Quest Foundation
Invitation OnlyDanville, California · EIN 20-1844715 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2024)$7.5M
Organizations funded173
Typical grant$35,000
Total assets$109.5M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $25,000 and $50,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 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.
Where it gives
26% of grants went outside California.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teen Esteem | Danville, CA | General operating support | $200,000 |
| Friends of the Children - Portland | Portland, OR | Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors | $150,000 |
| Friends of the Children - Sf Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $150,000 |
| Teach for America | Los Angeles, CA | Finds, develops, and supports equity-oriented leaders-individually and in teams-so they can transform education and expand opportunity with… | $150,000 |
| College Track | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $125,000 |
| Lighthouse Community Charter School | Oakland, CA | To transform the landscape of education for historically underserved students in oakland. | $120,000 |
| Oakland Public Education Fund | Oakland, CA | Think college now science program | $115,000 |
| Fresh Lifelines for Youth | Milpitas, CA | General operating support | $100,000 |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | To help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results. | $100,000 |
| Safe and Sound (Fka San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center) | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $100,000 |
| Summer Search Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | To help students create bright futures where they thrive academically, financially, career-wise, and within their relationships | $100,000 |
| The Athenian School | Danville, CA | The athenian school, quest scholar | $99,340 |
| Bay Area Discovery Museum | Sausalito, CA | General operating support | $90,000 |
| New Leaders | Treasure Island San Fr, CA | General operating support | $85,000 |
| Eastside College Preparatory School | East Palo Alto, CA | Scholarship program | $84,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Sonoma County | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $75,000 |
| Breakthrough Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | College access and readiness | $75,000 |
| Bridge Meadows | Portland, OR | To provide affordable apartments to seniors, foster youth, and their families. | $75,000 |
| College Is Real Inc | Danville, CA | College is real, inc. expansion | $75,000 |
| Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area | Danville, CA | Education programs | $75,000 |
| Northwest Academy | Portland, OR | Northwest academy scholarship fund | $75,000 |
| Springboard Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | $75,000 |
| Mission Graduates | San Francisco, CA | College access support | $70,000 |
| Ace Charter School | San Jose, CA | College readiness program for first-generation students | $67,675 |
| Big Sky Youth Empowerment | Bozeman, MT | Adventure based group mentoring program | $65,000 |
| I Can Do That Theatre Company | Danville, CA | General operating support | $65,000 |
| School of Imagination | Dublin, CA | General operating support | $65,000 |
| Asante Africa Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Sustaining, scaling and skill-building for girl-led clubs | $62,480 |
| Covenant House California | Los Angeles, CA | Youth shelter that provides sanctuary and support for youth experiencing homelessness | $60,000 |
| First Graduate | San Francisco, CA | College access and success | $60,000 |
| Playworks Northern California | Oakland, CA | To improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play. | $60,000 |
| Shelter Inc | Concord, CA | Mountain view emergency family shelter | $60,000 |
| The Mindful Project | Richmond, CA | Mindfulness and yoga in bay area schools | $60,000 |
| Urban Initiatives | Chicago, IL | Work to play | $60,000 |
| We Care Services for Children | Concord, CA | To help young children and their families reach their full potential, regardless of their abilities or circumstances. | $60,000 |
| Cristo Rey San Jose | San Jose, CA | Wholeness program | $56,000 |
| The Field Museum | Chicago, IL | General operating support | $55,000 |
| Safe Passages | Oakland, CA | To strengthen the safety net for poor people and level the playing field for marginalized students, families, and communities in alameda… | $52,500 |
| De Marillac Academy | San Francisco, CA | Student scholarship | $51,000 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | Careers in science program | $50,000 |
| Casa Court Appointed Special Advocates of Sonoma County | Kenwood, CA | Casa of sonoma county successful futures program | $50,000 |
| Casa of Contra Costa County | Concord, CA | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Casa of San Mateo County | Redwood City, CA | To ensure that all abused and neglected children under the protection of the court have a consistent, caring adult who speaks on their… | $50,000 |
| Center for Early Intervention on Deafness | Berkeley, CA | Summer program at the center for early intervention on deafness (ceid) | $50,000 |
| Challenge Day | Oakley, CA | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Chapter 510 Ink | Oakland, CA | Writers' rooms at westlake middle and metwest high schools | $50,000 |
| Children's Center | Oregon City, OR | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Collegespring | Walnut Creek, CA | Providing sat and act test preparation in the bay area | $50,000 |
| De LA Salle North Catholic High School | Portland, OR | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Discovery Counseling Center | Danville, CA | Provide mental health services to the community and south county schools | $50,000 |
