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The Bernard Osher Foundation

$23.8M
in grants paid: 403
grants: 200
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$119,000
Northwestern University - Nrc · Chicago, IL · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$115,000
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$100,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$100,000
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$100,000
The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$100,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$100,000
Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$100,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$100,000
Ucsf Community Care Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$100,000
Asian Art Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$100,000
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$85,000
Summer Search · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$75,000
American Conservatory Theater · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$75,000
Berkeley Repertory Theatre · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$75,000
Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$75,000
Academic Consortium for Integrative Health Medicine and Health · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
Integrative medicine
$75,000
The Contemporary Jewish Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental education
$75,000
Oakland Museum of California · Oakland, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$60,000
Commonwealth Club of California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$60,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts and humanities
$50,000
California Film Institute · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$50,000
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$50,000
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$50,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024
Arts and humanities
$46,000
Oakland Symphony · Oakland, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$42,500
San Francisco Performances · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$42,000
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$39,000
Northwestern University - Nrc · Chicago, IL · 2024
Osher national conference
$35,000
Stern Grove Festival Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$35,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$30,000
Bay Area Discovery Museum · Sausalito, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$30,000
City Arts and Lectures · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Ringling College of Art and Design · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Towson University Foundation · Towson, MD · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
University of Connecticut Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$25,000
Widener University · Chester, PA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
University of North Texas Foundation · Denton, TX · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$25,000
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Regents of the University of California (Uc Riverside) · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$25,000
Curators of the University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
The University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$25,000
Bread & Roses Presents · Corte Madera, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Merola Opera Program · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Etc Environmental Traveling Companion · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental education
$25,000
University of Texas at El Paso · El Paso, TX · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$25,000
Indiana State University · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$25,000
Bismarck State College Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
University of South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
The University Corporation San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Csu Channel Islands Foundation · Camarillo, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
University of Oklahoma · Norman, OK · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Campanile Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Csu Fresno Foundation · Fresno, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
San Francisco Jazz Organization · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$25,000
Conservation Society of California Dba Oakland Zoo · Oakland, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$22,000
Magic Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$20,000
Community Music Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$18,500
Alonzo King Lines Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$18,000
Kala Art Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$16,000
826 Valencia · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$16,000
Alameda Emergency Food · Alameda, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$15,000
San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental education
$15,000
San Francisco Girls Chorus · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$15,000
Marin Theatre Company · Mill Valley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$15,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024
Lifelong learning institutes
$15,000
Aurora Theatre Company · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$15,000
Felton Institute · Alameda, CA · 2024
Environmental education
$15,000
Odc Dance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$14,500
Curiodyssey · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$14,000
Sfco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$13,000
San Francisco Film Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$13,000
New Performance Traditions -Paul Dresher Ensemble · Oakland, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$13,000
Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausalito, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$12,500
California Jazz Conservatory · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$11,000
Young Audiences of Northern California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$11,000
Yerba Buena Arts & Events · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$10,000
Performing Arts Workshop · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$10,000
Kronos Performing Arts Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$10,000
Old First Center for the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$10,000
Playground · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$10,000
San Francisco Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$9,000
Noe Valley Chamber Music · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$9,000
Pocket Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$8,500
Mill Valley Philharmonic · Mill Valley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$8,500
San Francisco Boys Chorus · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$8,000
Groceries for Seniors · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$8,000
New Century Chamber Orchestra · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$8,000
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$8,000
Citybridge Laguna Honda · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$8,000
Outward Bound California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$8,000
Pierre Monteux Memorial Foundation · Hancock, ME · 2024
Arts and humanities
$7,500
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$7,500
Joe Goode Performance Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$7,500
The Threepenny Review · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$7,500
New Conservatory Theater Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$7,000
Pickleberry Pie · Cheltenham, PA · 2024
Arts and humanities

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.