Funding search · EIN 943254090 · San Francisco, CA

Bob a Ross Foundation

Name: Bob a Ross 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.

112
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

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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.

Meals On Wheels3 grants · $220,000
San Francisco Ballet Association4 grants · $195,000
San Francisco Opera4 grants · $140,000
Shanti Project3 grants · $135,000
Kdfc Classical Radio4 grants · $120,000
Larkin Street Youth Services4 grants · $110,000
San Francisco Symphony4 grants · $100,000
Glbt Historical Society4 grants · $85,000
Openhouse4 grants · $55,000
Lensic Performing Arts Center4 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$935,000

2022

$383,375

2023

$449,117

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 112 grants.

$80,000
Meals On Wheels · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$80,000
Meals On Wheels · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$60,000
Meals On Wheels · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$57,500
San Francisco Ballet Association · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$57,500
San Francisco Ballet Association · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$55,000
Shanti Project · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$55,000
Shanti Project · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Kdfc Classical Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Kdfc Classical Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$45,000
San Francisco Ballet Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$45,000
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
Larkin Street Youth Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
San Francisco Ballet Association · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Glbt Historical Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Shanti Project · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Larkin Street Youth Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Larkin Street Youth Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Lensic Performing Arts Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Glbt Historical Society · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Larkin Street Youth Services · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Glbt Historical Society · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Glbt Historical Society · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$17,641
Oasis Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
New Conservatory Theatre Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Openhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Openhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Openhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$12,500
San Francisco Paris Sister City Committee · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$12,500
San Francisco Paris Sister City Committee · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$11,600
San Francisco Pride · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,500
San Francisco Host Committee · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,375
San Francisco Pride · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,376
Opera Parallele · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Commonwealth Club World Affairs · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Embarcadero Ymca · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Frameline · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Giants Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Kdfc Classical Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Mandy'S Farm · Los Ranchos De Albuque, NM · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Openhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Richmondermet AIDS Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
San Francisco Opera Guild · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Giants Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Kdfc Classical Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Lensic Performing Arts Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Frameline · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Frameline · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Lensic Performing Arts Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Lensic Performing Arts Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Metropolitan Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Metropolitan Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
New Conservatory Theatre Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
New Conservatory Theatre Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Positive Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Positive Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,000
Richmondermet AIDS Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Rainbow Honors Walk · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Rainbow Honors Walk · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Heart Productions · Oxnard, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Positive Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Theatre Rhinoceros · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Chinatown Ymca · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Positive Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
San Francisco Host Committee · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
San Francisco Opera Guild · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Theatre Rhinoceros · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ucsf Alliance Health Project · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Dance Film Festival Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Dance Film Festival Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gapa Fund · Alameda, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gapa Fund · Alameda, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Horizons Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Horizons Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
San Francisco Host Committee · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
San Francisco Host Committee · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
San Francisco Pride · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
San Francisco Pride · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Theatre Rhinoceros · Oakland, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Theatre Rhinoceros · Oakland, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ucsf Alliance Health Project · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ucsf Alliance Health Project · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,500
Barechest Calendar · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted

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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.