Funding search · EIN 133355618 · Half Moon Bay, CA

The Branscomb Family Foundation

Name: The Branscomb Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

82
grants reported: $259,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

The Foundation for the Horse2 grants · $55,000
Compassion Institute2 grants · $27,000
Internet Archives4 grants · $20,500
Vanderbilt4 grants · $15,000
Union of Concerned Scientists2 grants · $11,000
Gcsu Foundation2 grants · $11,000
Nabu1 grant · $10,000
Aet Library Endowment4 grants · $8,250
The Council for the National Interest Foundation4 grants · $8,250
Audit Elections USA4 grants · $7,250

Giving over time

$45,000

2022

$33,000

2023

$81,000

2024

$100,000

2025

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
The Foundation for the Horse · Lexington, KY · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
The Foundation for the Horse · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Compassion Institute · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2022
Charitable
$12,000
Compassion Institute · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Internet Archives · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Nabu · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
Gcsu Foundation · Milledgeville, GA · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Electronic Frontier F · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Global Harmony Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Gcsu Foundation · Milledgeville, GA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Internet Archives · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN · 2024
Charitable
$4,000
Aet Library Endowment · Washington, DC · 2025
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$4,000
Codepink · Marina Delrey, CA · 2025
Charitable
$4,000
Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy · Washington, GA · 2025
Charitable
$4,000
The Council for the National Interest Foundation · Purcellville, VA · 2025
Charitable
$3,500
Internet Archives · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Audit Elections USA · Tuscon, AZ · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Codepink · Marina Delrey, CA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Bay Area Community Law Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Free Flight · Truckee, CA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Backbone Campaign · Vashon, WA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Empowerment Works · Kingston, NY · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
The Coalition for Good Governance · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
The Webb School Bell Buckle Tn · Bell Buckle, TN · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Aet Library Endowment · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitablecharitable
$2,000
Audit Elections USA · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy · Washington, GA · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
The Council for the National Interest Foundation · Purcellville, VA · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
The Webb School Bell Buckle Tn · Bell Buckle, TN · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Internet Archives · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Union of Concerned Scientist · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
National Academy of Engineering · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
National Academy of Medicine · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
The Webb School Bell Buckle Tn · Bell Buckle, TN · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Union of Concerned Scientist · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Co Freedom of Info Coalition · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
Aet Library Endowment · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitablecharitable
$1,250
Audit Elections USA · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
Backbone Campaign · Vashon, WA · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
Citizens Oversight · El Cajon, CA · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
Mi Election Reform Alliance · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
The Center for Election Science · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
The Coalition for Good Governance · Boulder, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
The Council for the National Interest Foundation · McLean, VA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Backbone Campaign · Vashon, WA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Citizens Oversight · El Cajon, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Co Freedom of Info Coalition · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Empowerment Works · Kingston, NY · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Geohazards International · Pleasanton, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Giffords Law Center for Prevention of Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Mi Election Reform Alliance · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
National Academy of Engineering · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
National Academy of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
National Academy of Sciences · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
The Center for Election Science · Covina, CA · 2024
Charitablecharitable
$1,000
The Coalition for Good Governance · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Aet Library Endowment · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitablecharitable
$1,000
Audit Elections USA · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Backbone Campaign · Vashon, WA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Citizens Oversight · El Cajon, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Co Freedom of Info Coalition · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Empowerment Works Evn · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Giffords Law Center for Prevention of Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Mi Election Reform Alliance · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
National Academy of Engineering · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
National Academy of Medicine · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Coalition for Good Governance · Boulder, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Council for the National Interest Foundation · McLean, VA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Webb School Bell Buckle Tn · Bell Buckle, TN · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Geohazards International · Menio Park, CA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Giffords Law Center for Prevention of Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Charitable

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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.