Funding search · EIN 943399829 · Orinda, CA

Novogradac Rivers 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.

40
grants reported
$1.6M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$12,223
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

neurosurgerybaseinnovationresearchskullasssitancematchingchallenge

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Funding pattern

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3 grants matching “skull · $260,000

  • $50,000

    University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Neurosurgery skull base research and innovation fund

  • $200,000

    University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Neurosurgery skull base research and innovation fund

  • $10,000

    University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    Neurosurgery skull base research and innovation fund

Top recipients

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

  • Stanford University2 grants · $310,000
  • University of Pittsburgh3 grants · $260,000
  • Northwell Health Foundation3 grants · $250,000
  • Head-Royce School1 grant · $200,000
  • Mike Rowe Works Foundation2 grants · $157,902
  • Stanford School of Medicine1 grant · $110,000
  • Claremont McKenna College3 grants · $78,892
  • Rutgers University Foundation2 grants · $70,200
  • UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center1 grant · $53,150
  • Okizu2 grants · $37,537

Giving over time

$331,566
2022
$674,333
2023
$603,200
2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

  • $200,000

    Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2024

    General assistance

  • $200,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    General asssitance

  • $200,000

    Head-Royce School · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General assistance

  • $200,000

    University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Neurosurgery skull base research and innovation fund

  • $147,902

    Mike Rowe Works Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Matching contributions

  • $110,000

    Stanford School of Medicine · Stanford, CA · 2023

    $100,000 general assistance; $10,000 neurosurgery, dr. Robert dodd

  • $110,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    General assistance

  • $53,150

    UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General assistance

  • $50,000

    Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2024

    General asssitance

  • $50,000

    University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Neurosurgery skull base research and innovation fund

  • $50,000

    Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023

    General assistance

  • $30,000

    Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2023

    General assistance

  • $20,200

    Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024

    General assistance

  • $20,000

    Institute for Sexual Medicine · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General assistance

  • $20,000

    Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2022

    2022 pledge

  • $20,000

    Okizu · Novato, CA · 2022

    Kohalo support

  • $17,537

    Okizu · Novato, CA · 2023

    Donation match - general assistance

  • $15,000

    The Athenian School · Danville, CA · 2024

    Excellent educator grant

  • $14,446

    Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2023

    Parents funds, softball team and 1946 challenge

  • $14,446

    Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2022

    General assistance

  • $10,000

    Mike Rowe Works Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    General assistance; matching contributions

  • $10,000

    Alameda County Health Care Services Agency · San Leandro, CA · 2023

    Ucsf

  • $10,000

    Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General assistance

  • $10,000

    University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    Neurosurgery skull base research and innovation fund

  • $5,000

    Stand With Ukraine Dba To Ukraine With Love · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General assistance

  • $5,000

    American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022

    Ukraine humanitarian crisis

  • $3,000

    The Community Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2023

    General assistance

  • $2,000

    Oakland Girls Softball League · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General assistance

  • $2,000

    Oakland Girls Softball League · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General assistance

  • $1,500

    The Cancer League · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General assistance

  • $1,250

    The Nhp Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General assistance

  • $1,250

    The Nhp Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General assistance

  • $1,250

    The Nhp Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General assistance

  • $1,000

    St Gerard'S Women Club · San Lorenzo, CA · 2023

    General assistance

  • $1,000

    Oakland Girls Softball League · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General assistance

  • $1,000

    Redwood Forest Foundation · Fort Bragg, CA · 2022

    General assistance

  • $500

    Catholic Charities · Washington, DC · 2022

    Laverne c mullen

  • $468

    Kids Alive International · Valparaiso, IN · 2022

    General assistance

  • $100

    Urban Land Institute Annual Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General assistance

  • $100

    Urban Land Institute Annual Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General assistance

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