Funding search · EIN 336339800 · San Francisco, CA

Clay Foundation - West

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

68
grants reported
$1.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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2 grants matching “plein · $15,000

  • $7,500

    Sonoma Plein Air Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $7,500

    Sonoma Plein Air Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

Top recipients

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

  • San Francisco Playhouse3 grants · $294,800
  • Cinnabar Theater3 grants · $230,000
  • Sonoma Arts Live3 grants · $120,000
  • Exploratorium3 grants · $105,000
  • Jack London Park Partners3 grants · $95,000
  • La Luz Center3 grants · $95,000
  • Chinese American International Scho3 grants · $90,000
  • Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation3 grants · $75,000
  • Sonoma Valley Education Found2 grants · $60,000
  • Brooks School3 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$442,500
2022
$581,100
2023
$646,200
2024

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

  • $166,200

    San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $100,000

    Cinnabar Theater · Petaluma, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $100,000

    Cinnabar Theater · Petaluma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $66,100

    San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $62,500

    San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $50,000

    Jack London Park Partners · Glen Ellen, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $50,000

    Sonoma Arts Live · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $40,000

    Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $40,000

    Sonoma Arts Live · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $35,000

    La Luz Center · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $35,000

    Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    Chinese American International Scho · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    Chinese American International Scho · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    La Luz Center · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    Sonoma Valley Education Found · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    Chinese American International Scho · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    Cinnabar Theater · Petaluma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    La Luz Center · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    Sonoma Arts Live · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $30,000

    Sonoma Valley Education Found · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $25,000

    Jack London Park Partners · Glen Ellen, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $25,000

    Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $20,000

    American Conservatory Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $20,000

    Brooks School · North Andover, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $20,000

    Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $20,000

    Brooks School · North Andover, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $20,000

    Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $20,000

    Brooks School · North Andover, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $20,000

    Jack London Park Partners · Glen Ellen, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $20,000

    Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $20,000

    Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $15,000

    Marin Theatre Company · Mill Valley, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $15,000

    Mission Science Workshop · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $15,000

    Smuin Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $15,000

    Sonoma Community Center · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $15,000

    American Conservatory Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $15,000

    Mission Science Workshop · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $15,000

    Sonoma Community Center · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $15,000

    Mission Science Workshop · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $15,000

    Sonoma Community Center · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $12,500

    Sonoma Valley Authors Festivalmarin · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $12,500

    Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Lgbt Community Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    Sebastiani Theatre Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    Marin Theatre Company · Mill Valley, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Lgbt Community Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    Sebastiani Theatre Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    Smuin Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    Sonoma Valley Authors Festivalmarin · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    American Conservatory Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Lgbt Community Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    Sebastiani Theatre Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    Smuin Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $10,000

    Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $7,500

    Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $7,500

    Sonoma Speaker Series · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $7,500

    Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $7,500

    Sonoma Plein Air Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $7,500

    Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $7,500

    Reading Partners of the Sf Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $7,500

    Sonoma Plein Air Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $7,500

    Sonoma Valley Authors Festivalmarin · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $5,000

    Sonoma Speaker Series · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $5,000

    Magic Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

  • $5,000

    Sonoma Speaker Series · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating funds.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.