Funding search · EIN 201063909 · Palo Alto, CA

Enlight 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.

68
grants reported
$113.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$500,000
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.

What they fund

educationculturechildenvironmentmedicalresearchtraumaarts

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • National Philanthropic Trust2 grants · $56.7M
  • World Savvy3 grants · $7.0M
  • San Francisco General Hosp Foundati3 grants · $6.9M
  • Solutions Journalism Network3 grants · $5.5M
  • Iconiq Educationeconomic Mobility C1 grant · $5.0M
  • Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation3 grants · $3.6M
  • Iconiq Impact Ocean Co-Lab1 grant · $3.3M
  • Action for the Climate Emergency1 grant · $3.0M
  • Leland Stanford Junior University3 grants · $2.6M
  • Schwab Charitable Donor Advised Fun1 grant · $2.3M

Giving over time

$24.7M
2022
$39.6M
2023
$49.0M
2024

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

  • $28.3M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    Charity

  • $28.3M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023

    Charity

  • $5.0M

    Iconiq Educationeconomic Mobility C · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Education and charity

  • $3.3M

    Iconiq Impact Ocean Co-Lab · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Charity

  • $3.0M

    Action for the Climate Emergency · Charlestown, MA · 2024

    Medical & charity

  • $3.0M

    World Savvy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Education

  • $3.0M

    World Savvy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Education

  • $2.9M

    San Francisco General Hosp Foundati · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Child trauma research program.

  • $2.5M

    Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2023

    Culture

  • $2.3M

    Schwab Charitable Donor Advised Fun · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Charity (statement 5)

  • $2.3M

    Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2024

    Culture

  • $2.0M

    San Francisco General Hosp Foundati · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Child trauma research program.

  • $2.0M

    San Francisco General Hosp Foundati · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Child trauma research program.

  • $2.0M

    Syracus University · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Education

  • $1.5M

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

    General education program

  • $1.2M

    Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    Charity

  • $1.2M

    Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

    Charity

  • $1.2M

    Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2022

    Charity

  • $1.0M

    Pinewood School · Los Altos, CA · 2024

    Education

  • $1.0M

    World Savvy · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Education

  • $1.0M

    Girl Effect · New York, NY · 2022

    Charity

  • $975,000

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Education and environment

  • $935,280

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Education and environment

  • $848,178

    Empowerment Works · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Charity

  • $750,000

    Stanford Pacs · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Education

  • $734,400

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    Education and environment

  • $717,550

    Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2022

    Culture

  • $610,000

    Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Charity

  • $586,000

    Calmatters · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Charity

  • $586,000

    Calmatters · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    Charity

  • $547,500

    Give 2 Asia · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Charity

  • $519,000

    Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Charity

  • $500,000

    Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    Charity

  • $500,000

    Teach for All · New York, NY · 2024

    Education program

  • $500,000

    Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    Charity

  • $500,000

    Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    Charity

  • $412,000

    Presidio Graduate School · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Educational program

  • $374,367

    Watson Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024

    Culture & education

  • $374,367

    Watson Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Culture & education

  • $350,000

    The Foundation for Art Healing · Brighton, MA · 2024

    Art and healing

  • $330,000

    Ucsf · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Education and medical

  • $300,000

    Girl Effect · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $300,000

    Empowerment Works · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Charity

  • $299,000

    Watson Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022

    Culture & education

  • $250,000

    Asian Art Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Arts, Culture

  • $200,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Scholarship & fellowship

  • $200,000

    Crew · Austin, TX · 2023

    Education

  • $200,000

    Crew 2030 · Austin, TX · 2022

    Education

  • $154,000

    Via Volunteers in Asia · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    Education

  • $150,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors I · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $140,000

    Via Volunteers in Asia · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    Education

  • $128,513

    University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Education

  • $128,513

    University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Education

  • $126,640

    Asian Art Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Arts, Culture

  • $105,000

    The Hunger Project · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $105,000

    The Hunger Project · New York, NY · 2023

    Charity

  • $105,000

    The Hunger Project · New York, NY · 2022

    Charity

  • $100,000

    Hopelab · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Education program

  • $100,000

    The Flight School · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    Education program

  • $99,442

    Art of the Piano · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    General education program

  • $90,000

    Stanford Pacs · Stanford, CA · 2024

    Education

  • $77,000

    Via Volunteers in Asia · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    Education

  • $70,000

    March On Maryland Dba March On Fd · Severna Park, MD · 2024

    Charity

  • $70,000

    Radius Books · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    Charity

  • $50,000

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Art and music

  • $50,000

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024

    Education and medical

  • $20,000

    The Battery Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Human rights

  • $3,000

    Barron Park Elementary School · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    Education

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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.