Funding search · EIN 261598048 · Beaverton, OR
Ceres Charitable 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.
- 73
- grants reported
- $383,869
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $3,000
- 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
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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.
- Montalvo Arts Center3 grants · $74,100
- Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $70,000
- The Global Uplift Project Fka Odfl3 grants · $25,000
- Fistula Foundation3 grants · $17,500
- Second Harvest Food Bank3 grants · $15,000
- Union of Concerned Scientist3 grants · $14,550
- Make-a-Wish Foundation3 grants · $13,150
- Hillbrook School2 grants · $13,000
- Propublica1 grant · $10,000
- Environmental and Energy Study Inst2 grants · $10,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 73 reported grants, largest first.
- $50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $31,500
Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $27,600
Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $15,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $15,000
Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $10,000
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $10,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $10,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $10,000
The Global Uplift Project Fka Odfl · Livermore, CA · 2024
Support the "Save A Girl" campaign.
- $8,000
The Global Uplift Project Fka Odfl · Livermore, CA · 2023
Support the "Save A Girl" campaign.
- $8,000
Hillbrook School · Los Gatos, CA · 2022
Tuition support.
- $7,000
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $7,000
The Global Uplift Project Fka Odfl · Livermore, CA · 2022
Support the "Save A Girl" campaign.
- $5,500
Union of Concerned Scientist · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,450
Union of Concerned Scientist · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,163
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Bay Area Dragons Wrestling Center · Los Gatos, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's year-round education programs.
- $5,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Climate Mobilization Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Climate Realty · Washington, DC · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Environmental and Energy Study Inst · Washington, DC · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Hillbrook School · Los Gatos, CA · 2023
Tuition support.
- $5,000
Life Child Africa Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Environmental and Energy Study Inst · Washington, DC · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $5,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,600
Union of Concerned Scientist · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,500
Next Door Solutions · San Jose, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,150
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
Los Gatos Museum · Los Gatos, CA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission and marketing campaign sponsorship.
- $3,000
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
Violence Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
Los Gatos Museum · Los Gatos, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission and marketing campaign sponsorship.
- $3,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $3,000
The Global Uplift Project · Livermore, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,750
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,500
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,500
Rotacare Bay Area Medical · Milpitas, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,500
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,250
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,000
350org · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $2,000
Violence Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,600
Los Gatos Education Foundation · Los Gatos, CA · 2024
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,500
Vox Media · Washington, DC · 2023
Support the organization's mission per their strategic charter:"Partnerships for good: Pairing our editorial brands with brand partners to spotlightand support organizations and communities in need. Our strategic partne… read allSupport the organization's mission per their strategic charter:"Partnerships for good: Pairing our editorial brands with brand partners to spotlightand support organizations and communities in need. Our strategic partnerships havecontributed to the Global Citizen, NAACP, Innocence Project, Urban Justice Center,Stand Up to Cancer, World Central Kitchen and DC Central Kitchen, and New YorkCity programs that, through City Harvest, fed over 250,000 NYC children. Throughthese partnerships we support the ESG efforts of other companies in addition to ourown." less
- $1,500
Los Gatos Education Foundation · Los Gatos, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,030
Rotacare Bay Area Medical · Milpitas, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,026
Next Door Solutions · San Jose, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,000
Sunday Friends · San Jose, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,000
The Turkana Basin Institute · Stony Brook, NY · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $1,000
Los Gatos Museum · Los Gatos, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission and marketing campaign sponsorship.
- $1,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $750
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $500
Adventures in Missions · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $500
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
- $500
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Support the charitable organization's general mission.
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Similar purposes
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