General Service Foundation

Invitation Only

San Ramon, California · EIN 36-6018535 · Private foundation · Website

Grants paid (2025)$9.8M

Organizations funded87

Typical grant$100,000

Total assets$59M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $55,000 and $200,000.

From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Education12
Arts & Culture7
Human Services5
Health4
Community Development2
Environment2

Where it gives

72% of grants went outside California.

Grants paid in tax year 2025

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc	Washington, DC	The partnership fund	$200,000
American Opportunity Fund	Washington, DC	Free election project	$200,000
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation	Washington, DC	General support	$200,000
Borealis Philanthropy	Minneapolis, MN	Safe initiative	$200,000
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund	New York, NY	General support	$200,000
Detention Watch Network	Washington, DC	General support	$200,000
Equis Institute	Washington, DC	General support	$200,000
Fair Elections Center	Washington, DC	General support	$200,000
Mijente Support Committee	Phoenix, AZ	General support	$200,000
National Day Laborer Organizing Network	Pasadena, CA	General support	$200,000
National Day Laborer Organizing Network	Pasadena, CA	Legal defense	$200,000
National Lgbtq Task Force	Washington, DC	General support	$200,000
New Venture Fund	Washington, DC	Courage calls US campaign	$200,000
Pregnancy Justice	New York, NY	General support	$200,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors	New York, NY	Pop culture collab	$200,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors	New York, NY	Collective future fund	$200,000
Souther Coalition for Social Justice	Durham, NC	General support	$200,000
Story Strategy Group LLC	Washington, DC	Young men, ai, future of work	$200,000
Tides Center	San Francisco, CA	Strong families	$200,000
Transgender Law Center	Oakland, CA	General support	$200,000
United We Dream Network	Washington, DC	General support	$200,000
We Are Down Home	Greensboro, NC	General support	$200,000
Workers Defense Project	Austin, TX	General support	$200,000
Fractured Atlas Inc	Hartsdale, NY	Equality labs digital initiative	$190,000
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition	Denver, CO	General support	$170,000
Borealis Philanthropy	Minneapolis, MN	Racial, gender, disability justice	$160,000
Tides Foundation	San Francisco, CA	Trustee grant	$160,000
Action Center on Race and the Economy Inst	Chicago, IL	Athena coalition	$150,000
Bend the Arc	New York, NY	The funders collaborative	$150,000
Bold Training Institute	Hawkinsville, GA	General support	$150,000
Neighborhood Funders Group	San Francisco, CA	Amplify fund	$150,000
Proteus Fund	Waltham, MA	Protecting the right to protest	$150,000
Rockwood Leadership Program	San Francisco, CA	General support	$150,000
Sunrise Movement Education Fund	Washington, DC	General support	$150,000
Way to Rise	Washington, DC	General support	$150,000
Western States Center	Portland, OR	General support	$150,000
Reframe	Amherst, MA	General support	$125,000
Centro de Los Derechos Del Migrante	Baltimore, MD	General support	$120,000
Black Futures Lab	Washington, DC	General support	$115,000
Jolt Initiative	Austin, TX	General support	$115,000
Solidaire Network	Oakland, CA	General support	$110,000
Alliance for a Just Society	Seattle, WA	Native organizers alliance	$100,000
Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute	Atlanta, GA	General support	$100,000
Boulder Collective	Boulder, CO	Capital grant	$100,000
Equality Federation Institute	Portland, OR	Tons project	$100,000
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights	Atlanta, GA	Lani shaw movement award	$100,000
Instituto Lab	Tempe, AZ	Aanhpi for equity	$100,000
Just Futures	Washington, DC	Just futures	$100,000
Los Angeles Black Worker Center	Los Angeles, CA	General support	$100,000
Neo Philanthropy Inc	New York, NY	Latinx therapists action network	$100,000
Transgender Law Center	Oakland, CA	Border butterfly project	$100,000
Georgetown University	Washington, DC	Will empower	$90,000
Jobs With Justice Ed Fund	Washington, DC	Advancing black strategists	$90,000
National Black Worker Center	Raleigh, NC	General support	$90,000
Color of Change Org Ed Fund	Oakland, CA	General support	$85,000
New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice	New Orleans, LA	General support	$85,000
Forward Together	Oakland, CA	General support	$80,000
Council on American Islamic Relations of Az	Mesa, AZ	General support	$75,000
Movement Generation	Berkeley, CA	General support	$75,000
New American Leaders	New York, NY	General support	$70,000

Showing the 60 largest of 87 grants to organizations.

Grants approved for future payment

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors	New York, NY	Pop culture collaborative	$200,000
Sunrise Movement Education Fund	Washington, DC	General support	$150,000
Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute Inc	Atlanta, GA	General support	$100,000
Caring Across Generations	New York, NY	General support	$60,000

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2025	$9,843,060	91
2024	$4,844,015	81
2023	$4,761,000	81

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Aug 28, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202612409349100616
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 36-6018535
Profile updated Nov 5, 2026

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