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Lakeshore Foundation

Accepts applications Redwood City, California · EIN 306284987

Lakeshore Foundation is a private foundation in Redwood City, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $21.7 million in 18 grants; the typical grant was $750,000 and the largest $3.0 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $20.8 million the year before.

0% of its 2024 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
2022$20.7 million25$411 million
2023$20.8 million20$440 million
2024$21.7 million18$408 million

How to apply

ContactHadley G Williams Trustee
PO Box 11064, Oakland, CA 94611
Phone or email(510) 612-1207
What to submitApplications should be submitted electrionically and include proof of irc 501(c)(3) status. Unsolicited grant requests may not receive acknowledgement.
DeadlinesNo deadline have been established at this time.
RestrictionsGrants are limited to irc section 501(c)(3) defined purpose and charities.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lakeshore Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 11 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York4$7.3 million
Massachusetts2$3.5 million
Alabama1$3.0 million
California4$2.2 million
Arizona1$2.0 million
District of Columbia1$2.0 million
Ohio1$1.0 million
Minnesota1$250,000
Louisiana1$200,000
Washington1$150,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
The Brennan Center for Justice
New York, NY
General$3.0 million
Oxfam America
Boston, MA
General$3.0 million
Southern Poverty Law Center
Montgomery, AL
General$3.0 million
The Innocence Project Inc
New York, NY
General$2.0 million
Center for Global Development
Washington, DC
General$2.0 million
Florence Immigrant & Refugees Rights Project
Florence, AZ
General$2.0 million
Immigrant Justice Corps
New York, NY
General$2.0 million
Energy Foundation
San Francisco, CA
General$1.0 million
Justice for Migrant Women
Fremont, OH
General$1.0 million
New England Innocence Project
Boston, MA
General$500,000
Energy Foundation China
San Francisco, CA
General$500,000
Northern California Innocence Project
Santa Clara, CA
General$350,000
Hesperian Health Guides
Berkeley, CA
General$350,000
Fund For Investigative Foundation
New York, NY
General$250,000
Great North Innocence Project
Minneapolis, MN
General$250,000
Innocence Project New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
General$200,000
Washington Innocence Project
Seattle, WA
General$150,000
Center for Integrity in Forensic Science
Madison, WI
General$105,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lakeshore Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No deadline have been established at this time..

How much does Lakeshore Foundation give?

$21.7 million in tax year 2024, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $750,000.

Who runs Lakeshore Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Hadley G Williams (Trustee).

What does Lakeshore Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly human services.

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