Funding search · EIN 943380876 · Palo Alto, CA

The Fenton Family Foundation

Name: The Fenton Family 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.

109
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

Audubon Society California4 grants · $510,000
Stanford University3 grants · $407,500
San Francisco Opera4 grants · $390,300
Connecticut College3 grants · $225,000
The Acceleration Project4 grants · $210,000
Standford University1 grant · $132,000
Humane Society of the United States3 grants · $75,000
Post3 grants · $60,000
Christ Church Portola Valley & Woodside3 grants · $45,000
Peninsula Open Space Trust1 grant · $41,000

Giving over time

$760,500

2022

$511,000

2023

$520,500

2024

$624,800

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 109 grants.

$200,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purpose
$138,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General purpose
$135,000
Audubon Society California · Van Nuys, CA · 2025
General purpose
$135,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General purpose
$134,500
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General purpose
$132,000
Standford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General purpose
$125,300
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General purpose
$125,000
Audubon Society California · Van Nuys, CA · 2024
General purpose
$125,000
Audubon Society California · Van Nuys, CA · 2023
General purpose
$125,000
Audubon Society California · Van Nuys, CA · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
The Acceleration Project · Scarsdale, NY · 2025
General purpose
$100,000
Connecticut College · New London, CT · 2022
General purpose
$75,000
Connecticut College · New London, CT · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Connecticut College · New London, CT · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
The Acceleration Project · Scarsdale, NY · 2024
General purpose
$41,000
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General purpose
$40,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
The Acceleration Project · Scarsdale, NY · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Humane Society · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
$25,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
The Acceleration Project · Scarsdale, NY · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Post · Seattle, WA · 2025
General purpose
$20,000
Post · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Post · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Eastside College Preparatory School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Positive Coaching Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Christ Church Portola Valley · Portola Valley, CA · 2025
General purpose
$15,000
Christ Church Portola Valley & Woodside · Portola Valley, CA · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Christ Church Portola Valley & Woodside · Portola Valley, CA · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Christ Church Portola Valley & Woodside · Portola Valley, CA · 2022
General purpose
$10,500
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Eastside College Prep · East Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
The Fit Kids Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Eastside College Prep · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Positive Coaching Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
The Fit Kids Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Eastside College Prep · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Positive Coaching Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
The Fit Kids Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
The Fit Kids Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General purpose
$6,500
Ventana Wildlife Society · Monterey, CA · 2024
General purpose
$6,000
Environmental Volunteers · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General purpose
$5,500
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Episcopal Impact Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Grace Science Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Grassroots Ecology · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
St Raymond School · Downey, CA · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of America · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of America · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Grace Science Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of America · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Grace Science Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General purpose
$4,000
Sun Valley Writers Conference · Ketchum, ID · 2025
General purpose
$3,500
Kukio Community Fund · Kailua Kona, HI · 2025
General purpose
$3,500
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Ventana Wilderness Alliance · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General purpose
$2,500
The Jim Saunders Fund · Kailuakona, HI · 2024
General purpose
$2,500
The Jim Saunders Fund · Kailuakona, HI · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Nuru · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Nrdc Environmental Ent · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Nuru · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Oakland Zoo · Oakland, CA · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Palo Alto Medical Fdn · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
San Jose Opera · Los Gatos, CA · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Environmental Volunteers · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Nuru · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
San Jose Opera · Los Gatos, CA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Environmental Volunteers · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Nuru · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Environmental Volunteers · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Mamaroneck High School · Mamaroneck, NY · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Partners in School Innovation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Sempervirens Fund · Los Altos, CA · 2022
General purpose
$500
Cantor Art Center · Stanford, CA · 2025
General purpose
$500
Mamaroneck High School · Mamaroneck, NY · 2025
General purpose
$500
Partners in School Innovation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General purpose
$500
Sempervirens Fund · Los Altos, CA · 2025
General purpose

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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.