Foundations that fund nonprofits in Stanford, CA
949 private foundations reported 1,371 grants to organizations in Stanford, California, on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $286.9M in all. 4 of them are based in Stanford.
Foundations949
Based in Stanford4
Grants on record1,371
Their typical grant$10,000
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Foundations based in Stanford
All 4 local foundations that reported grants to Stanford organizations: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of such grants on their latest return.
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The Chi-Li Pao Foundation USA
Stanford, CA · latest return: tax year 2025- Stanford University - Graduate fellowship fund$2,000,000
- Stanford Health Care - Ims-Clp fund$200,000
- Stanford University - Clp care hku enrichment year$15,000
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Scandanavian Consortium for Organizational Research
Stanford, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford University - Payment for operational, administrative, and research expenses at the scandinavian consortium for…$276,377
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Shoucheng Zhang Foundation
Stanford, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford Fund - Charitable donation$60,000
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Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation
Stanford, CA · latest return: tax year 2025
Other foundations giving most in Stanford
Based elsewhere, by the number of grants to Stanford organizations on their latest return; profiles in our foundation directory first. Each shows its largest grants there.
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The Simons Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford University - Simons collaboration on extreme electrodynamics of compact sources$636,202
- Stanford University - Genetic analysis of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis$495,791
- Stanford University - Conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function; glial mechanisms by…$375,000
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Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - To support the development of a portable, low-cost, and error-free long-read sequencing platform using…$1,800,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - To support scientific research and development of novel, science-based enabling solutions for wildfire…$1,297,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - In support of infrastructure, community, and resource development to position for scaling microscopy to broad…$1,200,000
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Good Ventures Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Develop a novel vaccine platform that uses a commensal bacterium$1,980,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - An investigation of the factors that regulate vaccine durability$1,000,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Benchmark for evaluating llm cybersecurity risks$979,000
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Nova Ukraine - General support$6,661
- Childrens Center of the Stanford Community - General support$374
- PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc - General support$305
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Gave $89M in 2024
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford University - To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of…$322,741
- Stanford University - To complete a model of E. coli that accounts for over 90% of the well-characterized gene content$300,000
- Stanford University - To help remediate underrepresentation of minorities (urm) in the economics profession focusing on the…$196,650
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Gave $625M in 2024
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Carnegie Fdn for the Advancement of Teaching - For support of a network of school systems focused on moving beyond the carnegie unit$1,000,000
- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr Univ - For support of the stanford center on philanthropy and civil society$500,000
- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr Univ - For support of the stanford center on philanthropy and civil society$500,000
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Gave $350M in 2024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Environment and Science$275,000
- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Environment and Science$175,000
- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Fellowships for Science and Engineering$175,000
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Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Houston, TX · latest return: tax year 2024- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - To support the improvement of audit and enforcement procedures at the internal revenue service.$600,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Develop and rigorously evaluate the first use of a sandbox environment within a government agency to advance…$377,324
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - To investigate how certain profit-shifting activities and international tax rules affect domestic investment…$350,000
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Gave $622.6M in 2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford University - Learning from abroad what global cash assistance programs can teach US on strengthening domestic efforts to…$200,000
- Stanford University - Examining whether a novel closed-loop, high-performing, coordinated network of social services can improve…$180,808
- Stanford University - Improving democratic decisionmaking in municipal finance to further progress toward equity$89,465
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Ronald & Ann Williams Charitable Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford University Med Ctr (Hand Arthritis -- Ladd) - Medical research$150,000
- Stanford University Medical Center - Chase hand center$150,000
- Stanford University - Medical research$109,000
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Gave $844.7M in 2024
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Core support for the rule of law impact lab to use legal tools for research, documentation, advocacy and…$300,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Tie off core support for center on philanthropy and civil society to develop and share knowledge to improve…$100,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Core support for the hoover institution to conduct in-depth interviews with foreign china specialists to…$100,000
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Gave $156.2M in 2024
Fidelity Foundation
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford University - Fidelity matching gifts to education$7,000
- Stanford University - Fidelity matching gifts to education$3,000
- Stanford University - Fidelity matching gifts to education$2,000
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Penner Family Foundation Inc
Bentonville, AR · latest return: tax year 2025- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - The department of athletics, physical education, and recreation pledge$4,000,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - to support the Business School$50,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - to support the School of Education$50,000
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Gave $56.5M in 2024
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc
Milwaukee, WI · latest return: tax year 2024- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - To support the Economic Policy Working Group$300,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - To support the Monetary Policy in Practice Project$300,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - To support the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict Working Group$300,000
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Gave $12.4M in 2024
The Northrop Grumman Foundation
Falls Church, VA · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford University - General operating grants & matching gifts.$1,000
- Stanford University - General operating grants & matching gifts.$300
- Stanford University - General operating grants & matching gifts.$300
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Sergey Brin Family Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Scan project$19,799,373
- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Support for autism research$5,588,132
- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Support for parkinson's disease research$4,014,060
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The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Development of a molecular switch based continuous insulin sensor$1,306,247
- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Diabeteswise for exercise$835,639
- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Development of personalized decision support tool using netiob to help manage exercise for people with t1d$758,218
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Gave $29.5M in 2024
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Irvine, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford Beckman Center - Research, general support & education$2,564,000
- Stanford University - Research, general support & education$166,978
- Stanford University - Research, general support & education$150,000
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Xie Foundation
Sunnyvale, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Stanford University - General Purpose.$19,782,860
- Stanford University - General Purpose.$11,925,388
- Fortinet Inc 127633 sh - General Purpose.$74,655
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The Kavli Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford Univers - The via project: the milky way as a dark matter laboratory$2,000,000
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Qg3d-Stanford 2024$143,750
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford Univers - Kipac public engagement$100,000
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Stanford organizations several of these foundations fund
Organizations in Stanford that received grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | 11 | $62,665,174 |
| Stanford University | 10 | $44,346,134 |
| Stanford Jazz Workshop | 3 | $328,127 |
| Nova Ukraine | 3 | $7,061 |
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A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations with a Stanford, CA address. Local foundations often give mostly close to home and are usually the most realistic first prospects for a small nonprofit; large national foundations listed here may fund only a few institutions in the city. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Open a profile for all of a funder's grants and any application instructions.
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