Funding search · EIN 300527867 · San Francisco, CA

Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation

Name: Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

190
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $9,000
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.

What they fund

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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.

2 grants matching “orginization” · $34,832

$18,832
Davis Joint Unified School District · Davis, CA · 2024
The light awards project raising a community of writers. This payment is an additional payment for an award that was orginally made april 2023.
$16,000
San Leandro Unified School District · San Leandro, CA · 2024
The light awards project improving outcomes for multilingual scholars through collective capacity building. This payment is an additional payment for an award that was orginally made april 2022

Top recipients

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

Philanthropic Ventures Foundation6 grants · $455,000
Breakthrough Silicon Valley5 grants · $105,000
Oakland Unified School District4 grants · $70,000
Davis Joint Unified School District4 grants · $58,832
Uc Berkeley Foundation1 grant · $50,000
San Leandro Unified School District3 grants · $46,000
Gateway Public Schools2 grants · $40,000
Hayward Education Foundation3 grants · $40,000
Spark Sf Public Schools3 grants · $40,000
Alameda Unified School District3 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$500,000

2022

$477,000

2023

$528,332

2024

$620,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 190 grants.

$125,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2025
For agency by design - oakland
$100,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Agency by design oakland
$100,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
For agency by design-oakland
$100,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Agency by design oakland
$50,000
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2025
For center for research on expanding educational opportunity
$25,000
Breakthrough Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Breakthrough Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Breakthrough Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Breakthrough Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Krause Center for Innovation · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Albany Unified School District · Albany, CA · 2025
Glad training for eld teachers
$20,000
Castro Valley High School · Castro Valley, CA · 2025
Creating culture through collaboration
$20,000
Central Park Elementary Parent Teacher Association (Pta) · Santa Clara, CA · 2025
Collaborative problem solving: help ignite a future of hope
$20,000
College Park Elementary School · San Mateo, CA · 2025
Plc global ambassadors - college park elementary
$20,000
Education Foundation of Cotati-Rohnert Park · Rohnert Park, CA · 2025
Engaging minds: multisensory learning interventions for elementary classrooms
$20,000
Franklin-McKinley School District · San Jose, CA · 2025
Developing strong mathematical thinking in the classroom
$20,000
Gateway Public Schools · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Building equitable access to learning for multilingual learners in the secondary classroom
$20,000
Gateway Public Schools · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Restorative justice from diverse perspectives
$20,000
Oakland Unified School District · Oakland, CA · 2025
Foundational literacy and syntax for newcomer multilingual learners
$20,000
Teaching Well · Oakland, CA · 2025
Mindful mentoring for teacher leaders at garfield
$20,000
The Marshall Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (Pta) · Castro Valley, CA · 2025
Marshall elementary multilingual learner support project
$20,000
East Side Union High School District · San Jose, CA · 2024
The light awards project ecosystems of ethnic studies for social justice
$20,000
Evergreen School District · San Jose, CA · 2024
The light awards project transforming our kinder-first grade literacy program
$20,000
Los Amigos De Manzanita Seed · Oakland, CA · 2024
The light awards project returning to our roots: crafting empowering learning
$20,000
Oakland Unified School District · Oakland, CA · 2024
The light awards project cultivating conversation: increasing student talk in the classroom
$20,000
Oakland Unified School District · Oakland, CA · 2024
The light awards project cultivating our collective efficacy
$20,000
San Mateo Union High School District · San Mateo, CA · 2024
The light awards project equity for smhs science students
$20,000
Shoreline Unified School District · Tomales, CA · 2024
The light awards project inquiry to empower collective efficacy
$20,000
Spark Sf Public Schools · San Francisco, CA · 2024
The light awards project unlocking the science of biliteracy
$20,000
Yu Ming Charter School · Oakland, CA · 2024
The light awards project bilingual dei learning through project based learning
$20,000
Alameda Unified School District · Alameda, CA · 2023
For the light awards project the power of play
$20,000
Davis Joint Unified School District · Davis, CA · 2023
For the light awards project raising a community of writers
$20,000
Education for Change · Oakland, CA · 2023
For the light awards project building the structures: effective and lasting pbl
$20,000
Parents and Teachers of Buena Vista · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For the light awards project engaging diverse youth through strong dual immersion
$20,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
For the light awards project our changing planet - community of practice
$20,000
Sausalito Marin School District · Marin City, CA · 2023
For the light awards project using science and social justice to raise teaching practice
$20,000
Sequoia Union High School District · Redwood City, CA · 2023
For the light awards project pbl for newcomers: language development, engagement and empowerment
$20,000
Dolores Huerta Elementary Pta · San Francisco, CA · 2022
The light awards project "cultivating anti-racist bilingual learners through s
$20,000
Hayward Education Foundation · Hayward, CA · 2022
The light awards project "differentiation through student self-efficacy"
$20,000
Healdsburg Unified School District · Healdsburg, CA · 2022
The light awards project "operation lesson study"
$20,000
Oakland Public Education Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
The light awards project "studying climate justice through science, art, and a
