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The Anne Wojcicki Foundation

Preselected recipients only Los Altos, California · EIN 471835703

The Anne Wojcicki Foundation is a private foundation in Los Altos, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $21.7 million in 51 grants; the typical grant was $100,000 and the largest $4.0 million. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

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

Giving in 2024 was down from $24.8 million the year before.

26% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$23.6 million55$417 million
2023$24.8 million72$503 million
2024$21.7 million51$593 million

How to apply

The Anne Wojcicki 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.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Anne Wojcicki Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 12 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California37$8.5 million
Pennsylvania1$4.0 million
District of Columbia2$3.1 million
Maryland1$2.0 million
Tennessee1$1.8 million
Virginia1$1.0 million
Connecticut1$400,000
Florida2$348,925
New York2$260,000
Minnesota1$200,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 51 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
National Philanthropic Trust
Jenkintown, PA
General support$4.0 million
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation
Washington, DC
General support$2.8 million
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Rockville, MD
Characterizing evolution and prognostic features of lung cancer in never smokers using spatial genomics, mathematical modeling, and multi-modal ai$2.0 million
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Shoshana levy fellowship$2.0 million
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Structure/function deep dive of egfr and her2$1.8 million
Ashoka
Arlington, VA
General support$1.0 million
The Nueva School
Hillsborough, CA
Realize the potential capital campaign$1.0 million
University of California Berkeley Foundation
Berkeley, CA
Innnovative genomics initiative$714,286
CODE2040
San Francisco, CA
General support$600,000
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Dr. Jim wells investigation: how do cancer causing mutations in egfr and her2 transform the cell surface proteome?$573,718
Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula
Menlo Park, CA
General support for youth of the year inspirational match$500,000
Tipping Point Community
San Francisco, CA
General support$500,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation
Berkeley, CA
Seed scholars program$500,000
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Research grant for roy herbst project$400,000
Clean Slate Initiative
Orlando, FL
Gerenal support for clean slate initiative$333,333
Think of US
Washington, DC
General support$333,333
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA
General support$250,000
The Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
General support$250,000
Tony Blair Foundation
Albany, NY
General support$250,000
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Foundation
San Francisco, CA
In support of dreamfest 2024$250,000
International Rescue Committee Inc
Albert Lea, MN
General support$200,000
First Robotics
San Jose, CA
East bay program$150,000
Lifemoves
Menlo Park, CA
General support$150,000
Array Alliance Inc
Encino, CA
Origin film screenings and events$100,000
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, CA
General support$100,000
Hidden Villa
Los Altos Hills, CA
General support$100,000
Keys Family Day School
Palo Alto, CA
General support for annual fund$100,000
Room to Read
San Francisco, CA
General support$100,000
Reboot Inc
Longmeadow, MA
General support$75,000
826 Valencia
San Francisco, CA
General support$50,000
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Inc
San Francisco, CA
General support$50,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation
Monterey, CA
General support$50,000
Plant to Plate Internship Program
Richmond, CA
General support$50,000
San Francisco Bay Area Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly
San Francisco, CA
General support$50,000
The Tech Interactive
San Jose, CA
General support$50,000
Los Altos Community Foundation
Los Altos, CA
General support$43,500
Beyond Fistula
Los Altos, CA
General support$25,000
JMZ (Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo)
Palo Alto, CA
General support$25,000
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Event sponsorship$25,000
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
San Francisco, CA
General support$25,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Anne Wojcicki Foundation accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does The Anne Wojcicki Foundation give?

$21.7 million in tax year 2024, across 51 grants, with a typical grant of $100,000.

Who runs The Anne Wojcicki Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Anne Wojcicki (Pres & Chair) and Susan Wojcicki (Treas & Sec).

What does The Anne Wojcicki Foundation fund?

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

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