Natural Resources Defense Council to (1) to help public utilities commissions adopt regulations that give utilities incentives to transition to a clean energy future; and (2) ensure that buildings and equipment are energy efficient by helping promulgate state-of-the-art standards Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Human Rights First to protect and promote the human rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and victims of human trafficking Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $35,000 Year Granted 2015 President and Fellows of Harvard College to support a two-year study of the implications of shifting legal status for undocumented youth and their families Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $270,000 Year Granted 2015 Robin Hood Foundation to help support the longitudinal evaluation of a curriculum-based, math-focused intervention with intensive professional development for preschool teachers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Common Sense Media for partial support of the Right Start Commission Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc. to support Kids in Common and its work related to the Santa Clara County Children’s Agenda and the Santa Clara County Children’s Summit Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,000 Year Granted 2015 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California for general support Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Smithsonian Institution Office Of The Comptroller to support timely ecological field measurements in secondary tropical forests Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $74,960 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Human Rights First to protect and promote the human rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and victims of human trafficking Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $35,000 Year Granted 2015 President and Fellows of Harvard College to support a two-year study of the implications of shifting legal status for undocumented youth and their families Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $270,000 Year Granted 2015 Robin Hood Foundation to help support the longitudinal evaluation of a curriculum-based, math-focused intervention with intensive professional development for preschool teachers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Common Sense Media for partial support of the Right Start Commission Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc. to support Kids in Common and its work related to the Santa Clara County Children’s Agenda and the Santa Clara County Children’s Summit Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,000 Year Granted 2015 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California for general support Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Smithsonian Institution Office Of The Comptroller to support timely ecological field measurements in secondary tropical forests Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $74,960 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
President and Fellows of Harvard College to support a two-year study of the implications of shifting legal status for undocumented youth and their families Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $270,000 Year Granted 2015 Robin Hood Foundation to help support the longitudinal evaluation of a curriculum-based, math-focused intervention with intensive professional development for preschool teachers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Common Sense Media for partial support of the Right Start Commission Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc. to support Kids in Common and its work related to the Santa Clara County Children’s Agenda and the Santa Clara County Children’s Summit Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,000 Year Granted 2015 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California for general support Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Smithsonian Institution Office Of The Comptroller to support timely ecological field measurements in secondary tropical forests Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $74,960 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Robin Hood Foundation to help support the longitudinal evaluation of a curriculum-based, math-focused intervention with intensive professional development for preschool teachers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Common Sense Media for partial support of the Right Start Commission Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc. to support Kids in Common and its work related to the Santa Clara County Children’s Agenda and the Santa Clara County Children’s Summit Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,000 Year Granted 2015 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California for general support Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Smithsonian Institution Office Of The Comptroller to support timely ecological field measurements in secondary tropical forests Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $74,960 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Common Sense Media for partial support of the Right Start Commission Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc. to support Kids in Common and its work related to the Santa Clara County Children’s Agenda and the Santa Clara County Children’s Summit Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,000 Year Granted 2015 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California for general support Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Smithsonian Institution Office Of The Comptroller to support timely ecological field measurements in secondary tropical forests Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $74,960 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc. to support Kids in Common and its work related to the Santa Clara County Children’s Agenda and the Santa Clara County Children’s Summit Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,000 Year Granted 2015 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California for general support Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Smithsonian Institution Office Of The Comptroller to support timely ecological field measurements in secondary tropical forests Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $74,960 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc. to support Kids in Common and its work related to the Santa Clara County Children’s Agenda and the Santa Clara County Children’s Summit Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,000 Year Granted 2015 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California for general support Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Smithsonian Institution Office Of The Comptroller to support timely ecological field measurements in secondary tropical forests Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $74,960 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California for general support Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Smithsonian Institution Office Of The Comptroller to support timely ecological field measurements in secondary tropical forests Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $74,960 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Smithsonian Institution Office Of The Comptroller to support timely ecological field measurements in secondary tropical forests Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $74,960 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for public education efforts around the importance of home visiting and for policy analysis and advocacy on the need to improve access to federal early childhood programs for children of immigrants Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the development and dissemination of the 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support for the National Institute for Early Education Research Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $266,101 Year Granted 2015 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation to support the MVLA Scholars Program and the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) Community Grants Program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Tides Center for Californians for Safety and Justice for Proposition 47 Implementation Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz to support the development of a paleoclimate version of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,264,273 Year Granted 2015 America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth for First Focus Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Go Kids Inc. to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of children ages birth to five within the San Jose zip code areas of 95125, 95126, and 95128 Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $147,332 Year Granted 2015 Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Save The Bay for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Climate Central Inc. to communicate the science and impacts of climate change to millions of viewers through the weathercast Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $435,986 Year Granted 2015 University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
University of Denver to develop resources for software that supports the professional development of early childhood educators in mathematics Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $577,680 Year Granted 2015 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2015 Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Georgetown University to assess the effects of participation in Tulsa’s high-quality school-based pre-K program on both academic and social outcomes, as of 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $254,945 Year Granted 2015 Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Refugee Transitions for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500 Year Granted 2015 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to support research and activities in domestic and international fisheries, habitat exchanges, market-based approaches to water management, and natural gas waste water, as well as support for a climate scientist Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to support the use of novel biophysical and computational approaches to predict how proteins self-assemble to ultimately form ordered super-structures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation to support the early learning initiatives of the Center for Early Learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for an early childhood education-focused poll Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $315,000 Year Granted 2015 Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation to the Heising-Simons Fund for matching grants. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for general operating support to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4
Tahirih Justice Center to support a feasibility study for the West Coast expansion Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4
The Pennsylvania State University to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $326,444 Year Granted 2015 Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4
Community Initiatives for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4
Children Now for policy analysis and public education around the need for more and better-directed funding for early childhood programs and services in California Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,000 Year Granted 2015 Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4
Peninsula Open Space Trust for general operating support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4
Green Technology Leadership Group for the development of a whitepaper that highlights the value of energy data access in support of energy efficiency and clean energy goals Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to fund activities during Phase 1 of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr), a search for ultra-light dark matter particles such as axions and dark photons Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $264,098 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015
Regents of the University of California at Riverside to support the development of a comprehensive proxy-focused model of how marine sediment cores accumulate and change over millennial time scales to form the observed geological record Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $760,371 Year Granted 2015