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A P Giannini Foundation

Accepts applications San Rafael, California · EIN 946089512

A P Giannini Foundation is a private foundation in San Rafael, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.2 million in 19 grants; the typical grant was $70,000 and the largest $70,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $1.2 million the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$1.0 million19$26.5 million
2024$1.2 million18$28.1 million
2025$1.2 million19$30.0 million

How to apply

ContactKen Blum Administrator
PO Box 6106, San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone or email(415) 981-2966
What to submit, deadlines, restrictionsSee exhibit 1

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What A P Giannini Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in California.

StateGrantsAmount
California19$1.2 million

Grants paid in 2025

All 19 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
For medical research fellowship-basto$70,000
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
For medical research fellowship-chanin$70,000
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
For medical research fellowship-van egeren$70,000
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
For medical research fellowship-li$70,000
Uc Irvine School of Medicine
Irvine, CA
For medical research fellowship-yonan$70,000
Uc Irvine School of Medicine
Irvine, CA
For medical research fellowship-pendlebury$70,000
Uc San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA
For medical research fellowship-ngo$70,000
Uc San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA
For medical research fellowship-doud$70,000
Uc San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
For medical research fellowship-jin$70,000
Uc San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
For medical research fellowship-konjikusic$70,000
Uc San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
For medical research fellowship-fan$70,000
Uc San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
For medical research fellowship-mengaswasser$70,000
Uc San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
For medical research fellowship-simon$70,000
Uc San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
For medical research fellowship-zhao$70,000
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
For medical research fellowship-campbell$64,000
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
For medical research fellowship-ryan$64,000
Uc Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA
For medical research fellowship-cardfor medical research fellowship-card$64,000
Uc San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
For medical research fellowship-wang$64,000
Ap Giannini Middle School PTA
San Francisco, CA
For student award program and production of student-teacher binders$7,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does A P Giannini Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See exhibit 1.

How much does A P Giannini Foundation give?

$1.2 million in tax year 2025, across 19 grants, with a typical grant of $70,000.

Who runs A P Giannini Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Mike Mantle (Treasurer), Virginia Hammerness (Director - (Dec'd 05/31/25)), Mark C Perry (Chairman) and Bruce U Wintroub MD (Director) among 9 officers and trustees.

What does A P Giannini Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, health and science and research.

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