Funding search · EIN 710929445 · San Carlos, CA

The Christensen Family Foundation

Name: The Christensen 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.

171
grants reported: $2.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $11,500
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.

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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.

Epatt4 grants · $260,500
Eastside College Prep4 grants · $220,000
Laughing Pony Rescue4 grants · $181,000
2nd Harvest Food Bank4 grants · $117,000
Norcal Interscholastic Cycling3 grants · $90,000
Team Swift4 grants · $83,000
Boys & Girls Club4 grants · $79,000
Bay Area Cancer Connections4 grants · $75,000
Homeward Bound4 grants · $75,000
Sf Marin Food Bank4 grants · $61,500

Giving over time

$720,000

2022

$767,000

2023

$540,500

2024

$524,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 171 grants.

$160,500
Epatt · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General
$84,000
Laughing Pony Rescue · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2024
General
$60,000
Eastside College Prep · East Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General
$60,000
Eastside College Prep · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General
$60,000
Eastside College Prep · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General
$53,500
2nd Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2022
General
$45,000
Habitta for Humanity · San Jose, CA · 2022
General
$40,500
2nd Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2023
General
$40,000
Eastside College Prep · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General
$35,000
Epatt · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General
$35,000
Laughing Pony Rescue · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2023
General
$33,000
Epatt · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General
$32,000
Laughing Pony Rescue · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2025
General
$32,000
Epatt · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General
$30,000
Norcal Interscholastic Cycling · Petaluma, CA · 2025
General
$30,000
Norcal Interscholastic Cycling · Petaluma, CA · 2024
General
$30,000
Norcal Interscholastic Cycling · Petaluma, CA · 2023
General
$30,000
Laughing Pony Rescue · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2022
General
$29,500
Boys & Girls Club · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Bay Area Cancer Connections · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
Bay Area Cancer Connections · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General
$24,000
Norcal High School Mtb League · Petaluma, CA · 2022
General
$22,000
All About Equine Animal Rescue · El Dorado Hills, CA · 2025
General
$21,000
Team Swift · Fulton, CA · 2025
General
$21,000
Team Swift · San Mateo, CA · 2024
General
$21,000
Team Swift · San Mateo, CA · 2023
General
$21,000
Teri · Oceanside, CA · 2023
General
$20,000
Homeward Bound · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General
$20,000
Marin Charitable · Greenbrae, CA · 2025
General
$20,000
Ave Maria Academy · Maple Grove, MN · 2024
General
$20,000
Homeward Bound · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity · San Jose, CA · 2023
General
$20,000
Homeward Bound · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$20,000
Bancroft Library · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General
$20,000
Caminar · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General
$20,000
San Mateo County Parks Foundatn · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General
$20,000
Team Swift · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General
$19,500
Boys & Girls Club · San Mateo, CA · 2023
General
$18,000
Casa El Dorado County · Placerville, CA · 2025
General
$16,000
Sf Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General
$16,000
Teri · Oceanside, CA · 2022
General
$15,500
Sf Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club · San Mateo, CA · 2025
General
$15,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2025
General
$15,000
Episcopal Impact Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General
$15,000
Marshall Community Foundation · Cameron Park, CA · 2025
General
$15,000
Meals On Wheels · Menlo Park, CA · 2025
General
$15,000
The Guardsmen · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General
$15,000
Bay Area Cancer Connections · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club · San Mateo, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Episcopal Impact Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Meals On Wheels · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Sf Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
The Guardsmen · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Marin Academy · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Meals On Wheels · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Pathways · Sunnyvale, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Sacred Heart School · Atherton, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Sf Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
The Guardsmen · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Voices for Child · San Diego, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Words Alive · San Diego, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
Homeward Bound · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
Marin Academy · San Rafael, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
Meals On Wheels · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
Pathways · Sunnyvale, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
San Mateo County Hist Assoc · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
The Guardsmen · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
Voices for Child · San Diego, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
Words Alive · San Diego, CA · 2022
General
$12,500
Episcopal Impact Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$12,500
Episcopal Impact Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$12,000
2nd Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2025
General
$12,000
El Dorado County German Shepher · Shingle Springs, CA · 2025
General
$12,000
Petaluma Wildlife Museum · Petaluma, CA · 2025
General
$12,000
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue · Petaluma, CA · 2025
General
$12,000
Petaluma Wildlife Museum · Petaluma, CA · 2024
General
$12,000
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue · Petaluma, CA · 2024
General
$12,000
Petaluma Wildlife Museum · Petaluma, CA · 2023
General
$12,000
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue · Petaluma, CA · 2023
General
$11,500
Habitat for Humanity · San Jose, CA · 2024
General
$11,000
2nd Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2024
General
$11,000
Petaluma Wildlife Museum · Petaluma, CA · 2022
General
$10,500
All About Equine Animal Rescue · El Dorado Hills, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Bay Area Cancer Connections · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
First Tee of Sacramento · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity · San Jose, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Sacred Heart School · Atherton, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Sacred Heart School · Atherton, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Bancroft Library · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Caminar · San Mateo, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
San Diego Food Bank · San Diego, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
San Mateo County Hist Assoc · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
San Mateo County Parks Foundatn · San Mateo, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Just in Time for Youth · San Diego, CA · 2022
General

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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.