Funding search · EIN 271747895 · San Francisco, CA

The Diana Dollar Knowles Foundation

Name: The Diana Dollar Knowles 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.

70
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $7,125
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

education community preschool center environment paddle raise adler

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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.

San Francisco Ballet4 grants · $415,250
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco4 grants · $350,000
Grace Cathedral4 grants · $225,500
League To Save Lake Tahoe3 grants · $176,100
San Francisco Free Clinic4 grants · $120,000
San Francisco Opera Association1 grant · $75,000
San Francisco Opera1 grant · $75,000
Ghiberti Foundation2 grants · $72,000
Girls On the Run of the Bay Area4 grants · $55,000
Moving Forward Toward Independence4 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$249,500

2022

$691,150

2023

$335,500

2024

$531,504

2025

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$233,500
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support - $8,500education purposes - $200,000nutcracker sensory performance - $25,000
$125,000
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Education - $100,000; general support - $25,000
$100,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Education purposes - $50,000; manet and morisot exhibit - $50,000
$100,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fashioning san francisco and equity school partnership program
$100,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education programs for ramses the great exhibit
$85,000
Grace Cathedral · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Community preschool - $25,000; arts programs - $60,000
$83,000
Grace Cathedral · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community preschool
$75,000
San Francisco Opera Association · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Boheme out of box - $50,000; adler fellowship program - $25,000
$75,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Adler fellowship program and boheme out of the box
$66,900
League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2025
Environment education center - $25,000; raise the paddle grant - $35,000; general support - $6,900
$56,450
League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2024
Environment education center - $25,000raise the paddle grant - $25,000general support - $6,450
$52,750
League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2023
Environment education center - $25,000raise the paddle grant - $25,000general support - $2,750
$50,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Mary cassatt at work exhibition
$50,000
Grace Cathedral · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community preschool
$50,000
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support - $25,000nutcracker sensory performance - $25,000
$40,000
Ghiberti Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Holiday music program at grace cathedral
$38,126
League To Save Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2022
Various programs essential to creating a more resilient lake tahoe
$35,000
San Francisco Free Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$35,000
San Francisco Free Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$32,000
Ghiberti Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Holiday music program at grace cathedral
$25,000
San Francisco Free Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
San Francisco Free Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Girls On the Run of the Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Moving Forward Toward Independence · Napa, CA · 2023
General support
$19,604
Achieve Tahoe · Alpine Meadows, CA · 2025
General support
$19,500
Achieve Tahoe (Formerly Disabled Sports USA Far West) · Alpine Meadows, CA · 2022
General support
$18,750
Achieve Tahoe (Formerly Disabled Sports USA Far West) · Alpine Meadows, CA · 2023
General support
$18,000
Achieve Tahoe · Alpine Meadows, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Girls On the Run of the Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Girls On the Run of the Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Moving Forward Toward Independence · Napa, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Moving Forward Toward Independence · Napa, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Girls On the Run of the Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Moving Forward Toward Independence · Napa, CA · 2022
General support
$7,500
Grace Cathedral · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community preschool
$6,750
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$6,000
Trustees of Tufts College · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$5,250
Sacred Heart Schools Atherton · Atherton, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Bethesda Teaching Ministry · El Cajon, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Bethesda Teaching Ministry · El Cajon, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Bethesda Teaching Ministry · El Cajon, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Bethesda Teaching Ministry · El Cajon, CA · 2022
General support
$4,500
Sacred Heart Schools Atherton · Atherton, CA · 2022
General support
$3,000
Bay School of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$3,000
Africa Foundation (USA) · Friday Harbor, WA · 2023
General support
$3,000
Via Services · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
General support
$3,000
Bay School of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$3,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
General support
$2,874
Via Services · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
General support
$2,250
Pitzer College · Claremont, CA · 2024
General support
$1,800
Sacred Heart Schools Atherton · Atherton, CA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Gugulethu Ballet Project · Woodside, CA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Menlo-Atherton High School Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
General support
$1,500
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024
General support
$1,500
Alameda Boys & Girls Club · Alameda, CA · 2023
General support
$1,500
Alameda Boys & Girls Club · Alameda, CA · 2022
General support
$1,500
Gugulethu Ballet Project · Woodside, CA · 2022
General support
$1,500
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$1,500
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Redwood Empire Food Bank · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Alameda Meals On Wheels · Alameda, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Uc Law San Francisco (Formerly Uc Hastings Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
USA Water Polo · Irvine, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Alameda Meals On Wheels · Alameda, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Uc Hastings Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$900
Petaluma Arts Center · Petaluma, CA · 2023
General support
$500
Fit Kids Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General support
$250
Fit Kids Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General support

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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.