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The Battery Foundation

Name: The Battery Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

74
grants reported: $7.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $98,278
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

community development incubator neighborhood youth access accountability

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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.

La Cocina1 grant · $250,100
Dignitymoves1 grant · $250,000
Sf New Deal1 grant · $250,000
Mediators Foundation1 grant · $250,000
Mindful Life Project1 grant · $250,000
San Francisco Baykeeper1 grant · $250,000
Public Health Institute1 grant · $250,000
Calmatters1 grant · $250,000
Eat Real1 grant · $250,000
Youth Passageways1 grant · $250,000

Giving over time

$2.9M

2022

$2.7M

2023

$2.1M

2024

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

$250,100
La Cocina · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Mediators Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
General support for the algo (algorithms and large language models for good) incubator
$250,000
Sf New Deal · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Mindful Life Project · Richmond, CA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support of riseup
$250,000
San Francisco Baykeeper · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Youth Passageways · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General support of ever forward club
$250,000
Calmatters · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Support for the california accountability desk
$250,000
Dignitymoves · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Eat Real · Richmond, CA · 2022
General support
$246,202
More in Common · New York, NY · 2024
General support for the america's shared voice project
$246,193
Civic Space Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$237,184
Planting Justice · Oakland, CA · 2022
Development of an urban aquaponics incubator farm
$231,222
Callisto · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$201,207
Agriculture and Land Based Training Association · Salinas, CA · 2022
General support
$193,676
Western Rivers Conservancy · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$190,536
Bipartisan Policy Center Action · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$189,157
Mercy Housing California · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support for creation of a new community hub in san francisco's sunnydale/visitacion valley neighborhood
$186,423
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support for youth programming
$184,411
Justice Outside · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support of the youth access to nature fund
$184,136
Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation · Pescadero, CA · 2022
Support for growing the table initiative
$181,870
Youth Speaks · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$170,171
Girls Who Code · New York, NY · 2023
General support of the moms first initiative
$163,204
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Security · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$161,951
Institute for Nonprofit News · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$158,329
Mission Economic Development Agency · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support for the community real estate program
$153,894
Open Door Legal · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$153,712
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$152,168
San Francisco Housing Development Corporation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support for economic development initiatives in sf's fillmore neighborhood
$151,377
Oakland Community Land Trust · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$147,951
Free Press · Florence, MA · 2024
General support
$147,389
Everyday People for Change · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support of runway
$145,440
Center for Investigating Reporting · Emeryville, CA · 2022
General support
$134,700
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$128,855
Braver Angels · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$104,088
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support for tndc's community organizing department
$100,610
Save California Salmon · Orleans, CA · 2023
General support
$95,947
Agricultural Institute of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Development of the center for food and agriculture
$87,548
Ryse · Richmond, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support of loud for tomorrow
$20,000
El Timpano · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Cultural Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Food Chain Workers Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Inner Sunset Park Neighbors · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Latino Media Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
New Public · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Oakland Ballet Company · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
One America Movement · Bowie, MD · 2024
General support
$10,000
Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Roxie Theater · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
United for Respect · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Community Water Center · Visalia, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Family Values at Work a Multi-State Consortium · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$10,000
Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Groundswell Action Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Hip Hop for Change · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Mama Glow Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Sustainable Northwest · Portland, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Digdeep Right To Water Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
California Housing Partnership · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Chalkbeat · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Cityside Journalism Initiative · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Ethnic Media Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Food Systems 6 Accelerator · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Greenbelt Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Housing Action Coalition · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support/lobbying
$10,000
Kitchen Table Advisors · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
North Beach Citizens · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services · Richmond, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2022
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.