Funding search · EIN 421441832 · Orinda, CA

Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

43
grants reported
$165,124
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$4,500
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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  • Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo3 grants · $18,196
  • Randolph School3 grants · $15,466
  • Rhode Island School of Design3 grants · $15,000
  • Athenian School3 grants · $15,000
  • Montalvo Arts Center3 grants · $15,000
  • Julia Morgan School3 grants · $13,500
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art3 grants · $13,500
  • Access Fund3 grants · $12,647
  • The Nature Conservancy of California3 grants · $8,755
  • Youth Beat2 grants · $7,159

Giving over time

$54,480
2022
$54,416
2023
$56,228
2024

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

  • $6,098

    Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo · Concord, CA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $6,098

    Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo · Concord, CA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $6,000

    Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo · Concord, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,157

    Randolph School · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,155

    Randolph School · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,154

    Randolph School · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Athenian School · Danville, CA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    College of Visual and Performing Arts · Syracuse, NY · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Julia Morgan School · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Athenian School · Danville, CA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Syracuse · Syracuse, NY · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Athenian School · Danville, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    College of Visual & Performing Arts · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $5,000

    Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $4,500

    Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $4,500

    Julia Morgan School · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $4,216

    Access Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $4,216

    Access Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $4,215

    Access Fund · Boulder, CO · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $4,120

    The Nature Conservancy of California · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $4,064

    Youth Beat · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $4,000

    Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $4,000

    Julia Morgan School · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $3,612

    Oakland Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $3,095

    Youth Beat · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $3,000

    Orinda Community Foundation · Orinda, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $2,575

    The Nature Conservancy of California · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $2,073

    East Bay Habitat for Humanity · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $2,060

    The Nature Conservancy of California · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $1,556

    East Bay Habitat for Humanity · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $1,550

    East Bay Habitat for Humanity · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $1,500

    Orinda Community Foundation · Orinda, CA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $1,000

    Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $500

    Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $500

    Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General operating budget

  • $405

    Lamorinda Arts Alliance · Moraga, CA · 2022

    General operating budget

  • $205

    Lamorinda Arts Alliance · Moraga, CA · 2023

    General operating budget

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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.