Funding search · EIN 204963649 · Los Altos, CA

Branson Family 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.

165
grants reported
$3.7M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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

  • Village Enterprise4 grants · $400,000
  • Rocky Mountain Institute4 grants · $370,000
  • Technoserve4 grants · $290,000
  • Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $280,000
  • Care4 grants · $280,000
  • International Rescue Committee4 grants · $280,000
  • Environmental Defense Fund4 grants · $210,000
  • Ceres4 grants · $170,000
  • Planned Parenthood4 grants · $120,000
  • Feeding Amreica4 grants · $120,000

Giving over time

$990,000
2022
$870,000
2023
$895,000
2024
$900,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 165 grants.

  • $100,000

    Village Enterprise · San Carlos, CA · 2025

    economic development

  • $100,000

    Village Enterprise · San Carlos, CA · 2024

    economic development

  • $100,000

    Village Enterprise · San Carlos, CA · 2023

    economic development

  • $100,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022

    general

  • $100,000

    Village Enterprise · San Carlos, CA · 2022

    general

  • $90,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2025

    environmental protection

  • $90,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024

    environmental protection

  • $90,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023

    environmental protection

  • $80,000

    Technoserve · Arlington, VA · 2022

    general

  • $70,000

    Care · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Economic development

  • $70,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025

    Disaster relief

  • $70,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2025

    disaster relief

  • $70,000

    Technoserve · Arlington, VA · 2025

    economic development

  • $70,000

    Care · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Economic development

  • $70,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

    Disaster relief

  • $70,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2024

    disaster relief

  • $70,000

    Technoserve · Arlington, VA · 2024

    economic development

  • $70,000

    Care · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    humanitarian aid

  • $70,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    humanitarian aid

  • $70,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023

    humanitarian aid

  • $70,000

    Technoserve · Arlington, VA · 2023

    economic development

  • $70,000

    Care · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    general

  • $70,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    general

  • $70,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2022

    general

  • $60,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    general

  • $50,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    environmental protection

  • $50,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    environmental protection

  • $50,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    environmental protection

  • $50,000

    Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022

    general

  • $40,000

    Ceres · Boston, MA · 2025

    environmental protection

  • $40,000

    Ceres · Boston, MA · 2024

    environmental protection

  • $40,000

    Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023

    environmental protection

  • $40,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2022

    general

  • $30,000

    Feeding Amreica · Chicago, IL · 2025

    hunger

  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2025

    family planning

  • $30,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2025

    hunger

  • $30,000

    Feeding Amreica · Chicago, IL · 2024

    hunger

  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024

    family planning

  • $30,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2024

    hunger

  • $30,000

    Feeding Amreica · Chicago, IL · 2023

    food kitchen

  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023

    reproductive rights

  • $30,000

    Feeding Amreica · Chicago, IL · 2022

    general

  • $30,000

    One Acre Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    general

  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022

    general

  • $30,000

    Room To Read · San Franciscco, CA · 2022

    general

  • $25,000

    Mercy Corp · Prescott, AZ · 2025

    economic development

  • $25,000

    Mercy Corp · Prescott, AZ · 2024

    economic development

  • $25,000

    One Acre Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    humanitarian aid

  • $25,000

    Room To Read · San Franciscco, CA · 2023

    education

  • $25,000

    Population Services International · Washington, DC · 2022

    general

  • $25,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    general

  • $20,000

    One Acre Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    economic development

  • $20,000

    Room To Read · San Franciscco, CA · 2025

    education

  • $20,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    environmental protection

  • $20,000

    One Acre Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    economic development

  • $20,000

    Room To Read · San Franciscco, CA · 2024

    education

  • $20,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    environmental protection

  • $20,000

    Glide Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    homelessness

  • $20,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    environmental protection

  • $20,000

    Glide Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    general

  • $15,000

    Glide Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    homelessness and hunger

  • $15,000

    Glide Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    homelessness and hunger

  • $15,000

    Mercy Corp · Prescott, AZ · 2023

    humanitarian aid

  • $15,000

    Mercy Corp · Prescott, AZ · 2022

    general

  • $10,000

    Destination Home · San Jose, CA · 2025

    Homelessness

  • $10,000

    Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    economic development

  • $10,000

    Heifer International · Little Rock, AZ · 2025

    economic development

  • $10,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2025

    human rights

  • $10,000

    Msi United States · Washington, DC · 2025

    international family planning

  • $10,000

    Next Door · San Jose, CA · 2025

    domestic violence prevention

  • $10,000

    Southern Center for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Human rights

  • $10,000

    Tostan · Washington, DC · 2025

    human rights

  • $10,000

    Downtown Streets Team · San Jose, CA · 2024

    homelessness

  • $10,000

    Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    economic development

  • $10,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024

    human rights

  • $10,000

    Msi United States · Washington, DC · 2024

    international family planning

  • $10,000

    Next Door · San Jose, CA · 2024

    domestic violence prevention

  • $10,000

    Southern Center for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Human rights

  • $10,000

    Tostan · Washington, DC · 2024

    human rights

  • $10,000

    Downtown Streets Team · San Jose, CA · 2023

    homelessness

  • $10,000

    Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    humanitarian aid

  • $10,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2023

    human rights

  • $10,000

    Msi United States · Washington, DC · 2023

    reproductive rights

  • $10,000

    Next Door · San Jose, CA · 2023

    domestic violence prevention

  • $10,000

    Southern Center for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    human rights

  • $10,000

    Tostan · Washington, DC · 2023

    human rights

  • $10,000

    Downtown Streets Team · San Jose, CA · 2022

    general

  • $10,000

    Fos Feminista · New York, NY · 2022

    general

  • $10,000

    Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    general

  • $10,000

    Heifer International · Little Rock, AZ · 2022

    general

  • $10,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022

    general

  • $10,000

    Next Door · San Jose, CA · 2022

    general

  • $10,000

    Southern Center for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    general

  • $10,000

    Tostan · Washington, DC · 2022

    general

  • $5,000

    Antirecidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Helping ex-prisoners reintegrate into society

  • $5,000

    Bay Area Rescue Mission · Richmond, CA · 2025

    homelessness and hunger

  • $5,000

    California State Parks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    environmental protection

  • $5,000

    Camfed USA · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    economic development

  • $5,000

    Cypress Mandela · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Job training

  • $5,000

    Ella Baker Center for Human Rights · Oakland, CA · 2025

    human rights

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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.