| Elevate Oregon | Portland, OR | Serving youth in marginalized communities | $50,000 |
| Friends of the Children - Lane County Oregon | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Global Glimpse | Oakland, CA | Global glimpse kennedy high and summit K2 program | $50,000 |
| Guitars Over Guns Organization | Miami, FL | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream Foundation | Danville, CA | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Lincoln Park Zoo | Chicago, IL | Zoo explorers | $50,000 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Monterey, CA | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Naturebridge | Sausalito, CA | To connect young people to the wonder and science of the natural world, igniting self-discovery and inspiring stewardship of our planet. | $50,000 |
| Oakland Promise | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Onegoal | Chicago, IL | Strengthening college access & success for low-income students of color in the bay area | $50,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 173 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aim High for High School | Boston, MA | Narrowing the achievement and opportunity gaps in the east bay | $100,000 |
| There With Care of the Bay Area | Redwood City, CA | Staffing for san francisco expansion | $70,000 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | Careers in science program | $50,000 |
| Children's Center | Oregon City, OR | General operating support | $50,000 |
| El Sistema Usasalinas | Salinas, CA | Committed to social change in our youth and communities through the inspiration, discipline, and performance of orchestral music. | $50,000 |
| Rocketship Education | Redwood City, CA | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Serendipity Center | Portland, OR | To provide the best environment for our students to heal and become educated, productive community members. | $50,000 |
| Special Olympics Northern California and Nevada | Pleasant Hill, CA | Help transform a northern california athlete's life with a gift to special olympics | $50,000 |
| Juma Ventures | San Francisco, CA | To break the cycle of poverty by paving the way to work, education and financial capability for youth across america. | $40,000 |
| San Francisco Casa | San Francisco, CA | Core advocacy program for youth in foster care | $40,000 |
| Street Soccer USA | New York, NY | Building street leagues across the country focused on social impact | $40,000 |
| The Tech Interactive | San Jose, CA | To inspire the innovator in everyone | $40,000 |
| Vida Verde Nature Education | San Gregorio, CA | Multi-Day outdoor education experiences for low-income oakland and bay area youth | $40,000 |
| Rhythmix Cultural Works | Alameda, CA | Performance art & learning 2022 | $37,500 |
| Matriculate | Livermore, CA | To empower high-achieving, low-income high school students to make the leap to our best colleges and universities | $35,000 |
| New Door Ventures | San Francisco, CA | Prepare opportunity youth for work and life, by providing the jobs, training, education, and support they need to discover and achieve… | $35,000 |
| UC Berkeley Haas School Boost Program | Berkeley, CA | General support | $35,000 |
| Waterside Workshops | Berkeley, CA | To engage youth and the community through hands-on learning in bicycle mechanics, wooden boatbuilding, and outdoor education | $30,000 |
| West County Mandarin School | Pinole, CA | To equity and have high standards for the growth and success of all students | $30,000 |
| Cristo Rey de LA Salle East Bay High School St Elizabeth Campus | Alameda, CA | General operating support | $25,000 |
| East Bay Children's Law Offices | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $25,000 |
| Girls Inc of Alameda County | Oakland, CA | Eureka! teen achievement program (eureka!) | $25,000 |
| Oakland Children's Fairyland Inc | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $25,000 |
| Oakland Public Education Fund | Oakland, CA | Think college now science program | $25,000 |
| Open Meadow Alternative Schools | Portland, OR | General operating support | $25,000 |
| Reflections Foundation | Chicago, IL | To provide mentoring programs forgirls ages 7-17 that gives them the opportunity of learning vital life skill ofeffective communication. | $25,000 |
| San Francisco Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | Technology-Enabled reading intervention in san francisco | $25,000 |
| St Francis Center of Redwood City | Redwood City, CA | Making a great space even better | $25,000 |
| Oakland Goes Outdoors | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $23,400 |
| Diablo Ballet | Walnut Creek, CA | Diablo ballet's peek and peek extension programs | $20,000 |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $20,000 |
| Mentor Californiacommunity Initiatives | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $20,000 |
| Supplybankorg | Oakland, CA | To efficiently address the unmet material needs of homeless and other impoverished children, and adults working towards self-sufficiency. | $20,000 |
| West Contra Costa Public Education Fund | Chicago, IL | General operating support | $10,500 |
| Girls on the Run of the Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $10,166 |
| Camp Common Ground (Social Good Fund) | Redwood City, CA | General operating support | $10,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7,523,675 | 209 |
| 2023 | $7,336,150 | 214 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 29, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202503029349101035
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 20-1844715
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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