Funding search · EIN 203369497 · Wilmington, DE
Forster Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 49
- grants reported
- $1.9M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $15,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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4 grants matching “getty” · $100,000
- $25,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
to support Getty Conservation Institute Council
- $25,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Getty Conservation Institute Fund
- $25,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
GCI Council Annual Fund
- $25,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- California College of the Arts5 grants · $534,000
- Glaucoma Research Foundation4 grants · $381,000
- Preserve Community Foundation2 grants · $300,000
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art6 grants · $174,000
- Stanford University6 grants · $140,000
- University of California San Francisco Foundation3 grants · $120,000
- J Paul Getty Trust4 grants · $100,000
- Friends of Notre-Dame De Paris1 grant · $40,000
- Hamlin School3 grants · $32,000
- Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ca2 grants · $20,502
Giving over time
Grant history
All 49 reported grants, largest first.
- $231,000
California College of the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capital Campaign, Gala Patron and Annual Fund
- $200,000
Preserve Community Foundation · Carmel, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $129,000
California College of the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $128,000
California College of the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Campaign Pledge, Annual Board Gift Fund, Gala Table Sponsor, and Fund a Need
- $100,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $100,000
Preserve Community Foundation · Carmel, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $100,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Urology Department Fund
- $100,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Table Sponsor, Fund a Scientist, and Capital Campaign
- $100,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capital Campaign, Fund a Scientist and Gala Sponsor
- $81,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Sponsor Gala Table, Campaign Pledge, Fund a Scientist and Annual Board Expectation Fund
- $50,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
the Research fund for Dr. Kristen Steenerson
- $50,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
The Research Fund for Dr Kristen Steenerson
- $50,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $40,000
Friends of Notre-Dame De Paris · Etna, NH · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $31,000
California College of the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted and Gala Fund
- $25,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
to support Getty Conservation Institute Council
- $25,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Getty Conservation Institute Fund
- $25,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Accessions Fund for acquiring new work for SFMOMA
- $25,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
GCI Council Annual Fund
- $25,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $21,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $16,000
Albertine Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
California College of the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $12,000
Hamlin School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,502
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
Hoover Institute annual fund
- $10,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
to support UCSF Cardiology Council
- $10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County · Seaside, CA · 2024
Charitable Event
- $10,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Hoover Institute
- $10,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
UCSF Cardiology Council Fund
- $10,000
Hamlin School · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Hamlin Capital Campaign
- $10,000
Meals On Wheels of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Cali · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Cathedral School for Boys Strategic Vision Campaign
- $10,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Hoover Institute
- $10,000
Childrens Hospital & Research Center Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Hamlin School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Hamlin Capital Campaign
- $10,000
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Cathedral School for Boys' Fulfilling the Strategic Vision Campaign
- $10,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Hoover Institution
- $7,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Princeton Annual Giving Fund, Class of '99
- $6,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Princeton Annual Giving Fund, Class of '99
- $6,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Monterey Museum of Art · Monterey, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2023
Alumni Fund
- $3,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Travel Program
- $1,500
Pollinator Partnership · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
Pollinator Partnership · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
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