Funding search · EIN 943025710 · Orinda, CA

The Barth 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.

92
grants reported
$1.7M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$6,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program2 grants · $700,000
  • Headlands Center of Arts2 grants · $140,000
  • Headlands Center for the Arts1 grant · $100,000
  • Vineyard Theatre3 grants · $76,500
  • The Trust for Public Land2 grants · $70,000
  • Playwrights Foundation3 grants · $65,000
  • Ensemble Studio Theatre2 grants · $50,000
  • San Francisco Playhouse3 grants · $30,000
  • Ensemble Studio Theatre1 grant · $26,230
  • Harvard Business School2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$420,280
2021
$378,950
2022
$464,500
2023
$400,000
2024

Grant history

All 92 reported grants, largest first.

  • $400,000

    Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Southeastern, PA · 2024

    Distribution to a donor advised fund that supports public charities.

  • $300,000

    Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Southeastern, PA · 2023

    Distribution to a donor advised fund that supports public charities.

  • $100,000

    Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausalito, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $80,000

    Headlands Center of Arts · Sausalito, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $60,000

    Headlands Center of Arts · Sausalito, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $35,000

    The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $35,000

    The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $30,000

    Playwrights Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $29,500

    Vineyard Theatre · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $29,500

    Vineyard Theatre · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $26,230

    Ensemble Studio Theatre · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Ensemble Studio Theatre · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Ensemble Studio Theatre · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Playwrights Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $17,500

    Vineyard Theatre · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $15,000

    Playwrights Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Aurora Theatre Company · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $12,000

    Berkeley Repetory Theatre · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Casa of Contra Costa County · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Food Bank of Contra Costa · Concord, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Harvard Business School · Allston, MA · 2022

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Jelly'S Place · San Pablo, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Lindsay Wildlife Experience · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Manhattanville College · Purchase, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Marin Theatre Company · Mill Valley, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    The Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Conservatory Theater · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    Casa of Contra Costa County · Walnut Creek, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    Harvard Business School · Allston, MA · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    Manhattanville College · Purchase, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $8,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

    General Support

  • $8,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021

    General support

  • $7,500

    Brown University Sports Foundation · Providence, RI · 2022

    General Support

  • $7,500

    Save Mt Diablo · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $7,500

    Brown University Sports Foundation · Providence, RI · 2021

    General support

  • $7,500

    Save Mt Diablo · Walnut Creek, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $6,000

    John Muir Health Foundation · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $6,000

    Luther College · Decorah, IA · 2022

    General Support

  • $6,000

    John Muir Health Foundation · Walnut Creek, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $6,000

    Luther College · Decorah, IA · 2021

    General support

  • $6,000

    Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $5,350

    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Animal Refugee Response · Lower Lake, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Contra Costa Humane Society · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthoold Norcal · Concord, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    United Animal Nations Dba Redrover · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Crowded Fire Theater Company · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    Magic Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    Marin Theatre Company · Mill Valley, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    New York Theatre Workshop · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    Shotgun Players · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    The Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $4,000

    Amnesty Intl USA · New York, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $4,000

    San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $4,000

    Save the Bay · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $4,000

    Amnesty Intl USA · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $4,000

    San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $4,000

    Save the Bay · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $3,000

    California College of the Arts · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $3,000

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $3,000

    Sutter Bay Hospitals · Orinda, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $3,000

    Ca College of the Arts · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $3,000

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $3,000

    Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation · Orinda, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $2,000

    Bay Area Ridge Trail · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $2,000

    Habitat for Humanity East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $2,000

    Pug Rescue of Northern California · Concord, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Support

  • $2,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    Bay Area Ridge Trail · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $2,000

    Habitat for Humanity East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $2,000

    Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2021

    General support

  • $2,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021

    General support

  • $1,000

    American Cancer Society · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $1,000

    American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Brown Alumni Magazine · Providence, RI · 2022

    General Support

  • $1,000

    American Cancer Society · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $1,000

    American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2021

    General support

  • $1,000

    Brown Alumni Magazine · Providence, RI · 2021

    General support

  • $1,000

    March of Dimes San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $500

    Theatre Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $100

    Harvard Magazine · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General Support

  • $50

    Harvard Magazine · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    General support

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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.