Funding search · EIN 205522254 · San Mateo, CA

The Elfenworks Foundation

Name: The Elfenworks 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.

47
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

Ideas United Llc4 grants · $308,850
Northeastern University3 grants · $300,000
Global Impact1 grant · $250,000
Child Fund International2 grants · $155,487
Ucsf Foundation2 grants · $135,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium3 grants · $75,000
New Life Community Church1 grant · $70,000
Fractured Atlas1 grant · $42,500
The Carter Center2 grants · $25,000
Rip Medical Debt2 grants · $12,400

Giving over time

$419,835

2022

$398,950

2023

$401,187

2024

$250,150

2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Grant
$130,487
Child Fund International · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Grant
$100,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2025
Grant
$100,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
Grant
$100,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
Grant
$90,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Grant
$89,100
Ideas United Llc · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Grant
$88,100
Ideas United Llc · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Grant
$88,100
Ideas United Llc · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Grant
$70,000
New Life Community Church · Burlingame, CA · 2023
Grant
$45,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Grant
$43,550
Ideas United Llc · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Grant
$42,500
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2022
Grant
$25,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2025
Grant
$25,000
Child Fund International · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Grant
$25,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2023
Grant
$25,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2022
Grant
$15,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Grant
$11,000
The Nature Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Grant
$10,000
Sutter Health · Sacramento, CA · 2025
Grant
$10,000
Burlingame Parks and Recreation Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2024
Grant
$10,000
Xela Aid Partnership · Sunset Beach, CA · 2024
Grant
$10,000
Ample Harvest Org · Newfoundland, NJ · 2023
Grant
$10,000
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2023
Grant
$10,000
The Carter Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Grant
$10,000
Wings of Hope · St Loius, MO · 2023
Grant
$10,000
Rip Medical Debt · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Grant
$5,000
Realized Impact · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2025
Grant
$2,500
Cure Violence Global · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grant
$2,427
Advance Gcfa · New York, NY · 2022
Grant
$2,400
Rip Medical Debt · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Grant
$1,808
Unicef USA · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Grant
$1,000
Bay Area Rescue Mission · Richmond, CA · 2025
Grant
$1,000
Covenant House · Oakland, CA · 2025
Grant
$1,000
Samaritan House · San Mateo, CA · 2025
Grant
$1,000
St Anthony'S · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Grant
$1,000
St Mary'S College · Moraga, CA · 2025
Grant
$1,000
Ywam San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Grant
$1,000
Community Solutions · San Jose, CA · 2024
Grant
$1,000
Covenant House · Oakland, CA · 2024
Grant
$1,000
Operation Respect · Linwood, NJ · 2024
Grant
$1,000
Samaritan House · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Grant
$1,000
Abundant Grace Coastside Worker · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2023
Grant
$1,000
Covenant House · Oakland, CA · 2023
Grant
$1,000
Samaritan House · San Mateo, CA · 2023
Grant
$100
Mission Hospice & Home Care · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Grant
$50
Challenged Athletes Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
Grant

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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.