The Skatepark Project
Vista, CA · EIN 33-0965889. Reported 50 grants totalling $7,539,810 to 41 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Skatepark Project, the IRS classifies it as a private independent foundation (NTEE T22).
- How spread out its giving is. 41 distinct organizations, with 56% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 20% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,430 and $70,000; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $4,235,383. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
1 of those grants was non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $4,235,383 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campanile Foundation | San Diego, CA | $4,235,383 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lockport Community Services Inc | Lockport, NY | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sheriff Pal Program | Pontiac, MI | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Sweden | Brockport, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Village of Ellicottville | Ellicottville, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Olean Community Foundation | Olean, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Littlefield Community Association Inc | Detroit, MI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Greece | Rochester, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Warm Springs Community Action Team | Warm Springs, OR | $238,588 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Green Springville Inc | Springville, NY | $220,319 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Action Sports Kids Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $148,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York (brooklyn) | Brooklyn, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan | New York, NY | $57,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lincoln-Woodstock Friends of Recreation | Lincoln, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skateistan | Seattle, WA | $45,940 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Auburn | Auburn, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marty Hennessy Inspiring Children Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Harold Hunter Foundation | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crystal Springs Skatepark Project | Crystal Springs, MS | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harness Community | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| State College Borough | State College, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skate Essex | Montclair, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Paonia | Paonia, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Dover Park and Recreation Dept | Dover, DE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Augusta | Augusta, KS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Environmental Hood Restoration Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kiwanis Club of Springfield Tennessee Inc | Springfield, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc | North Adams, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rose City Rollers | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Impact Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tutifruti Skate Inc | Longwood, FL | $12,430 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Port Huron Recreation Department | Port Huron, MI | $11,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Batesville | Batesville, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Leominster | Leominster, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Ruston | Ruston, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colfax Green Machine | Colfax, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville | Huntsville, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Earthhubtv | Shelburne Fls, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evansville Parks Foundation Inc | Evansville, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Super Skate Posse | Long Beach, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Village of Allegany | Allegany, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
7 of 41 (17%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- The Campanile Foundation
ESTABLISH THE SKATEPARK PROJECT CENTER FOR SKATEBOARDING, ACTION SPORTS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE ENDOWMENT. - Lockport Community Services Inc
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK. - Greater Olean Community Foundation
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SKATEPARK - Littlefield Community Association
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATEPARK - Village of Allegany
CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATEPARK.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 21 of 41 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | $260,319 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $1,728,130 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | 11 | $871,048 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 14 | $4,680,313 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
59% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
17 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 32 grants totalling $533,026 to The Skatepark Project. That is 35% of the 48 funders we can see giving to it. Those 17 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
5 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luluma Charitable Trust XXXXX8009 | Illinois | $240,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Paul Marciano Foundation | California | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adair Foundation | Texas | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Steve Mihaylo and Lois Mihaylo | Arizona | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| John Gogian Family Foundation | California | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Aileen Getty Foundation | Nevada | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wings Up Family Foundation | Delaware | $4,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lewis Family Foundation | Hawaii | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Washington | $3,154 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Silva Weiss Family Foundation | California | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 17.
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Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Skatepark Project's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1611-a S Melrose Drive 360, Vista, CA, 92081.
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