$20,000
San Leandro Education Foundation · San Leandro, CA · 2022
The light awards project "improving outcomes for multilingual scholars through
$20,000
San Leandro Unified School District · San Leandro, CA · 2022
The light awards project "equity learning walk"
$20,000
The Academy of Alameda · Alameda, CA · 2022
The light awards project "deeper learning & stronger support for teachers"
$18,832
Davis Joint Unified School District · Davis, CA · 2024
The light awards project raising a community of writers. This payment is an additional payment for an award that was orginally made april 2023.
$16,000
San Leandro Unified School District · San Leandro, CA · 2024
The light awards project improving outcomes for multilingual scholars through collective capacity building. This payment is an additional payment for an award that was orginally made april 2022
$10,000
East Side Union High School District · San Jose, CA · 2025
Ecosystems of ethnic studies for social justice
$10,000
Evergreen School District · San Jose, CA · 2025
Transforming our kinder-first grade literacy program
$10,000
Kitchen Table Advisors · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2025
Mvla scholars
$10,000
Los Amigos De Manzanita Seed · Oakland, CA · 2025
Returning to our roots: crafting empowering learning
$10,000
Oakland Literacy Coalition · Oakland, CA · 2025
Chapters of change
$10,000
Oakland Unified School District · Oakland, CA · 2025
Cultivating conversation: increasing student talk in the classroom
$10,000
Pta Ca Congress of Parents Teachers - Oakland Tech Ptsa · Oakland, CA · 2025
Cultivating our collective efficacy to support future social justice leaders
$10,000
Queens of the Castro · Oakland, CA · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
San Mateo Union High School District · San Mateo, CA · 2025
Equity for smhs science students
$10,000
Shoreline Unified School District · Tomales, CA · 2025
Inquiry to empower collective efficacy
$10,000
Spark Sf Public Schools · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unlocking the science of biliteracy
$10,000
Yu Ming Charter School · Oakland, CA · 2025
Bilingual dei learning through project based learning
$10,000
Alameda Unified School District · Alameda, CA · 2024
The light awards project the power of play
$10,000
Davis Joint Unified School District · Davis, CA · 2024
The light awards project raising a community of writers
$10,000
Education Justice Academy · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2024
Mvla scholars
$10,000
Oakland Literacy Coalition · Oakland, CA · 2024
End of year campaign
$10,000
Parents and Teachers of Buena Vista Horace Mann · San Francisco, CA · 2024
The light awards project engaging diverse youth through strong dual immersion
$10,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
The light awards project our changing planet - community of practice
$10,000
Queens of the Castro · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Sequoia Union High School District · Redwood City, CA · 2024
The light awards project pbl for newcomers: language development, engagement and empowerment
$10,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
West Contra Costa Unified School District · Richmond, CA · 2024
The light awards project project based geometry and the trades
$10,000
Dolores Huerta Elementary Pta · San Francisco, CA · 2023
The light awards project "cultivating anti-racist bilingual learners through service and action
$10,000
Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support, for domestic work
$10,000
Hayward Education Foundation · Hayward, CA · 2023
The light awards project "differentiation through student self-efficacy"
$10,000
Healdsburg Unified School District · Healdsburg, CA · 2023
The light awards project "operation lesson study"
$10,000
Los Altos Community Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2023
Mvla scholars
$10,000
Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
For the light awards project "studying climate justice through science, art, and action"
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Queens of the Castro · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
San Leandro Education Foundation · San Leandro, CA · 2023
The light awards project "improving outcomes for multilingual scholars throu
$10,000
San Leandro Unified School District · San Leandro, CA · 2023
The light awards project "equity learning walk"
$10,000
The Academy of Alameda · Alameda, CA · 2023
The light awards project "deeper learning & stronger support for teachers"
$10,000
West Contra Costa Unified School · Richmond, CA · 2023
For the light awards project project based geometry and the trades
$10,000
Alum Rock Union Elementary School District · San Jose, CA · 2022
The light awards project "igniting educator passion through service-learning"
$10,000
Aspire Public Schools · Oakland, CA · 2022
The light awards project "improving instruction and engagement through spanish
$10,000
Davis Joint Unified School District · Davis, CA · 2022
The light awards project "educators designing history curriculum through a glo
$10,000
Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support, for domestic work
$10,000
Hayward Education Foundation · Hayward, CA · 2022
The light awards project "know better, do better"
$10,000
Jane'S Due Process · Austin, TX · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Los Altos Community Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Mvla scholars
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Queens of the Castro · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
School of Environmental Leadership · San Rafael, CA · 2022
The light awards project "school of environmental leadership: community engage
$10,000
Spark Sf Public Schools · San Francisco, CA · 2022
The light awards project "investigating illuminated inequities as an opportuni
$10,000
The Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
The light awards project "first nation students first in the music classroom"
$10,000
Trust Women Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2022
General operating support
$8,000
Mindful Schools · Emeryville, CA · 2023
General operating support
$8,000
All Five · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
General operating support
$6,000
Luna Kids Dance · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Alameda Unified School District · Alameda, CA · 2025
Franklin elementary school donation fund
$5,000
Donorschoose Org · New York, NY · 2025
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