Who funds Tides Center?

San Francisco, California · EIN 94-3213100 · NTEE P20 · 501(c)(3)

243 private foundations paid Tides Center 739 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $173.3M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE P20) places it in human services.

All years on file, including returns before 2022.

Foundations that funded it

The 200 largest by total, of 244 on file.

Largest grants since 2022

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

• The James Irvine Foundation · 2024 - To support Fair Work in California$11,150,000
• Novo Foundation · 2024 - One generation$10,000,000
• Novo Foundation · 2022 - Project support: "women building up"$10,000,000
• Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund · 2024 - For the move the valley project to engage voters in the central valley. for the leaderstrust to provide flexible leadership awards to hjf…$3,312,500
• The James Irvine Foundation · 2024 - To support Better Careers in California$3,050,000
• Novo Foundation · 2022 - Project support: one generation$2,500,000
• The James Irvine Foundation · 2024 - To support Just Prosperity in California$2,350,000
• Gates Foundation · 2023 - K-12 education$2,345,010
• The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · 2023 - For the mosaic initiative$2,000,000
• Popplestone Foundation · 2023 - Early childhood development - general operations 09/01/2023-08/31/2026$2,000,000
• The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation · 2023 - Project support to promote movement infrastructure$2,000,000
• Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund · 2023 - For flexible leadership awards to haas, jr. fund grantees and to launch the leaderstrust as independent entity; for emerging practitioners…$1,982,000
• The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation · 2025 - Program support$1,501,101
• Novo Foundation · 2023 - Project support: one generation$1,500,000
• The Ford Foundation · 2023 - Core support for the maria fund to strengthen a powerful and aligned ecosystem of social justice leaders, organizations and initiatives…$1,500,000
• The Schmidt Family Foundation · 2023 - Strengthening civic engagement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels$1,398,000
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2024 - Supporting the bay area regional health inequities initiative in addressing displacement by coordinating rwjf's antidisplacement community…$1,205,525
• The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation · 2023 - Program support$1,205,423
• The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation · 2023 - Program support$1,201,048
• The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation · 2024 - Program support$1,195,005
• The California Endowment · 2024 - Bay area health inequities initiative - advancing community wellness$1,157,063
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation · 2023 - For core support of the assessment for learning project, an initiative stewarded by the center for innovation in education$1,010,000
• Crankstart Foundation · 2024 - To support all home's regional efforts to prevent and end homelessness$1,000,000
• The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · 2024 - For the mosaic initiative$1,000,000
• Novo Foundation · 2024 - Women & justice project$1,000,000

Organizations the same foundations fund

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

• New Venture FundWashington, DC · 90 shared funders
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY · 71 shared funders
• Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY · 66 shared funders
• Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA · 75 shared funders
• Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs IncCalabasas, CA · 57 shared funders
• Community InitiativesOakland, CA · 51 shared funders
• Social Good Fund IncRichmond, CA · 61 shared funders
• Community PartnersLos Angeles, CA · 49 shared funders

By tax year of the funder's return

More funders nearby

• Human Services 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 94-3213100
• IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)

Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.