The Roddenberry Foundation
Historical FunderSherman Oaks, California · EIN 95-4755672 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$4M
Organizations funded128
Typical grant$12,000
Total assets$85M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $12,000 and $15,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | JESSIE BEEBE |
|---|---|
| Address | 11526 VENTURA BLVD, NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA 91605 |
| Phone | 8183827800 |
| N/A | |
| Form and materials | EACH FOUNDATION PROGRAM HAS A DIFFERENT TIMELINE AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES VARY FROM PROGRAM TO PROGRAM. ALL OF OUR DEADLINES, ELIGIBILITY, AND CRITERIA ARE LISTED ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE |
| Deadlines | N/A |
| Restrictions | N/A |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
50% of grants went outside California.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The J Gladstone Institute | San Francisco, CA | General support | $1,000,000 |
| Academy Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | General support | $400,000 |
| Elypta | Solna, SW | Development of a liquid biopsy to enable early detection of cancer (optimizing for low-cost and broad use potential) | $333,333 |
| The Contentment Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | General support | $150,000 |
| The Contentment Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | General support | $100,000 |
| Harmony Project | Los Angeles, CA | General support | $75,000 |
| Crohns and Colitis Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | General support | $60,000 |
| College Together | Philadelphia, PA | General support | $50,000 |
| Federation of American Scientists | Washington, DC | General support | $50,000 |
| Free Alas | New Orleans, LA | General support | $50,000 |
| Genunity Inc | Boston, MA | General support | $50,000 |
| Hollywood Food Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | General support | $50,000 |
| Infinite Focus Inc | Baltimore, MD | General support | $50,000 |
| Rasa Public Benefit Corporation | South Salt Lake, UT | Fair chance hiring program | $50,000 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) | Calabasas, CA | General support | $50,000 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | General support | $50,000 |
| Hampshire College | Amherst, MA | General support | $40,000 |
| Agape Innovations Limited | Gayaza, UG | Storytelling project | $28,000 |
| Community Development Finance | Oakland, CA | Trio+ | $25,000 |
| Oakland Fund for Public Innovation | Oakland, CA | Trio+ | $25,000 |
| Space for Giants | New York, NY | General support | $25,000 |
| Ecotutu Limited | Lagos, NI | Strengthen food security outcomes and boost economic resilience of sustainable cocoa farmers | $23,000 |
| Mzimba Youth Association | Mzimba, MI | Travel for connective engagement with +1 awardee, homes industries, in malawi | $21,994 |
| Fruity Schools Africa | Nairobi, KE | Fruity rangers initiative: fruity revolution- reshaping lives and landscapes | $21,000 |
| Scenery Bv | Amsterdam, NL | License to kill documentary | $20,000 |
| Schools and Colleges Permaculture Programme | Ruiru, KE | Strategic planning workshop | $19,500 |
| Wandusoa Organic Cameroon Development | Yaounde, CM | Efforts to preserve and restore topsoil in cameroon | $19,062 |
| Sample Uganda Aquaculture Association | Entebbe, UG | Expansion of admire aquaponics model to support smallholder farmer agricultural systems | $17,600 |
| Griincom Innovate Limited | Nakuru, KE | Expansion of organic waste recycling in kenyan communities | $16,500 |
| M-Shamba Mobile Limited | Nairobi, KE | Scaling to digitally enable smallholder farmers to increase food security outcomes in kenya | $16,500 |
| Mviwamoro | Dar Es Salaam, TZ | Travel for africa food systems forum 2024 in kigali, rwanda | $16,500 |
| Women Smiles | Kampala, UG | Support efforts to enhance food security within uganda | $16,500 |
| Airvitalize Innovation | Palmdale, CA | Airvitalize: outdoor air pollution collection technology | $15,000 |
| Better Health Care Organization (Bheco) | Juba, OC | Scaling safe birth in a box in republic of south sudan | $15,000 |
| Braincapture Aps | Kongens Lyngby, DA | Braincaptures bc-1 solution: revolutionizing epilepsy diagnosis and care in low-resource settings | $15,000 |
| Civil Society Org Nutrition Alliance | Lilongwe, MI | Development of digital information platform addressing food insecurity and malnutrition in malawi | $15,000 |
| Ecolife Companies Limited | Mattuga, UG | Increasing rural farmer access and knowledge sharing in partnership with isda | $15,000 |
| Empower Digital Health (Opc) Pvt Ltd | Delhi, IN | Cranberry - evaluate impact on symptom severity of 500 women experiencing severe pms/period pain using a whatsapp conversational ai… | $15,000 |
| Fount for Nations | Lilongwe, MI | Integration of developmental monitoring by chws into children's routine growth assessments | $15,000 |
| Fundacio Ersilia Open Source Initiative | Porqueres, SP | User-Research guided development of the ai incubator for sustainable research in africa | $15,000 |
| Global Innovation Gathering Ev | Berlin, GM | Librewater: tackling water scarcity through open-source hardware | $15,000 |
| Guzakuza | Dzorwulu, GH | Empowering women-led farms and agribusinesses in ghana | $15,000 |
| Hilarity for Charity | Beverly Hills, CA | General support | $15,000 |
| Hua Momona Foundation | Lahaina, HI | General support | $15,000 |
| Lilattoo LLC | Trujillo Alto, PR | Lilattoo: wearable sensor for for detecting lithium and biomarkers | $15,000 |
| Mwanamke Na Uongozi | Dar Es Salaam, TZ | Catalyze healthcare management behavior change towards family planning services in tanzania | $15,000 |
| Pathways Policy Institute | Nanyuki, KE | Expansion of community engagement and capacity strenghtening for citizen health champions | $15,000 |
| Rolli LLC | Santa Monica, CA | Rolli information tracer: empowering journalists to combat misinformation with cutting-edge social media anomaly detection | $15,000 |
| Tatum Robotics LLC | Hudson, MA | Assistive communication technology for deafblind people | $15,000 |
| Amplified Voices | Pretoria, SF | Womens integrated sexual health wish | $13,500 |
| Nampya Farmers Market Limited | Kampala, UG | Improve the efficiency of relief food delivery to vulnerable populations in uganda | $13,500 |
| City Shamba Limited | Nairobi, KE | Scaling the public engagement infrastructure strengthening (peis) program | $13,000 |
| Development Support Initiatives | Nkhotakota, MI | Promoting education and economic opportunities through comprehensive health programs | $13,000 |
| Foundation for a Healthier Senegal | Madison, MS | Increasing access to reproductive maternal & child health services in senegal | $13,000 |
| Green Farmlands | Douala, CM | Increasing quality of life and food security in cameroon through improvements in agriculture | $13,000 |
| Iyafp Madagascar | Antananarivo, MA | Youth advocacy in support of equitable access to sexual and reproductive health in madagascar | $13,000 |
| Sammante Sas | Dakar, SG | Designing a health voucher system | $13,000 |
| The Contentment Foundation-Prototyping Project | Santa Monica, CA | General support | $13,000 |
| The Wesley School | North Hollywood, CA | General support | $12,500 |
| Adili Solar Hubs Limited | Eldoret, KE | Renewable energy for takawiri island | $12,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 128 grants to organizations.
The return also lists 3 grants to individuals ($79,000). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,029,214 | 131 |
| 2023 | $5,063,224 | 153 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 14, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202543189349103649
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 95-4755672
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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