Funding search · EIN 461309241 · Berkeley, CA

Gordon Rausser 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.

41
grants reported
$1.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

animalscholarshipscienceacademybertdevelopmentedwards

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • A To Z Foundation2 grants · $652,779
  • Uc Berkeley Foundation1 grant · $383,000
  • A2z Exploration1 grant · $257,628
  • Central European University1 grant · $20,000
  • Cato Insitute1 grant · $20,000
  • Next Play Education1 grant · $10,000
  • St Jude Children'S Research Hospita2 grants · $8,453
  • St Jude Childrens Hospital2 grants · $7,000
  • Kqed4 grants · $5,255
  • Oxford University1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$385,405
2022
$332,081
2023
$264,200
2024
$413,479
2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

  • $402,779

    A To Z Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Scholarship fund

  • $383,000

    Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $257,628

    A2z Exploration · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Bert hsu academy

  • $250,000

    A To Z Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $20,000

    Cato Insitute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General program support

  • $20,000

    Central European University · New York, NY · 2023

    General program support

  • $10,000

    Next Play Education · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General program support

  • $7,453

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2023

    General program support

  • $5,000

    Oxford University · New York, NY · 2024

    General program support

  • $5,000

    St Jude Childrens Hospital · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General program support

  • $5,000

    Fulbright Association · Washington, DC · 2023

    General program support

  • $2,500

    Uc Berkley · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    General program support

  • $2,000

    Hoover Institute Stanford · Stanford, CA · 2025

    General program support

  • $2,000

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General program support

  • $2,000

    St Jude Childrens Hospital · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General program support

  • $2,000

    Fresno State University · Fresno, CA · 2023

    Animal science development fund

  • $2,000

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General program support

  • $2,000

    Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2023

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2025

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Wounded Worriors · Jacksonville, FL · 2025

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Alpha Gamma Rho Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Wounded Worriors · Jacksonville, FL · 2024

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Alpha Gamma Rho Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023

    General program support

  • $1,000

    Wolf Creek Community Alliance · Grass Valley, CA · 2023

    General program support

  • $1,000

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General program support

  • $500

    Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General program support

  • $500

    American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    General program support

  • $500

    Srjc Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

    Edwards animal science

  • $500

    Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General program support

  • $500

    Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General program support

  • $255

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General program support

  • $250

    Berkeley Police Association · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General program support

  • $250

    Cal Performances · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General program support

  • $200

    Berkeley Police Association · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    General program support

  • $200

    UCLA Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General program support

  • $100

    Project Hope Foundation · Greenville, SC · 2022

    General program support

  • $50

    National Assoc of Chiefs of Police · Titusville, FL · 2022

    General program 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.