Funding search · EIN 872343029 · Burlingame, CA

Donato 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.

40
grants reported
$205,700
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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

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  • Santa Clara University3 grants · $40,000
  • League To Save Lake Tahoe3 grants · $15,000
  • Stanford University3 grants · $15,000
  • Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation2 grants · $15,000
  • Vida Verde Nature Education3 grants · $15,000
  • Save the Redwood League2 grants · $11,200
  • Samaritan House2 grants · $10,000
  • Friends of the River2 grants · $10,000
  • In Real Life Movies1 grant · $10,000
  • The Great Turning Institute2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$54,000
2022
$62,700
2023
$89,000
2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

  • $25,000

    Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2022

    General donation

  • $10,000

    In Real Life Movies · Sausalito, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $10,000

    Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $10,000

    Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Truckee, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $8,200

    Save the Redwood League · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Alma Future Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Burning Man Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Flux Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Friends of the River · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Heroic Hearts Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Protect American River Canyons · Auburn, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Samaritan House · Newport, OR · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    Business school fund

  • $5,000

    The Great Turning Institute · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Vida Verde Nature Education · San Gregorio, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Coltura · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Friends of the River · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $5,000

    League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Samaritan House · Newport, OR · 2023

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    Business school fund

  • $5,000

    Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Truckee, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $5,000

    The Great Turning Institute · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Vida Verde Nature Education · San Gregorio, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $5,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022

    General donation

  • $5,000

    League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2022

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Project Victory · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    General donation

  • $5,000

    Vida Verde Nature Education · San Gregorio, CA · 2022

    General donation

  • $3,000

    Save the Redwood League · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $3,000

    Burning Man Project · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General donation

  • $2,500

    Pomeroy Recreation & Rehabilitation Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $2,000

    Alma Future Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $2,000

    Heroic Hearts Project · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $1,000

    Embrace Kulture · Pocono Pines, PA · 2024

    General donation

  • $1,000

    Burning Man Project · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $1,000

    Embrace Kulture · Pocono Pines, PA · 2023

    General donation

  • $1,000

    Protect American River Canyons · Auburn, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $1,000

    Embrace Kulture · Pocono Pines, PA · 2022

    General donation

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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.