Funding search · EIN 205926294 · Los Altos Hls, CA
Combs 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.
- 131
- grants reported
- $169,455
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Music for Minors4 grants · $41,000
- Community Services Agency4 grants · $21,000
- Second Harvest4 grants · $15,000
- Yosemite Conservancy4 grants · $12,500
- Schola Cantorum4 grants · $12,500
- Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation3 grants · $9,000
- Life Moves4 grants · $5,500
- Ecumenical Hunger4 grants · $5,000
- Scarring Alopecia3 grants · $5,000
- Tahoe Fund4 grants · $4,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 131 grants.
- $11,000
Music for Minors · San Carlos, CA · 2025
contribution
- $10,000
Music for Minors · San Carlos, CA · 2024
contribution
- $10,000
Music for Minors · San Carlos, CA · 2023
contribution
- $10,000
Music for Minors · San Carlos, CA · 2022
501c3
- $6,000
Community Services Agency · Mountain View, CA · 2025
contribution
- $6,000
Second Harvest · San Jose, CA · 2025
contribution
- $5,000
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2025
contribution
- $5,000
Community Services Agency · Mountain View, CA · 2024
contribution
- $5,000
Schola Cantorum · Mountain View, CA · 2024
contribution
- $5,000
Community Services Agency · Mountain View, CA · 2023
contribution
- $5,000
Community Services Agency · Mountain View, CA · 2022
501c3
- $3,500
Second Harvest · San Jose, CA · 2024
contribution
- $3,000
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Truckee, CA · 2025
contribution
- $3,000
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Truckee, CA · 2024
contribution
- $3,000
Second Harvest · San Jose, CA · 2023
contribution
- $3,000
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Truckee, CA · 2023
contribution
- $2,500
Life Moves · Menlo Park, CA · 2025
contribution
- $2,500
Schola Cantorum · Mountain View, CA · 2025
contribution
- $2,500
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
contribution
- $2,500
Schola Cantorum · Mountain View, CA · 2023
contribution
- $2,500
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2023
contribution
- $2,500
Schola Cantorum · Mountain View, CA · 2022
501c
- $2,500
Second Harvest · San Jose, CA · 2022
501c
- $2,500
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
501c
- $2,000
Ecumenical Hunger · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
contribution
- $2,000
Scarring Alopecia · New York, NY · 2025
contribution
- $2,000
Scarring Alopecia · New York, NY · 2024
contribution
- $1,000
American Red Cross · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Donation
- $1,000
El Camino Health Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2025
Donation
- $1,000
Tahoe Fund · Tahoe City, CA · 2025
contribution
- $1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
- $1,000
Ecumenical Hunger · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
contribution
- $1,000
Life Moves · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
contribution
- $1,000
Tahoe Fund · Tahoe City, CA · 2024
contribution
- $1,000
Ecumenical Hunger · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
contribution
- $1,000
Life Moves · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
contribution
- $1,000
Scarring Alopecia · New York, NY · 2023
contribution
- $1,000
Tahoe Fund · Tahoe City, CA · 2023
contribution
- $1,000
Carf · New York, NY · 2022
501c
- $1,000
Ecumenical Hunger · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
501c3
- $1,000
Life Moves · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
501c
- $1,000
Midpen · Los Altos, CA · 2022
501c
- $1,000
Tahoe Fund · Tahoe City, CA · 2022
501c
- $1,000
Ymca Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
501c3
- $600
Everytown Gun Control · New York, NY · 2025
Donation
- $600
Giffords for Gun Control · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
- $600
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2025
operations
- $600
Alzheimers · Chicago, IL · 2023
contribution
- $500
Achieve Tahoe · Alpine Meadows, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Alzheimers · Chicago, IL · 2025
contribution
- $500
American Lung Asssociation · Santa Clara, CA · 2025
donation
- $500
Breast Cancer Research · New York, NY · 2025
contribution
- $500
Childrens Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Childrens Health Council · Stanford, CA · 2025
Donation
- $500
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2025
contribution
- $500
Lacf · Los Altos, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Leukemia Lymphoma · San Jose, CA · 2025
Donation
- $500
Packard Childrens Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Pathways Hospice · Mountain View, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Planned Parenthood · Washington Dc, DC · 2025
Donation
- $500
Post · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Ronald McDonald House · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Sacred Heart School · Atherton, CA · 2025
Donation
- $500
Stanford Med School · Stanford, CA · 2025
researcj
- $500
Stanford School of Education · Stanford, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Tahoe Lakefront Owners Assoc · Tahoe City, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Ucsf · San Francisco, CA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Ymca Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2025
contribution
- $500
Alzheimers · Chicago, IL · 2024
contribution
- $500
Breast Cancer Research · New York, NY · 2024
contribution
- $500
Childrens Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
contribution
- $500
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
contribution
- $500
Packard Childrens Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
contribution
- $500
Pathways Hospice · Mountain View, CA · 2024
contribution
- $500
Post · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
contribution
- $500
Ronald McDonald House · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
contribution
- $500
Tahoe Lakefront Owners Assoc · Tahoe City, CA · 2024
contribution
- $500
Ymca Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
contribution
- $500
Brady Center · New York, NY · 2023
contribution
- $500
Breast Cancer Research · New York, NY · 2023
contribution
- $500
Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
contribution
- $500
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023
contribution
- $500
Packard Childrens Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
contribution
- $500
Pathways Hospice · Mountain View, CA · 2023
contribution
- $500
Post · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
contribution
- $500
Tahoe Lakefront Owners Assoc · Tahoe City, CA · 2023
contribution
- $500
Ymca San Benito · Hollister, CA · 2023
contribution
- $500
Ymca Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
contribution
- $500
Achieve Tahoe · Alpine Meadows, CA · 2022
501c3
- $500
Brady Center · New York, NY · 2022
501c3
- $500
Breast Cancer Research · New York, NY · 2022
501c3
- $500
Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
501c
- $500
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
501c3
- $500
Packard Childrens Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
501c
- $500
Pathways Hospice · Mountain View, CA · 2022
501c
- $500
Post · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
501c
- $500
Tahoe Lakefront Owners Assoc · Tahoe City, CA · 2022
501c
- $500
Truck of Love · Rock Hill, SC · 2022
501c
- $350
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
operations
- $300
Kdfc · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Donation
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