Funding search · EIN 770559416 · Palo Alto, CA

Tella Sakamoto Foundation

Name: Tella Sakamoto 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.

85
grants reported: $609,399
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

philippines relief typhoon arboretum college engineering kolkata scholarship

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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.

Top recipients

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

Childrens International4 grants · $118,250
Carnegie Mellon University4 grants · $81,000
Swarthmore College3 grants · $75,100
Fdn for Liberty and Human Rights4 grants · $75,000
Givedirectly1 grant · $50,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation4 grants · $40,000
Mahatmagandhi Inst Formental Health1 grant · $30,000
Martha Graham Dance Company4 grants · $25,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation4 grants · $25,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$118,134

2022

$237,180

2023

$117,726

2024

$136,359

2025

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

$102,175
Childrens International · New York, NY · 2023
Kolkata Scholarship Program 100,000 and general fund 2,175
$50,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2025
SNAP Gap Program
$50,000
Swarthmore College · Swarthmore, PA · 2023
General fund
$30,000
Mahatmagandhi Inst Formental Health · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Swarthmore College · Swarthmore, PA · 2024
General fund
$21,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General fund
$20,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Fdn for Liberty and Human Rights · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Fdn for Liberty and Human Rights · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Fdn for Liberty and Human Rights · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Fdn for Liberty and Human Rights · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General fund
$13,259
Yacht Club of Hyderabad Foundation · 2022
General fund
$12,500
International Social Service · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General fund
$11,875
Childrens International · New York, NY · 2024
Philippines typhoon relief 10,000 and general fund 1,875
$10,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Martha Graham Dance Company · New York, NY · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Unrwa USA · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Haoexpression Dance Company · Mountain View, CA · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Martha Graham Dance Company · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Martha Graham Dance Company · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Martha Graham Dance Company · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General fund
$2,100
Childrens International · New York, NY · 2025
Philippines typhoon relief 10,000 and general fund 1,875
$2,100
Childrens International · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Osmania University · 2025
University College of Engineering
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Televisit · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
God'S Abundant Grace Ministries · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
General fund
$512
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$500
Consumers Checkbook · Washington, DC · 2025
General fund
$500
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2025
General fund
$500
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$500
Maureen Whiting Dance Company · Oakland, CA · 2023
General fund
$500
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$500
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$500
Maureen Whiting Dance Company · Oakland, CA · 2022
General fund
$500
Zohar Dance Company · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General fund
$420
Consumer Reports · Yonkers, NY · 2025
General fund
$400
Consumer Reports · Yonkers, NY · 2024
General fund
$380
Consumer Reports · Yonkers, NY · 2023
General fund
$300
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2025
General fund
$300
Consumers Checkbook · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$300
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$300
Consumers Checkbook · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$300
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$300
The Kilgoris Project · Los Altos, CA · 2023
General fund
$300
Consumer Reports · Yonkers, NY · 2022
General fund
$300
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$250
Dance Action · Langhorne, PA · 2023
General fund
$250
Zohar Dance Company · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General fund
$250
Consumers Checkbook · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$214
The Kilgoris Project · Los Altos, CA · 2025
General fund
$214
The Kilgoris Project · Los Altos, CA · 2024
General fund
$200
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$125
Gamble Gardens · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General fund
$125
Gamble Gardens · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General fund
$125
Gamble Gardens · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General fund
$125
Gamble Gardens · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General fund
$100
Dance Action · Langhorne, PA · 2025
General fund
$100
Swarthmore College · Swarthmore, PA · 2025
The Scott Arboretum
$100
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General fund
$100
Yu-Ai Kai Japanese Amer Sr Svc Ctr · San Jose, CA · 2022
General fund
$0
Dance Action · Langhorne, PA · 2024
General fund
$0
International Social Service · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General fund
$0
Maureen Whiting Dance Company · Oakland, CA · 2024
General fund
$0
Televisit · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General fund
$0
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General fund
$0
Zohar Dance Company · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General fund

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