991 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $979,179.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.3M to $2.9M (+114%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
87% of THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Guy R Fieri
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $15k → $448k.
10 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 2023 56% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
43% of THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
83% of THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $391k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION?
- THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,346,933 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,642,405). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,346,933 in grants to THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,642,405 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing