Foundations that fund organizations in Redwood City, California
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Redwood City nonprofits
470 private foundations gave $123M to Redwood City organizations in their latest filings; 26 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
809 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Redwood City around $150K. 54 of these funders are based in California; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 470
- Accept applications
- 26
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Redwood City
- $123M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 809
- Typical median grant
- $150K
- Based in CA
- 54%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Redwood City organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 32 | $33M | $670K | Yes | K-12 education; Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; Discovery and translational sciences |
| Halvorsen Family Foundation C/O Ole Andreas Halvorsen Trustee | Stamford, CT | 1 | $20M | $20M | Preselected only | Educational support |
| The Benificus Foundation | San Carlos, CA | 2 | $7.1M | $3.6M | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 9 | $5.1M | $2,000 | Preselected only | Employee or trustee recommended gift for general operationa…; In support of general operations.; To support mainstreaming the integration of natural capital… |
| Cordelia Corp | Reno, NV | 1 | $5.0M | $5.0M | Preselected only | General |
| Wellcome Leap Inc | San Diego, CA | 3 | $4.2M | $1.4M | Preselected only | Global health research |
| Arrillaga Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 3 | $3.7M | $150K | Preselected only | General operating; Construction of the new san mateo county sheriff's office |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 6 | $2.7M | $375K | Preselected only | to support the development of new non-academic measures of…; To advance and scale the impact of high-impact tutoring for…; To support Stanford University's Center for Ocean Solutions… |
| Koret Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 15 | $2.7M | $125K | Yes | Koret program for scholars from israel; Stanford medicine for the stanford medicine-rambam health c…; Hoover institution for the george p. shultz project fund |
| The Sobrato Family Foundation | Mountain View, CA | 23 | $2.6M | $100K | Yes | To provide general operating support; Employee matching gift; General operating support |
| Griffith R Harsh IV and Margaret C Whitman Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Education |
| Milky Way Research Foundation | Washington, DC | 2 | $1.8M | $895K | Preselected only | Investigator award research grant |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $1.3M | $663K | Preselected only | Support for research on a data-informed framework for the r…; Support for research on language models with statistical gu… |
| Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $1.3M | $650K | Preselected only | To support education programs; To support education programs and facilties |
| The Grove Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 5 | $1.3M | $170K | Preselected only | General support; Low-income families from san mateo county affected by immig…; Libre project |
| The Koum Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $1.3M | $1.3M | Preselected only | General charity |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 4 | $1.2M | $162K | Preselected only | For retaining undergraduate women in physics through resear…; For sustainability of dreme network resource; For the stanford center on early childhood |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society | New York, NY | 3 | $1.1M | $400K | Preselected only | To support standing up stanford law school's rule of law im…; To support the freeman spogli institute, housed at stanford…; To support the immigration policy lab to expand the use and… |
| John and Gwen Smart Foundation | Lisle, IL | 3 | $1.1M | $400K | Preselected only | Metastatic breast cancer research; Parkinson's research; Byers eye institute |
| Additional Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 4 | $1.0M | $238K | Preselected only | Cures collaborative; Single ventricle research fund; Catalyst to independence award |
| Farmer Family Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Yes | Exempt purpose of organization |
| Lillian Lincoln Foundation C/O Lincoln Howell | Hillsborough, CA | 1 | $900K | $900K | Preselected only | Healthcare |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 2 | $700K | $350K | Preselected only | To develop and deploy an ai political claims database in sw…; To support chais partnership with hl7 and working groups to… |
| Oracle Education Foundation | Redwood Shores, CA | 1 | $577K | $577K | Preselected only | Program operations (intersession), school bus for student t… |
| Smith Richardson Foundation Inc | Greensboro, NC | 3 | $576K | $151K | Yes | General operating support |
| Sand Hill Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 15 | $557K | $45K | Yes | General support; Mental health access for youth initiative; For the charitable purpose of redwood city together |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Jose, CA | 2 | $550K | $275K | Preselected only | To partner with ousd in recruiting and training educators o…; For the belong fund and services for newcomer families in s… |
| Ronald & Ann Williams Charitable Foundat | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $545K | $58K | Preselected only | Challenge and equip foster youth; Social - emotional support; Fund scholarship for student businesses |
| Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund | Broomfield, CO | 3 | $530K | $200K | Yes | Impact and innovation; Charter school growth |
| Simon Family Foundation | White Plains, NY | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | General |
| The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation | Torrance, CA | 2 | $498K | $249K | Preselected only | Research grant funding |
| The Spencer Foundation | Chicago, IL | 4 | $464K | $106K | Yes | Educating for food sovereignty; Educational equity in new york state; Examining course taking |
| Koshland Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 2 | $450K | $225K | Preselected only | Operations and growth of alder gse's residency and recruitm…; Charitable operations. |
| J&k Lau Foundation | Burlingame, CA | 4 | $425K | $88K | Preselected only | To support education and research |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 4 | $406K | $78K | Yes | Matching gift of staff and board members; For teacher preparation partnership with hemet unified scho…; For creating youth-driven and culturally responsive oer |
| Voorhis Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $400K | $400K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Weston Havens Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $385K | $385K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation | Southampton, NY | 1 | $350K | $350K | Preselected only | Support and licensed partnerships |
| Give Forward Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $350K | $175K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Equinix Foundation | Redwood City, CA | 14 | $333K | $8,121 | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation | Redwood City, CA | 2 | $325K | $163K | Preselected only | To support general operations |
| Atkinson Foundation C/O Pacific Foundation Services | San Francisco, CA | 23 | $320K | $10K | Yes | General support; Employment services; Mental health access for youth initiative |
| Maud and Burton Goldfield Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $308K | $154K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Payette River Foundation | Lafayette, CA | 2 | $300K | $150K | Yes | General Fund; General Support |
