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