Funding search · EIN 770388463 · Los Altos Hills, CA
The Krause 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
- $2.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $15,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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1 grant matching “enchance” · $100,000
- $100,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
To enchance health of community
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Foothill Deanza Foundation7 grants · $651,597
- The Citadel Foundation5 grants · $336,295
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation3 grants · $305,000
- Pennsylvania State University3 grants · $280,645
- Children Now3 grants · $81,000
- Ymca of Silicon Valley3 grants · $70,000
- Los Altos Community Foundation3 grants · $56,500
- Computer History Museum2 grants · $32,000
- The Brookings Institute1 grant · $25,000
- The Tech Interactive2 grants · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 57 reported grants, largest first.
- $200,000
Foothill Deanza Foundation · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2022
Donation
- $150,000
Foothill Deanza Foundation · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2023
Donation
- $135,000
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2023
To help student succeed
- $127,907
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
To promote student,faculty,athletics
- $126,000
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
Donation
- $125,645
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
To help student succeed
- $113,723
Foothill Deanza Foundation · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2024
To promote highest level of student
- $105,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Donation
- $100,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
To enchance health of community
- $100,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Donation
- $98,651
Foothill Deanza Foundation · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2024
To promote highest level of students
- $75,862
Foothill Deanza Foundation · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2024
To promote highest level of student
- $32,388
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
To promote student,faculty,athletics
- $30,000
Children Now · Oakland, CA · 2024
To fights for kids in california
- $26,000
Children Now · Oakland, CA · 2023
Donation
- $25,000
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
To promote student,faculty,athletics
- $25,000
Ymca of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2024
Provide programs to community
- $25,000
Children Now · Oakland, CA · 2022
Donation
- $25,000
The Brookings Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Donation
- $25,000
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
Donation
- $25,000
Ymca of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2022
Donation
- $23,000
Los Altos Community Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2024
To create vibrant community
- $20,000
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
To help student succeed
- $20,000
Ymca of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2023
Donation
- $18,500
Los Altos Community Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2023
Donation
- $16,000
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Preserve artifacts of computing
- $16,000
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Donation
- $16,000
Computer Histroy Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Donation
- $15,000
Los Altos Community Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Donation
- $11,500
San Francisco 49ers Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
To help the youth and community
- $10,000
Foothill Deanza Foundation · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2024
To promote highest level of students
- $10,000
Global Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To save national parks
- $10,000
The Tech Interactive · San Jose, CA · 2024
To inspire innovators to change
- $10,000
Challenge Teamchac · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Donation
- $10,000
The Tech Interactive · San Jose, CA · 2023
To inspire innovators to change
- $10,000
Challenge Teamchac · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Donation
- $10,000
The Tech Interative · San Jose, CA · 2022
Donation
- $8,000
Los Altos Stage Company · Los Altos, CA · 2024
Celbrate performing art and artists
- $7,000
Sillicon Valley Community Fndtn · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Provide resources for familes in sv
- $7,000
Sillicon Valley Community Fndtn · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Donation
- $7,000
Shine Together · Milpitas, CA · 2022
Donation
- $5,000
Project Cornerstone · San Jose, CA · 2023
Supporting youth, families, commu.
- $5,000
Scribe Video Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Allow media artist access to tools
- $5,000
Shine Together · Milpitas, CA · 2023
Donation
- $5,000
Global Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Donation
- $5,000
Sillicon Valley Community Fndtn · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Donation
- $3,361
Foothill Deanza Foundation · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2024
To promote highest level of student
- $3,000
Mt View Public Safety Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2024
To provide public safety
- $2,510
Mentor Tutor Connection · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Donation
- $2,000
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foun · Short Hills, NJ · 2024
Improving quality of life for spinal
- $2,000
Christopher and Dana Reeve Found · Short Hills, NJ · 2022
Donation
- $2,000
Los Altos Stage Company · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Donation
- $2,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
Donation
- $1,500
Los Altos Stage Company · Los Altos, CA · 2023
Donation
- $1,000
Crohns & Colitic Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To improve the quality of life
- $1,000
Mentor Tutor Connection · Los Altos, CA · 2023
Donation
- $1,000
East Side Education Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Donation
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