| Sunlight Giving | Palo Alto, CA | 6 | $298K | $60K | Preselected only | General support, $55,000 per year for three years; The information and referral program, $75,000 per year for…; General support, $75,000 per year for three years |
| Linda Ye and Robin Ren Family Foundation | Aventura, FL | 1 | $280K | $280K | Preselected only | For the ying ye and yu-xiang ren endowed scholarship fund |
| William Randolph Hearst Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $275K | $138K | Yes | To support general operations; To support research on metastatic prostate cancer |
| Vadon Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | To support organization |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | General Operating Support |
| Arrow Impact | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint, MI | 1 | $225K | $225K | Preselected only | To investigate how digital public policy impacts civil soci… |
| Randall a Wolf Family Foundation | Fremont, CA | 2 | $210K | $105K | Preselected only | Donation to help prepare girls to be confident thinkers and…; Donation to fund activities and social services for local y… |
| Solid Rock Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Support tuition free elementary school for low-income stude… |
| Rao Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Scholarship fund for students applying from India |
| Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | To provide general support |
| Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Education |
| Kenneth Rainin Foundation | Oakland, CA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | To support alder graduate school of education to align with… |
| The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation | Portland, OR | 1 | $197K | $197K | Preselected only | Endowment |
| Goldberg Family Foundation | Woodside, CA | 2 | $175K | $88K | Preselected only | To share love of squash and learning with underserved youth; To discover highly sensitive and specific biomarkers of eal… |
| Wk Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 1 | $175K | $175K | Yes | Food, Strong and Equitable Food Systems |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 3 | $160K | $50K | Yes | Families and Communities; Just Societies |
| With Foundation | San Mateo, CA | 2 | $153K | $77K | Yes | Project support; Technical assistance |
| Saga Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 3 | $152K | $25K | Preselected only | Operating support |
| Theodore R and Vivian M Johnson Scholarship Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | Educational grant |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation C/O Pacific Foundation Services | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc | Waukesha, WI | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Develop a comprehensive approach to character formation |
| The Esther a & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Neuroscience |
| Rainwater Charitable Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $140K | $140K | Preselected only | Program support - summer learning academy |
| Shiff Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $131K | $23K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Charitable Event; Cutaneous Lymphoma Research fund |
| Leo M Shortino Family Foundation | San Jose, CA | 3 | $130K | $52K | Yes | Arts education porgram for underserved youth; General operating support; Camp via west |
| Apmpff Inc | Chicago, IL | 1 | $130K | $130K | Preselected only | General Operating Support |
| George H Sandy Foundation Co US Bankna | Milwaukee, WI | 3 | $125K | $40K | Yes | To support their early intervention education program to de…; To support their Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Progr…; To provide support for Court Appointed Special Advocates fo… |
| Allen Phil N Tua Main | St Louis, MO | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | General operating purposes |
| C and a Johnson Family Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | 4 | $122K | $18K | Yes | Charitable support |
| John and Marcia Goldman Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 3 | $115K | $30K | Yes | 2024 annual grant for bay area programs; Mental health & social-emotional learning programs; 2024 annual grant |
| Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Charitable Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $115K | $115K | Preselected only | Be a truly inclusive synagogue, providing a range of opport… |
| Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $105K | $53K | Yes | General operating support; Under one umbrella |
| Passfield Hall Foundation Inc C/O Pw Llp | New York, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Davis Family Foundation Inc | Hanover, MD | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General use |
| Harlan R Crow Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General |
| The Danhakl Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Education |
| Skyline Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General support |
| Jerry and Kathleen Grundhofer Foundation | Park City, UT | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General opperating support |
| Pinetops Foundation | Bend, OR | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | To support research in wastewater purification and waste re… |
| Violet M Johnson Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General support |
| The James and Rebecca Morgan Charitable Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Public foundation |
| Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching | Stanford, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Education research |
| Odell Rs & Hp Fund Tua-Main | St Louis, MO | 2 | $100K | $50K | Yes | General operating |
| The Tinybell Charitable Fund | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Rural Education Action Program |
| Age Fisher Foundation | San Jose, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Camp for individuals with disabilities and special needs |
| The William G Irwin Charity Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $95K | $48K | Yes | The up house - rehabilitation and furnishing; Replacement for windows |
| Every Org | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $89K | $89K | Preselected only | General support |
| Danford Foundation | San Carlos, CA | 6 | $88K | $11K | Yes | Help from doctors diagnosis and subsidize hearing aids; Shelter and vocational programs for developmentally disable…; Voyage and land programs for low income high school students |
| Quest Foundation | Danville, CA | 2 | $85K | $43K | Preselected only | Building paths to college success; To ensure that all abused and neglected children under the… |
| The Lumpkin Family Foundation C/O Adrienne N Cole | Mattoon, IL | 1 | $85K | $85K | Preselected only | Education |
| Grousbeck Family Foundation II Dated May 18 2011 | Redwood City, CA | 2 | $85K | $43K | Yes | General |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Working towards a resilient and equitable food system |
| The Argosy Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | Environmental policy project |
| Robinwood Foundation Inc | Paramus, NJ | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | General support |
| Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation | Oakland, CA | 1 | $70K | $70K | Preselected only | General support |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Redwood City, California?
Gates Foundation, Halvorsen Family Foundation C/O Ole Andreas Halvorsen Trustee, The Benificus Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, Cordelia Corp and 95 others reported grants to Redwood City organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Redwood City. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.