Funding search · EIN 464644295 · Palo Alto, CA

The Scott 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.

57
grants reported
$5.2M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$35,000
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.

What they fund

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2 grants matching “citizenry · $30,000

  • $10,000

    Facing History and Ourselves · Brookline, MA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to engage the community in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.

  • $20,000

    Facing History and Ourselves · Brookline, MA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to engage the community in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.

Top recipients

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

  • Hillbrook School3 grants · $2.6M
  • Ace Charter Schools2 grants · $300,000
  • Media Matters for America3 grants · $300,000
  • Human Rights Watch3 grants · $276,000
  • The Tech Interactive3 grants · $251,000
  • Ace Charter School1 grant · $195,000
  • Share Our Strength3 grants · $155,000
  • Planned Parenthood Mar Monte3 grants · $150,000
  • The American Independent Foundation3 grants · $150,000
  • Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation2 grants · $125,000

Giving over time

$1.7M
2022
$1.8M
2023
$1.7M
2024

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

  • $863,880

    Hillbrook School · Los Gatos, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to provide primary school education.

  • $855,800

    Hillbrook School · Los Gatos, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to provide primary school education.

  • $850,000

    Hillbrook School · Los Gatos, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to provide primary school education.

  • $195,000

    Ace Charter School · San Jose, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to educate struggling students and provide them with the skills and will to succeed in college and beyond.

  • $161,000

    Human Rights Watch · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to raise awareness of human rights violations, and promote justice.

  • $150,000

    Ace Charter Schools · San Jose, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to educate struggling students and provide them with the skills and will to succeed in college and beyond.

  • $150,000

    Ace Charter Schools · San Jose, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to educate struggling students and provide them with the skills and will to succeed in college and beyond.

  • $116,000

    The Tech Interactive · San Jose, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to inspire everyone to become in an innovator.

  • $100,000

    Media Matters for America · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to monitor and correct journalistic misinformation.

  • $100,000

    Media Matters for America · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to monitor and correct journalistic misinformation.

  • $100,000

    School of Arts & Culture · San Jose, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to encourage creativity in the arts and empower its community.

  • $100,000

    Media Matters for America · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to monitor and correct journalistic misinformation.

  • $85,000

    Human Rights Watch · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to raise awareness of human rights violations, and promote justice.

  • $85,000

    The Tech Interactive · San Jose, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to inspire everyone to become in an innovator.

  • $75,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to advance reproductive rights and provide affordable access to family planning resources.

  • $55,000

    Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to end hunger and poverty in the u.s. And abroad.

  • $55,000

    Bellweather Education Partners · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to transform education to ensure systemically marginalized young people achieve outcomes that lead to fulfilling lives and flourishing communities.

  • $50,000

    Planned Parenthood Mar Monte · San Jose, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to provide information and the means to make informed decisions in regards to planning a family.

  • $50,000

    Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to end hunger and poverty in the u.s. And abroad.

  • $50,000

    The American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to report on progressive political news and issues.

  • $50,000

    The Tech Interactive · San Jose, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to inspire everyone to become in an innovator.

  • $50,000

    Bellweather Education Partners · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to transform education to ensure systemically marginalized young people achieve outcomes that lead to fulfilling lives and flourishing communities.

  • $50,000

    Planned Parenthood Mar Monte · San Jose, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to provide information and the means to make informed decisions in regards to planning a family.

  • $50,000

    The American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to report on progressive political news and issues.

  • $50,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to advance reproductive rights and provide affordable access to family planning resources.

  • $50,000

    Planned Parenthood Mar Monte · San Jose, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to provide information and the means to make informed decisions in regards to planning a family.

  • $50,000

    Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to end hunger and poverty in the u.s. And abroad.

  • $50,000

    The American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to report on progressive political news and issues.

  • $35,000

    Peninsula Bridge · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to support and provide education to prepare underprivileged students for higher education.

  • $35,000

    Science Is Elementary · Los Altos, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to improve and increase access to science education for all through teaching students, training teachers and engaging the scientific community.

  • $35,000

    Whitman Walker Foundation · Los Gatos, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to ensure everyone can live healthy lives and love openly, providing inclusive, respectful healthcare and services to the lgbtq+ communities, people with hiv, and other marginalized read all
  • $35,000

    Peninsula Bridge · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to support and provide education to prepare underprivileged students for higher education.

  • $35,000

    Science Is Elementary · Los Altos, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to improve and increase access to science education for all through teaching students, training teachers and engaging the scientific community.

  • $35,000

    Science Is Elementary · Los Altos, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to improve and increase access to science education for all through teaching students, training teachers and engaging the scientific community.

  • $30,000

    Human Rights Watch · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to raise awareness of human rights violations, and promote justice.

  • $25,000

    Creative Visions Foundation · Malibu, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to promote creative artists who use media, storytelling, art, and technology to drive positive change and address critical issues.

  • $25,000

    Groundswell Network · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to identify, strengthen and scale the nation's best alternative schools and programs for underserved students.

  • $25,000

    The 19th · Austin, TX · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to provide information and resources to women and lgbtq+ people to ensure they can participate fully and equally in democracy.

  • $25,000

    Voto Latino · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to provide programs that engage, educate, and empower latinos, and build a stronger and more inclusive democracy.

  • $25,000

    Amalgamated Foundation (Transaction Alliance) · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to support and increase philanthropy through grants to organizations for their charitable, educational, scientific, literary or other 501c3 activities, promoting donor education and read all
  • $25,000

    Voto Latino · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to provide programs that engage, educate, and empower latinos, and build a stronger and more inclusive democracy.

  • $25,000

    Peninsula Bridge · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to support and provide education to prepare underprivileged students for higher education.

  • $25,000

    Voto Latino · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to provide programs that engage, educate, and empower latinos, and build a stronger and more inclusive democracy.

  • $20,000

    Facing History and Ourselves · Brookline, MA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to engage the community in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.

  • $20,000

    Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to advance health worldwide.

  • $10,000

    Brave New Films · Aliso Viejo, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to champion social justice issues by using model of media, education, and grassroots volunteer involvement that inspires, empowers, motivates, and teaches civic participation and ma read all
  • $10,000

    Campaign for Southern Equality · Asheville, NC · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to build a south where lgbtq+ people have full legal and lived equality in every part of life, ensuring their rights are not determined by their zip code.

  • $10,000

    Food for Soul · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to build a world where no food goes to waste and no person goes hungry.

  • $10,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to provide legal resources to advance reproductive rights as a human right.

  • $10,000

    Facing History and Ourselves · Brookline, MA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to engage the community in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.

  • $10,000

    Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to find solutions to homelessness in silicon valley.

  • $10,000

    Maui Rescue Mission · Kihei, HI · 2023

    To support the organization's mission to provide services and resources for homeless people in maui.

  • $5,000

    Maui Preparatory Academy · Lahaina, HI · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to support students through relationships, empowerment, and relevance, fostering a college-preparatory environment that builds on these pillars.

  • $5,000

    Silicon Valley Education Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to work with partners to champion solutions that inspire underserved students to succeed in college and careers.

  • $5,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to provide legal resources to advance reproductive rights as a human right.

  • $5,000

    Silicon Valley Education Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022

    To support the organization's mission to work with partners to champion solutions that inspire underserved students to succeed in college and careers.

  • $2,500

    We Hope · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    To support the organization's mission to help people become healthy, employed, and housed by providing innovative solutions to those experiencing homelessness or at risk of it.

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