Funding search · EIN 200478828 · Woodside, CA

Valhalla Foundation

Name: Valhalla Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

226
grants reported: $326.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $500,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scaling childhood early development education educational

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Scaling high quality public schools: City Fund, Charter School Growth Fund, KIPP
Methane, agriculture, and clean air work through EDF and Windward Fund
Early childhood development, kindergarten readiness, and prenatal-to-3 policy
Collaborative philanthropy vehicles: Blue Meridian, Bridgespan, TED
Medical research at UCSF, Whitehead, UC Berkeley genomics
Data science education field-building in K-12 and universities

Typical grant

Median grant is $500,000, with the middle half between $110,000 and $1.5 million. The eight-figure checks go to a small set of national scaling intermediaries (City Fund, Charter School Growth Fund, Blue Meridian, EDF, KIPP), while sub-$100,000 gifts are local Bay Area community and conservation groups near Woodside. Giving repeats heavily year over year at nearly identical amounts, which suggests multiyear commitments rather than fresh competitions.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“SCALING HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS”
“FIELD-BUILDING INITIATIVE”
“EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES”
“COLLABORATIVE PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE”
“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie research to their named themes: data science education field-building, prenatal-to-3 policy, or AI safety.
Ask $500,000 to $1.5 million for a first university grant; UCSF and Berkeley get more.
Frame the work as scaling something already proven, not piloting something new.
Show a path to national adoption or policy uptake, the way Vanderbilt and Teachers College grants read.

Worth knowing: A handful of repeat grantees absorb most of the money, with EDF, City Fund, Charter School Growth Fund, KIPP, Blue Meridian, and UCSF alone taking well over half. California dominates the recipient list and small local grants cluster around Woodside and the Peninsula, so the giving looks relationship-driven and largely closed to cold approaches.

54 grants matching “scale” · $113.8M

$8.3M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2024
Scaling high quality public schools
$7.0M
Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2024
Scaling high quality public schools
$6.0M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Scaling high quality public schools
$3.0M
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Scaling collaborative philanthropy initiatives
$2.9M
One Acre Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Scaling international development programs
$2.4M
Waterford Institute · Taylorsville, UT · 2024
Scaling kindergarten readiness programs
$2.0M
Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2024
Scaling mental health programs
$1.2M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2024
Scaling early childhood development programs
$850,000
Alliance for Early Success · Washington, DC · 2024
Scaling high quality public schools
$500,000
Imagine Worldwide · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Scaling international educational programs
$500,000
Silicon Schools Fund · Stanford, CA · 2024
Scaling high quality public schools
$500,000
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2024
Scaling collaborative philanthropy initiatives
$329,100
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Scaling parentcorps, an early childhood development program
$62,500
Early Learning Solutions · Stanford, CA · 2024
Scaling early childhood math programs
$10,000
Talkingpoints · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Scaling family engagement technology platform
$8.3M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Scaling high quality public schools
$7.3M
Waterford Institute · Taylorsville, UT · 2023
Scaling kindergarten readiness programs
$7.0M
Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Scaling high quality public schools
$6.0M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Scaling high quality public schools
$3.0M
One Acre Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Scaling international development programs
$2.0M
Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2023
Scaling mental health programs
$1.5M
Case Method Institute for Education and Democracy · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scaling high school civics program
$1.2M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2023
Scaling early childhood development programs
$1.1M
Lena Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
Scaling early childhood development programs
$1.0M
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2023
Scaling collaborative philanthropy initiatives
$1.0M
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Scaling collaborative philanthropy initiatives
$1.0M
Educate Girls · Austin, TX · 2023
Scaling international educational program
$1.0M
Imagine Worldwide · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Scaling international educational programs
$850,000
Alliance for Early Success · Washington, DC · 2023
Scaling high quality public schools
$750,000
Talkingpoints · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Scaling family engagement technology platform
$500,000
Wildflower Schools · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Scaling montessori educational programs
$500,000
Silicon Schools Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Scaling high quality public schools
$350,000
Family Connects International · Durham, NC · 2023
Scaling early childhood development programs
$250,000
Early Learning Solutions · Stanford, CA · 2023
Scaling early childhood math programs
$8.3M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2022
Scaling high quality public schools
$3.7M
Educate Girls · Austin, TX · 2022
Scaling international educational programs
$3.0M
One Acre Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Scaling international development programs
$3.0M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Scaling high quality public charter schools
$2.8M
Waterford Institute · Taylorsville, UT · 2022
Scaling kindergarten readiness programs
$1.5M
Talkingpoints · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Scaling family engagement technology platform
$1.5M
Case Method Institute for Education and Democracy · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Scaling high school civics programs
$1.5M
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2022
Scaling nonprofit advisory services and field-building efforts
$1.2M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2022
Scaling early childhood development programs
$1.2M
Lena Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022
Scaling early childhood development programs
$1.0M
Imagine Worldwide · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Scaling international educational programs
$1.0M
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Scaling collaborative philanthropy initiatives
$1.0M
Braven · Chicago, IL · 2022
Scaling college and career success programs
$800,000
Wildflower Schools · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Scaling montessori educational programs
$665,000
Avance · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Scaling early childhood development programs
$500,000
Southern New Hampshire University · Manchester, NH · 2022
Scaling refugee education programs
$325,000
All Our Kin · New Haven, CT · 2022
Scaling early childhood development programs
$304,500
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Scaling parentcorps early childhood development program
$277,375
Early Learning Solutions · Stanford, CA · 2022
Scaling early childhood math program
$21,000
Family Connects International · Durham, NC · 2022
Scaling early childhood development programs

