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Private foundations in Palo Alto, California

179 private foundations are based in Palo Alto. Together they paid $2.4 billion in grants in their latest year, and 15 of them accept applications. The largest is Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, with $391 million.

The 50 largest of 179 foundations in Palo Alto, by grants paid
FoundationGrants paidTypical grantAccepts applications
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$391 million$200,000No
Good Ventures Foundation$294 million$153,881No
The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation$285 million$2.0 millionNo
Waverley Street Foundation$282 million$1.0 millionNo
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation$229 million$100,000No
The Schmidt Family Foundation$196 million$130,000Yes
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation$166 million$1.2 millionNo
The Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation$110 million$516,711No
The Koum Family Foundation$104 million$350,000No
Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation$68.3 million$1.0 millionNo
Enlight Foundation$49.0 million$330,000No
The Skoll Foundation$29.0 million$100,000Yes
Sunlight Giving$21.1 million$55,000No
Dhanam Foundation$20.2 million$50,000No
Additional Ventures Foundation$14.9 million$220,000No
HP Foundation$12.0 million$235,872No
128 Collective Foundation$11.4 million$102,500No
Arrillaga Foundation$9.5 million$50,000No
Briger Foundation for Oncology Research Inc$7.9 million$267,500No
Kitp House Project$7.2 million$7.2 millionNo
Mae Philanthropies$6.8 million$250,000No
Siriwan Singhasiri and Kenneth Lin Foundation$6.4 million$250,000No
Hitz Foundation$5.9 million$490,000No
Carolyn and Gordon Davidson Family Foundation$5.3 million$5.3 millionNo
The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation II$5.2 million$10,000No
SHP Christian Foundation$4.2 million$30,000Yes
Breyer Family Foundation$4.1 million$115,000No
JW & HM Goodman Family Charitable Foundation$4.1 million$12,000Yes
CNC Foundation$3.4 million$11,000No
Chambers Family Foundation$3.4 million$50,000No
Rockwater Foundation$3.2 million$225,000No
The Moley Family Foundation$3.1 million$3.1 millionNo
Sean N Parker Foundation$2.7 million$525,000No
Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund$2.6 million$16,250No
Williams Family Private Foundation$2.3 million$75,000No
The Sarnat-Hoffman Family Foundation$2.2 million$1.1 millionNo
Melalucca Foundation$2.0 million$2.0 millionNo
The William V Campbell Family Foundation$1.9 million$100,000No
The Scott Foundation$1.7 million$35,000No
The Jaunich Family Foundation$1.7 million$19,707No
Marine Science and Technology Foundation$1.6 million$1.6 millionNo
Capital Impact Foundation$1.5 million$2,280No
Susie and Gideon Yu Foundation$1.4 million$77,500No
Kevin and Nicole Systrom Foundation$1.3 million$200,000No
Rosetime Foundation$1.3 million$250,000No
Stephenson Foundation$1.2 million$5,000No
The Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation$1.2 million$1.2 millionNo
Floyd Family Foundation$1.1 million$250No
Next Gen Personal Finance$1.1 million$52,432No
Ramaswamy Bansal Family Foundation$1.1 million$50,000No

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