Funding search · EIN 943144688 · San Francisco, CA

Am Dachs Foundation

Name: Am Dachs Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

43
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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.

What they fund

expenses school assistant athletics bank campaign cancer clara

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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.

The Thacher School3 grants · $350,000
Wesleyan University5 grants · $270,000
Crystal Springs Uplands School2 grants · $265,000
Landmark School2 grants · $155,000
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank4 grants · $125,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences3 grants · $100,000
Ucsf Foundation2 grants · $75,000
Weslyan University1 grant · $50,000
Ducks Unlimited2 grants · $50,000
Marin Health Foundation2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$75,000

2022

$765,000

2023

$870,000

2024

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2024
To help fund the purchase of the house adjacent to the school property
$250,000
Crystal Springs Uplands School · Hillsborough, CA · 2023
To support the thrive together campaign.
$130,000
Landmark School · Prides Crossing, MA · 2023
To support financial aid programs and the general fund.
$100,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2024
Support the establishment of the assistant director of athletics fundraising position.
$100,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2023
To support the establishment of the assistant director of athletics fundraising position.
$50,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support the presidential priorities fund
$50,000
The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Supporting the jay a. Levy endowed professorship in virology.
$50,000
The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2023
To support the annual fund.
$50,000
Weslyan University · Middletown, CT · 2022
To support the wesleyan fund.
$37,500
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$37,500
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the food bank's mission of ending hunger.
$25,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Annual fund
$25,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
John Muir Health Foundation · Walnut Creek, CA · 2024
Campaign to conquer cancer
$25,000
Landmark School · Prides Crossing, MA · 2024
Prides scholar program
$25,000
Marin Health Foundation · Greenbrae, CA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
Santa clara law school - annual gift
$25,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for the watershed moment initiative
$25,000
The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
Foreign policy program
$25,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To support the annual fund.
$25,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023
To support general operating expenses.
$25,000
Marin Health Foundation · Greenbrae, CA · 2023
To support the greatest need fund.
$25,000
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the food bank's mission of ending hunger.
$25,000
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
To support general operating expenses of santa clara law school.
$25,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2023
To support the wesleyan fund.
$25,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support the levy infectious disease and cancer fund.
$20,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2024
To support sports programs
$15,000
Marin Country Day School · Corte Madera, CA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Crystal Springs Uplands School · Hillsborough, CA · 2023
To support the crystal fund.
$15,000
Marin Country Day School · Corte Madera, CA · 2023
To support the grandparents annual fund.
$12,500
Kukio Ho'Omana Fund · Kailua Kona, HI · 2024
Provide general operating support
$7,500
Kukio Ho'Omana Fund · Kailua Kona, HI · 2024
General operating support
$7,500
Preserve Community Foundation · Carmel, CA · 2024
General operating support
$7,500
St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2024
Support hospital needs
$7,500
St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2023
To support the hospital needs only fund.
$5,000
Four Winds Westward Ho · Deer Harbor, WA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Ketchum-Sun Valley Volunteer Associates Inc (Fire Departments) · Ketchum, ID · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Four Winds Westward Ho · Deer Harbor, WA · 2023
To support summer camp programs for children.
$5,000
I Have a Dream Foundation · Hailey, ID · 2023
To support general operating expenses.
$2,500
San Francisco Free Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support

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