Funding search · EIN 261539629 · Palo Alto, CA

The Bockus Brown Family Foundation

Name: The Bockus Brown Family 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.

61
grants reported: $1.2M
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.

What they fund

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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.

Berklee College of Music3 grants · $325,000
Second Harvest Food Bank2 grants · $200,000
Thousand Islands Land Trust3 grants · $150,000
American Red Cross2 grants · $75,000
Center for a New American Security3 grants · $75,000
Palo Alto Community Foundation3 grants · $65,000
Ada'S Cafe2 grants · $50,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes3 grants · $35,000
Kqed3 grants · $30,500
Council On Foreign Relations3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$514,110

2022

$367,500

2023

$360,200

2024

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2022
Contribution to donnee to provide musical education
$105,000
Thousand Islands Land Trust · Clayton, NY · 2024
Contribution to the donee to acquire, establish, and conserve wildlife habitats and natural land for public use
$100,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee to provide food for the hungry
$100,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2022
Contribution to the donee to provide food for the hungry
$50,000
Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution to donnee to provide musical education
$50,000
American Red Cross · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee to prevent and alleviate human suffeering in the face of emergencies
$40,000
Thousand Islands Land Trust · Clayton, NY · 2022
Contribution to the donee to acquire, establish, and conserve wildlife habitats and natural land for public use
$35,000
Palo Alto Community Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee for gifts to local organizations that positively impact quality of life for palo alto, east palo alto, and menlo park community members
$25,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution to the donee for cleaning and protecting the great lakes
$25,000
American Red Cross · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee to prevent and alleviate human suffeering in the face of emergencies
$25,000
Center for a New American Security · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution to the donee for developing national security and defense policies
$25,000
Institute for Security and Technology · Oakland, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee to unite technology and policy leaders to create solutions
$25,000
Palo Alto Community Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee for gifts to local organizations that positively impact quality of life for palo alto, east palo alto, and menlo park community members
$25,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Contribution to donee to provide education
$25,000
Ada'S Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee to hire, train, and meaningfully engage employees with disabilities in culinary and customer service work
$25,000
Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution to donnee to provide musical education
$25,000
Center for a New American Security · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution to the donee for developing national security and defense policies
$25,000
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution to the donee to provide research and education for science and technology policy
$25,000
Ada'S Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Contribution to the donee to hire, train, and meaningfully engage employees with disabilities in culinary and customer service work
$25,000
Center for a New American Security · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution to the donee for developing national security and defense policies
$20,000
River Hospital · Alexandria Bay, NY · 2022
Contribution to the donee to provide medical care and wellbeing services
$15,000
Hoover Institution Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity
$10,500
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee to provide community-supported television, radio, digital media and educational services
$10,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution to the donee to create better understanding of the world and the foreign policy choices facing the united states and other countries
$10,000
Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024
Contributionn to the donee to reduce nuclear and biological threats to humanity
$10,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution to the donee to create better understanding of the world and the foreign policy choices facing the united states and other countries
$10,000
Hedgebrook · Seattle, WA · 2023
Contribution to the donee for providing resources to women writers and artists
$10,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee to provide community-supported television, radio, digital media and educational services
$10,000
Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2023
Contributionn to the donee to reduce nuclear and biological threats to humanity
$10,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022
Contribution to the donee to create better understanding of the world and the foreign policy choices facing the united states and other countries
$10,000
Hedgebrook · Seattle, WA · 2022
Contribution to the donee for providing resources to women writers and artists
$10,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Contribution to the donee to provide community-supported television, radio, digital media and educational services
$10,000
The Manoff Foundation · Samford, CT · 2022
Contribution to the donee to fund philanthropy and grantmaking
$5,000
Eastside Preparatory School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee for providing private high school education focused on readying first-generation students from low-income families for college
$5,000
Glide · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Contribution to donee to fight systemic injustice, create pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transform lives
$5,000
Save the River · Clayton, NY · 2024
Contribution to the donee for preserving and protecting the ecological integrity of the upper st lawrence river
$5,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution to the donee for cleaning and protecting the great lakes
$5,000
Glide · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Contribution to donee to fight systemic injustice, create pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transform lives
$5,000
Save the River · Clayton, NY · 2023
Contribution to the donee for preserving and protecting the ecological integrity of the upper st lawrence river
$5,000
Thousand Islands Land Trust · Clayton, NY · 2023
Contribution to the donee to acquire, establish, and conserve wildlife habitats and natural land for public use
$5,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution to the donee for cleaning and protecting the great lakes
$5,000
Palo Alto Community Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Contribution to the donee for gifts to local organizations that positively impact quality of life for palo alto, east palo alto, and menlo park community members
$2,500
Peninsula Arts Guild · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee to broaden cultural and artisitic offerings in the peninsula region
$2,500
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee to protect open spaces on the sf bay peninsula
$2,500
Eastside Preparatory School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee for providing private high school education focused on readying first-generation students from low-income families for college
$2,500
Eastside Preparatory School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Contribution to the donee for providing private high school education focused on readying first-generation students from low-income families for college
$1,500
North Country Public Radio · Canton, NY · 2024
Contribution to the donee to provide public radio to st lawrence valley and adirondacks
$1,200
Music in the Schools Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee for providing music instruction to pre-k-8th grade students in east palo alto, east menlo park, and redwood city
$1,000
Canopy · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee for planting and caring for trees and advocating for eco-friendly policies
$1,000
Canopy · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee for planting and caring for trees and advocating for eco-friendly policies
$1,000
Gamble Garden · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee to fund maintain and enhance historic house and garden as a community resource
$1,000
Music in the Schools Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee for providing music instruction to pre-k-8th grade students in east palo alto, east menlo park, and redwood city
$1,000
North Country Public Radio · Canton, NY · 2023
Contribution to the donee to provide public radio to st lawrence valley and adirondacks
$500
Epatt · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee for providing academic support and tennis/fitness programs for under-resourced youth
$500
Kdfc Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Contribution to the donee to provide classical music in the bay area
$500
Epatt · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Contribution to the donee for providing academic support and tennis/fitness programs for under-resourced youth
$500
Hammond Fire and Rescue · Hammond, NY · 2023
Contribution to the donee to maintain volunteer fire department in hammond, new york
$500
Epatt · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Contribution to the donee for providing academic support and tennis/fitness programs for under-resourced youth
$500
Palo Alto Partners in Education · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Contribution to the donee for providing palo alto unified school district with extra resources
$360
Music in Teh Schools Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Contribution to the donee for providing music instruction to pre-k-8th grade students in east palo alto, east menlo park, and redwood city
$250
Canopy · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Contribution to the donee for planting and caring for trees and advocating for eco-friendly policies

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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.