Who funds California Academy of Sciences?

San Francisco, California · EIN 94-1156258 · NTEE A560 · 501(c)(3)

126 private foundations paid California Academy of Sciences 229 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $16.1M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE A560) places it in arts & culture.

All years on file, including returns before 2022.

Foundations that funded it

Largest total first.

Largest grants since 2022

Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.

• Gerson Bakar Foundation · 2024 - General support$2,500,000
• Gerson Bakar Foundation · 2023 - General support$2,500,000
• Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · 2024 - In support of the complete digitization and documentation of an extensive global collection of historical botany specimens.$2,200,000
• Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · 2023 - In support of a collaboration to improve the quality and utility of publicly collected data for biodiversity science and conservation…$1,516,125
• Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · 2023 - In support of the digitization and documentation of an extensive collection of historical botany specimens from california.$1,008,296
• Oberndorf Family Foundation · 2025 - General charity$1,000,000
• Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · 2024 - In support of a collaboration to improve the quality and utility of publicly collected data for biodiversity science and conservation…$1,000,000
• Troper Wojcicki Foundation · 2024 - General support ($470k/year) and science trustees table at the annual gala ($30k/year)$500,000
• Troper Wojcicki Foundation · 2023 - General support$500,000
• The San Simeon Fund Inc · 2024 - To continue support for the hope for reefs phase II$250,000
• The Anne Wojcicki Foundation · 2022 - General support$250,000
• Stuart and Jesse Abelson Foundation Trust · 2024 - General$100,000
• The Bernard Osher Foundation · 2024 - Lifelong learning institutes$100,000
• The Anne Wojcicki Foundation · 2024 - General support$100,000
• The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation · 2024 - General operations$100,000
• Stuart and Jesse Abelson Foundation Trust · 2023 - General$100,000
• The Anne Wojcicki Foundation · 2023 - General support$100,000
• The Bernard Osher Foundation · 2023 - Arts and humanities$100,000
• The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation · 2023 - General operations$100,000
• The Simons Foundation Inc · 2023 - Activating the science action club network for the april 2024 solar eclipse gift$74,292
• The Curran Foundation Inc · 2025 - General support$50,000
• Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation Rockefeller Trust Company · 2025 - Unrestricted grant related to youth academics and enrichment$50,000
• Delbert W Coleman Foundation · 2025 - General charity$50,000
• The Frances K & Charles D Field Foundation · 2025 - Penguin program$50,000
• The Curran Foundation Inc · 2024 - General support$50,000

Organizations the same foundations fund

Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.

• San Francisco SymphonySan Francisco, CA · 28 shared funders
• Kqed IncSan Francisco, CA · 35 shared funders
• Marine Mammal CenterSausalito, CA · 19 shared funders
• University of California Berkeley FoundationBerkeley, CA · 19 shared funders
• Second Harvest of Silicon ValleySan Jose, CA · 20 shared funders
• United States Fund for UnicefNew York, NY · 12 shared funders
• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityStanford, CA · 11 shared funders
• Trustees of Boston UniversityOxford, OH · 11 shared funders

By tax year of the funder's return

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• Arts & Culture grants in California
• All foundation grants in California

How this page is made

Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.

• IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 94-1156258
• IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)

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