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Environmental Defense Fund3 grants · $30.0M
Blue Meridian Partners3 grants · $30.0M
City Fund3 grants · $25.0M
Ucsf Foundation4 grants · $22.9M
Kipp Foundation3 grants · $15.0M
Charter School Growth Fund2 grants · $14.0M
Waterford Institute3 grants · $12.5M
Rand Corporation1 grant · $10.0M
One Acre Fund3 grants · $8.9M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors4 grants · $8.3M

Giving over time

$81.9M

2022

$113.2M

2023

$131.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 226 grants.

$11.0M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Methane, agriculture, and clean air initiatives
$10.6M
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Medical research initiatives
$10.5M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Environmental research initiatives
$10.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2024
Collaborative philanthropy initiative
$10.0M
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Project canary, an artificial intelligence safety initiative
$10.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2023
Collaborative philanthropy initiative
$10.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2022
Collaborative philanthropy initiative
$8.5M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Methane, agriculture, and clean air initiatives
$8.3M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2024
Scaling high quality public schools
$8.3M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Scaling high quality public schools
$8.3M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2022
Scaling high quality public schools
$7.3M
Waterford Institute · Taylorsville, UT · 2023
Scaling kindergarten readiness programs
$7.0M
Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2024
Scaling high quality public schools
$7.0M
Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Scaling high quality public schools
$6.8M
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Medical research initiatives
$6.5M
Marshall University Foundation · Huntington, WV · 2024
Post-secondary education initiative
$6.5M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Methane initiatives
$6.0M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Scaling high quality public schools
$6.0M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Scaling high quality public schools
$5.0M
Avina Americas · Washington, DC · 2024
Mapbiomas
$4.7M
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Medical research initiatives
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Platform for agriculture and climate transformation
$3.7M
Educate Girls · Austin, TX · 2022
Scaling international educational programs
$3.6M
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024
Digital, data, and design institute
$3.3M
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2023
The digital data and design institute at harvard
$3.0M
Great Barrier Reef Foundation USA · Washington, DC · 2024
Ocean conservation initiatives
$3.0M
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Scaling collaborative philanthropy initiatives
$3.0M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Scaling high quality public charter schools
$3.0M
One Acre Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Scaling international development programs
$3.0M
One Acre Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Scaling international development programs
$2.9M
One Acre Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Scaling international development programs
$2.8M
Waterford Institute · Taylorsville, UT · 2022
Scaling kindergarten readiness programs
$2.8M
Lifemoves · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
Homelessness prevention and interim shelter programs
$2.4M
Waterford Institute · Taylorsville, UT · 2024
Scaling kindergarten readiness programs
$2.2M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Promise venture studio, an early childhood field-building initiative
$2.1M
Leading Educators · New Orleans, LA · 2024
K-12 teacher professional development programs
$2.0M
Code for America · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Improving government programs and policies
$2.0M
Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2024
Scaling mental health programs
$2.0M
Global Fishing Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Ocean conservation initiatives
$2.0M
Reach Out and Read · Boston, MA · 2024
Early childhood literacy programs
$2.0M
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Innovative genomics institute
$2.0M
Zero To Three · Washington, DC · 2024
Healthysteps, an early childhood development initiative
$2.0M
Code for America · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Improving government programs and policies
$2.0M
Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2023
Scaling mental health programs
$2.0M
Global Fishing Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Ocean conservation initiatives
$2.0M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General support - medical research initiatives
$2.0M
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Innovative genomics institute
$2.0M
Zero To Three · Washington, DC · 2023
Healthysteps, an early childhood development initiative
$2.0M
Code for America · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Improving access to government programs
$1.8M
