Private foundation · EIN 27-3116560 · Menlo Park, California · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Hopper-Dean Foundation

Should you approach them?

Don't send a cold proposal. The foundation reports that it only gives to preselected organizations; an introduction through a current grantee or board member is the realistic route.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 67 grants paid, $6.8M total, median $15K. 34% of grants stayed in California.

Accepts applications
No
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
67
$6.8M
Median grant
$15K
Stays in CA
34%
of grants
Deadline
—
Assets
$44M

Grants paid in 2024

Top 60 of 67 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Center for Popular DemocracyBrooklyn, NYCharitable$502K
Climate Finance Tracker (one Earth Philanthropy)Culver City, CACharitable$496K
Georgia Tech Foundation IncAtlanta, GACharitable$496K
Last Mile Education FundLafayette, COCharitable$496K
University of WashingtonSeattle, WACharitable$496K
Rewriting the Code IncDurham, NCCharitable$413K
Alliance for Youth OrganizingWashington, DCCharitable$251K
Cambodian Children's FundSanta Monica, CACharitable$251K
Center for Reproductive RightsNew York, NYCharitable$251K
Center for Working Families Fund (tides Foundation)San Francisco, CACharitable$251K
Climate Cabinet EducationSan Francisco, CACharitable$251K
Resist IncBoston, MACharitable$251K
Team4tech FoundationMenlo Park, CACharitable$250K
The Knowledge HouseBronx, NYCharitable$248K
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MACharitable$247K
Station 1 Laboratory IncLawrence, MACharitable$247K
Black Voters Matter Capacity Building InstituteAtlanta, GACharitable$247K
Streetcode AcademyEast Palo Alto, CACharitable$198K
A2sv FoundationPalo Alto, CACharitable$100K
Addiscoder IncCambridge, MACharitable$99K
Black in Robotics (stock Donator Inc)Palo Alto, CACharitable$99K
EmpowrAtlanta, GACharitable$99K
Center for Community Action and Environmental JusticeJurupa Valley, CACharitable$50K
Deep Learning Indaba LimitedUKCharitable$50K
Natives in TechTulsa, OKCharitable$50K
Out in TechNew York, NYCharitable$50K
Resource GenerationNew York, NYCharitable$50K
Siblings KeeperJenkintown, PACharitable$50K
IntechCharlotte, NCCharitable$49K
One Earth Philanthropy (aka Daughers for Earth)Culver City, CACharitable$41K
West Harlem Enironmental Action IncNew York, NYCharitable$25K
Center for Popular DemocracyBrooklyn, NYCharitable$17K
ThousandcurrentsSan Francisco, CACharitable$17K
Qt Library IncSomerville, MACharitable$15K
Grassroots InternationalJamaica Plain, MACharitable$14K
Deep Learning Indaba LimitedUKCharitable$10K
Last Mile Education FundLafayette, COCharitable$8,957
Center for Popular DemocracyBrooklyn, NYCharitable$8,771
Climate Justice AllianceBerkeley, CACharitable$7,992
The Earth Hacks FoundationHarlan, IACharitable$7,700
Rainforest Action NetworkSan Francisco, CACharitable$7,540
The Peninsula College FundMilpitas, CACharitable$5,000
Rewriting the Code IncDurham, NCCharitable$4,127
The Knowledge HouseBronx, NYCharitable$3,853
Climate Cabinet EducationSan Francisco, CACharitable$3,775
The Knowledge HouseBronx, NYCh$3,138
Georgia Tech Foundation IncAtlanta, GACharitable$2,884
University of WashingtonSeattle, WACharitable$2,884
One Earth Philanthropy (aka Daughers for Earth)Culver City, CACharitable$2,363
Resist IncBoston, MACharitable$2,335
EmpowrAtlanta, GACharitable$1,966
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MACharitable$1,892
Women's Foundation CaliforniaOakland, CACharitable$1,778
Cambodian Children's FundSanta Monica, CACharitable$1,731
Team4tech FoundationMenlo Park, CACharitable$1,510
Center for Climate IntegrityWashington, DCCharitable$1,499
EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CACharitable$1,417
Addiscoder IncCambridge, MACharitable$914
Ndn Collective IncRapid City, SDCharitable$906
The Pennysylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PACharitable$802

By state: California 23 · New York 10 · Massachusetts 10 · Georgia 6 · Colorado 2 · Washington 2

About this foundation

Hopper-Dean Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Menlo Park, California, administered in care of Harris Mycfo Inc, tax-exempt since 2011. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does Hopper-Dean Foundation accept grant applications?

No. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation checked that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations. Look for an introduction through a current grantee.

How much does Hopper-Dean Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $6.8M across 67 grants, a median of $15K.

Where does Hopper-Dean Foundation give?

California (23 grants), New York (10 grants), Massachusetts (10 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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