Funding search · EIN 943303273 · Palo Alto, CA

The Gifford Foundation

Name: The Gifford Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

66
grants reported: $2.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $6,985
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship baseball education sports volleyball golf baseballwomens coaches

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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.

1 grant matching “baseballwomens” · $305,000

$305,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Men's BaseballWomens Golf TournamentMen's and Women's Golf and the Gifford Practice Complex

Top recipients

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

East Palo Alto Tennis Tutoring4 grants · $568,500
Uc Berkeley2 grants · $500,000
Leland Stanford Junior University1 grant · $500,000
UCLA Foundation3 grants · $408,387
Indiana University of Pennsylvania4 grants · $100,271
West Chester University4 grants · $71,072
Cal Poly State University2 grants · $51,108
San Jose Sate University1 grant · $50,000
University of Nevada Las Vegas3 grants · $47,494
University of San Francisco1 grant · $39,454

Giving over time

$575,459

2021

$556,897

2022

$551,755

2023

$878,124

2024

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Head Men's Coaches Tennis Office Naming
$305,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Men's BaseballWomens Golf TournamentMen's and Women's Golf and the Gifford Practice Complex
$250,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Baseball program
$250,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Baseball program
$204,000
East Palo Alto Tennis Tutoring · Stanford, CA · 2022
General Fund-sports & education
$152,500
East Palo Alto Tennis Tutoring · Stanford, CA · 2021
General Fund-sports & education
$106,000
East Palo Alto Tennis Tutoring · Stanford, CA · 2024
General Fund-sports & education
$106,000
East Palo Alto Tennis Tutoring · Stanford, CA · 2023
General Fund-sports & education
$100,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Men's Baseball
$50,000
San Jose Sate University · San Jose, CA · 2024
Tower Foundation - Baseball
$39,454
University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Scholarship
$36,452
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$34,490
The University of Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$31,762
Indiana University of Pennsylvania · Indiana, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$30,875
Cal Poly State University · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Scholarship
$27,457
Indiana University of Pennsylvania · Indiana, PA · 2021
Scholarship
$27,030
West Chester University · West Chester, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$24,875
West Chester University · West Chester, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$23,563
University of Nevada Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
Scholarship
$22,479
Indiana University of Pennsylvania · Indiana, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$21,592
University of Nevada Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2021
Scholarship
$20,233
Cal Poly State University · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Scholarship
$19,619
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Scholarship
$18,573
Indiana University of Pennsylvania · Indiana, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$18,000
Dominican College · San Rafael, CA · 2021
Scholarship
$15,000
Woodside Elementary School · Woodside, CA · 2021
Annual Fund
$13,902
West Chester University · West Chester, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$11,626
Bucks County Community College · Newton, PA · 2021
Scholarship
$10,265
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2021
Scholarship
$10,000
Junipero Serra High School · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Volleyball program
$10,000
Old Spanish Trail · Durango, CO · 2021
General fund
$10,000
Uc Reagents · Oakland, CA · 2021
Scholarship
$7,720
Phila Square - Friends of Rittenhouse · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$6,250
Fund a Dream Scholarship - Junipero Serra High School · San Mateo, CA · 2023
Scholarship
$5,265
West Chester University · West Chester, PA · 2021
Scholarship
$5,000
Rac Gift Fund · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General Support
$5,000
Junipero Serra High School · San Mateo, CA · 2023
Volleyball program
$4,227
Bucks County Community College · Newton, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$3,387
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Baseball program
$3,000
Village Hub · Woodside, CA · 2021
General fund
$2,880
Junipero Serra High School · San Mateo, CA · 2022
Volleyball program
$2,339
University of Nevada Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Scholarship
$2,261
The Cal Athletics Fund · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General Support
$2,014
National University · San Diego, CA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Cal Baseball · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Ralph Walker Cup Golf Tournament fundraiser.
$1,600
Stanford Women'S Tennis Clinic · Stanford, CA · 2023
General Support
$1,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
First Tee Silicon Valley · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Youth On Course · Monterey, CA · 2022
General support
$775
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · 2024
Scholarship
$500
University Impact · Provo, UT · 2024
General Support
$500
Foundation Assisting Seniors · Henderson, NV · 2022
General support
$500
Phila Square - Friends of Rittenhouse · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General fund
$500
Society of the Sacred Heart · St Louis, MO · 2021
General fund
$250
Visitor Industry Charity Walk · Kohala Coast, HI · 2023
General Support
$200
Old Spanish Trail · Durango, CO · 2024
General fund
$200
Old Spanish Trail · Durango, CO · 2023
General fund
$200
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2022
General support
$200
Visitor Industry Charity Work · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General support
$200
Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2021
General Fund
$120
Old Spanish Trail · Durango, CO · 2022
General fund
$100
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2024
General Support
$100
Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General Support
$100
Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General support
$100
Kawaihae Canoe Club · Kamuela, HI · 2021
General fund

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