Gitlab Foundation
Preselected recipients only
Gitlab Foundation is a private foundation in San Francisco, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $17.5 million in 90 grants; the typical grant was $250,000 and the largest $500,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.
- Grants paid, 2025$17.5 million
- Number of grants90
- Typical grant$250,000
- Largest grant$500,000
- Assets$21.3 million
- New grantees71%
Giving in 2025 was down from $20.3 million the year before.
71% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $10.6 million | 30 | $23.0 million |
| 2024 | $20.3 million | 61 | $34.8 million |
| 2025 | $17.5 million | 90 | $21.3 million |
How to apply
Gitlab Foundation says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Gitlab Foundation funds
Where it gives
Its US grants went to recipients in 21 states, the most to California. It also paid $2.2 million in 11 grants to recipients outside the US.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 15 | $3.5 million |
| District of Columbia | 11 | $2.3 million |
| New York | 9 | $1.9 million |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Washington | 6 | $1.3 million |
| Massachusetts | 5 | $1.3 million |
| Illinois | 3 | $1.0 million |
| Texas | 4 | $725,000 |
| Virginia | 4 | $670,000 |
| Colorado | 3 | $658,490 |
Grants paid in 2025
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Green Foundation | Scaling farmer chat to improve self-efficacy and incomes of smallholder farmers in kenya | $500,000 |
| Mobile Pathways | To support increasing income for asylum seekers via accelerated authorizations | $500,000 |
| One Acre Fund | To support driving greater income growth: tech-enabled crop commercialization for kenyan smallholders | $500,000 |
| The Industrial Commons | Economic opportunity for textile workers | $500,000 |
| Realize Impact | National expansion project aimed to grow risekit's successful platform into two new markets | $475,000 |
| Fundacion Santo Domingo | Strengthen income generation capacities of migrant polulation, youth, and informal workers. | $460,000 |
| Cal Epic (Formerly California Mobility Center) | Cal epic ev tech training program | $375,000 |
| Pursuit | To support scaling pre-job training: increasing roi via industry engagement & in-person programs. | $375,000 |
| Buildher | Renewal to buildher expansion: scaling proof to impact | $350,000 |
| Burning Glass Institute | Integrating the credential value index into the indeed platform | $350,000 |
| Credential Engine | To support credential attainment for people with some college to no credential and scaling outcome and quality data transformation through open. | $350,000 |
| Join Freeworld Inc | To support workforce efficiency engine. | $350,000 |
| Restoringvision | Restoring vision, restoring livelihoods in kenya | $316,924 |
| Careervillageorg | Career navigation for all fund: expanding can tool access globally | $300,000 |
| Colorado Cleantech Industry Association Foundation | Cleanpath colorado | $283,490 |
| Anniecannons Inc | To support thrivetech: trauma-informed advanced curriculum and workplace readiness initiative. | $250,000 |
| Arizona Community Foundation | Techsmart: driving education attainment for arizona's semiconductor workforce | $250,000 |
| Burning Glass Institute | Education outcomes standards (eqos) and credential value index (cvi) | $250,000 |
| Cap Youth Empowerment Institute - Kenya | Climate smart agriculture training and livelihoods hub | $250,000 |
| Center for Employment Opportunities | To support ai-driven workforce empowerment: customizing gpts for scalable support in reentry and job readiness. | $250,000 |
| Chicago Scholars Foundation | Reaching for green: scalable union and college pathways to economic mobility | $250,000 |
| Clean Power Institute | Expanding access to careers in wind | $250,000 |
| Corporacion Centro de Estudios Artisticos Y Tecnicos | Ecolombia | $250,000 |
| Drexel University | Equitable climate transition workforce development program in pennsylvania | $250,000 |
| Earn Inc DBA Saverlife | To support applying machine learning and genai to boost the financial security of 1099 workers | $250,000 |
| Footbridge for Families | Resolving basic needs emergencies for workforce development participants | $250,000 |
| Fundacion Corona | Scaling digital and green pathways for global opportunity youth network | $250,000 |
| Generation You Employed Inc | To support the durability collective | $250,000 |
| Givedirectly | To support ai-enabled conversation support for benefits applications | $250,000 |
| Integrity Transformations Community Development Corporation | To support safety net toll for adults pursuing economic mobility via post secondary education & training. | $250,000 |
| Jobs for the Future Inc | Increasing usage of high-quality credentials through a novel data framework (systems change) | $250,000 |
| Mercy Corps | Jobtech x kenya | $250,000 |
| Mission Asset Fund | Nurture child care businesses | $250,000 |
| National Governors Association Center for Best Practices | Modernizing stale date systems to drive workforce outcomes. | $250,000 |
| Northeastern University | To support new jersy pilot project | $250,000 |
| Opportunity International | Economic empowerment for smallholder farmers in kenya | $250,000 |
| Pro Bono Net Inc | To support reclamo ai to combat wage theft and prevent proverty | $250,000 |
| Realize Impact | Building intelligent & scalable workforce development infrastructure in indiana: using philanthropic capital to unlock value in state skills & workforce investments | $250,000 |
| Realize Impact | Making spcae for disable talent at scale | $250,000 |
| Recidiviz Inc | To support assisting with intelligence: using ai to reduce workloads and reduce incarcerated poulations. | $250,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Eleanor Bertani
- Elicia Wilson
- Benjamin Alex
- Caroline Whistler
- Sytse Sijbrandij
- Freddy Vaga
- Rahim Fazal
- Robin Schulman
- James Shen
Questions people ask
Does Gitlab Foundation accept grant applications?
No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.
How much does Gitlab Foundation give?
$17.5 million in tax year 2025, across 90 grants, with a typical grant of $250,000.
Who runs Gitlab Foundation?
Its 2025 filing lists Eleanor Bertani (President & Ceo), Elicia Wilson (Coo, Secretary), Benjamin Alex (Treasurer) and Caroline Whistler (Chair) among 9 officers and trustees.
What does Gitlab Foundation fund?
Based on its grants, mainly international, community development and education.