Center for Policing Equity · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Evidence-based approaches to social justice, cultural, and policy change
$1.7M
International Refugee Assistance Project · New York, NY · 2024
Advocacy for refugees and displaced persons
$1.7M
International Refugee Assistance Project · New York, NY · 2023
Advocacy for refugees and displaced persons
$1.7M
International Refugee Assistance Project · New York, NY · 2022
Advocacy for refugees and displaced persons
$1.5M
Centering Healthcare Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Maternal and early childhood healthcare initiatives
$1.5M
Case Method Institute for Education and Democracy · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scaling high school civics program
$1.5M
Case Method Institute for Education and Democracy · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Scaling high school civics programs
$1.5M
Centering Healthcare Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
Maternal and early childhood healthcare initiatives
$1.5M
Donorschooseorg · New York, NY · 2022
Supporting public school teachers and educational programs
$1.5M
Talkingpoints · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Scaling family engagement technology platform
$1.5M
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2022
Scaling nonprofit advisory services and field-building efforts
$1.5M
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Data science education field-building initiatives
$1.3M
Whitehead Institute · Taylorsville, UT · 2023
Medical research fellows program
$1.3M
Centering Healthcare Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Maternal and early childhood healthcare initiatives
$1.2M
Destination Home · San Jose, CA · 2024
Homelessness prevention programs
$1.2M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2024
Scaling early childhood development programs
$1.2M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2023
Scaling early childhood development programs
$1.2M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2022
Scaling early childhood development programs
$1.2M
Lena Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022
Scaling early childhood development programs
$1.1M
Donorschoose · New York, NY · 2024
Support public school teachers and educational programs
$1.1M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Promise venture studio, an early childhood field-building initiative
$1.1M
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Ukraine humanitarian relief and general operating support
$1.1M
Thorn · New York, NY · 2022
Child abuse prevention
$1.1M
Lena Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
Scaling early childhood development programs
$1.1M
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2023
Hunger prevention programs
$1.0M
Dignitymoves · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Homelessness prevention and interim shelter programs
$1.0M
Every Cure · New York, NY · 2024
Increasing access to lifesaving medications
$1.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Promise venture studio, an early childhood field-building initiative
$1.0M
Think of US · Washington, DC · 2024
General support - foster youth initiatives
$1.0M
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2024
Arctic permafrost program
$1.0M
Center for Policing Equity · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Evidence-based approaches to social justice, cultural, and policy change
$1.0M
Destination Home · San Jose, CA · 2023
Homelessness prevention programs
$1.0M
Educate Girls · Austin, TX · 2023
Scaling international educational program
$1.0M
Imagine Worldwide · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Scaling international educational programs
$1.0M
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Scaling collaborative philanthropy initiatives
$1.0M
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2023
Scaling collaborative philanthropy initiatives
$1.0M
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2023
Climate change research initiatives
$1.0M
Braven · Chicago, IL · 2022
Scaling college and career success programs
$1.0M
Imagine Worldwide · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Scaling international educational programs
$1.0M
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Ukraine humanitarian relief
$1.0M
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Scaling collaborative philanthropy initiatives
$1.0M
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2022
Climate change research initiatives
$900,000
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2024
Hunger prevention programs
$900,000
Whitehead Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Medical research fellows program
$850,000
Alliance for Early Success · Washington, DC · 2024
Scaling high quality public schools
$850,000
Alliance for Early Success · Washington, DC · 2023
Scaling high quality public schools
$840,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Medical research fellows program
$810,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Data science education field-building initiatives
$800,000
National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2024
Coursekata, a data science education initiative
$800,000
Wildflower Schools · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Scaling montessori educational programs
$750,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Humanitarian relief - general operating support

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