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The Cygnet Foundation

Name: The Cygnet Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

47
grants reported: $608,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education conservation

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Laguna Ocean Foundation1 grant · $100,000
La Compost4 grants · $98,000
Crystal Cove Conservancy2 grants · $78,000
Sustainable Conservation4 grants · $56,000
Activesgv1 grant · $52,000
Algalita Marine Research and Educat3 grants · $52,000
University of California Davis4 grants · $52,000
Arroyos Foothills Conservancy3 grants · $43,000
Climate Resolve2 grants · $20,000
Clockshop3 grants · $19,000

Giving over time

$226,000

2022

$115,000

2023

$133,000

2024

$134,000

2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Laguna Ocean Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2025
General support
$90,000
La Compost · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$76,000
Crystal Cove Conservancy · Newport Coast, CA · 2022
Education
$52,000
Activesgv · El Monte, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Algalita Marine Research and Educat · Long Beach, CA · 2023
General support
$43,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Education
$41,000
Arroyos Foothills Conservancy · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Conservation
$30,000
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
Education
$19,000
Climate Resolve · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$17,000
Clockshop · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$13,000
Build It Green · Oakland, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
Education
$10,000
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2022
Education
$4,000
La Compost · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$3,000
La County Bicycle Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$2,000
California Trout · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$2,000
Crystal Cove Conservancy · Newport Coast, CA · 2025
General support
$2,000
La Compost · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General support
$2,000
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2025
Education
$2,000
La Compost · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$2,000
North East Trees · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$2,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Education
$2,000
Enrich La · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$2,000
The Story of Stuff Project · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Arroyos Foothills Conservancy · Pasadena, CA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Clockshop · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2025
General support
$1,000
Algalita Marine Research and Educat · Long Beach, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Arroyo Seco Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
California Trout · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
The Story of Stuff Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Education
$1,000
Audubon Center at Debs Park · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Black Thumb Farm · Panorama City, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
California Trout · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Climate Resolve · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Clockshop · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Enrich La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$1,000
North East Trees · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
The Story of Stuff Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Algalita Marine Research and Educat · Long Beach, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Arroyos Foothills Conservancy · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Conservation
$1,000
Black Thumb Farm · Panorama City, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Bolsa Chica Conservancy · Huntington Beach, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
California Yimby · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Wetlands Wildlife Care Center · Huntington Beach, CA · 2022
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.