Funding search · EIN 366065404 · Burlingame, CA

Hoefer Family 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.

168
grants reported
$1.6M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Filoli4 grants · $195,500
  • San Mateo County Health Foundation3 grants · $105,000
  • Hospital De La Familia Foundation4 grants · $95,000
  • Cofam (Fine Arts Museums Foundation)4 grants · $85,000
  • Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation4 grants · $70,100
  • California State Railroad Museum Foundation4 grants · $70,000
  • University of California Berkeley Foundation1 grant · $70,000
  • Northern California Center for the Arts3 grants · $67,000
  • Regents of the University of California Berkeley3 grants · $60,000
  • Burlingame Parks and Recreation Foundation2 grants · $51,000

Giving over time

$376,750
2022
$370,901
2023
$362,270
2024
$446,720
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 168 grants.

  • $103,500

    Filoli · Woodside, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $82,000

    Filoli · Woodside, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $70,000

    University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $50,000

    San Mateo County Health Foundation · San Mateo, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    San Mateo County Health Foundation · San Mateo, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Burlingame Parks and Recreation Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $47,000

    Northern California Center for the Arts · Grass Valley, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $35,000

    Hospital De La Familia Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    California State Railroad Museum Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Cofam (Fine Arts Museums Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Hospital De La Familia Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    California State Railroad Museum Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Hospital De La Familia Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum · Nevada City, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Cofam (Fine Arts Museums Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Regents of the University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Cofam (Fine Arts Museums Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Regents of the University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Cofam (Fine Arts Museums Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Regents of the University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Northern California Center for the Arts · Grass Valley, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    San Mateo County Historical Association · Redwood City, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Sacramento Childrens Home · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $13,000

    Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum · Nevada City, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $12,000

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $12,000

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $11,000

    Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Hillsborough Schools Foundation · Hillsborough, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Hillsborough Schools Foundation · Hillsborough, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    San Mateo County Historical Association · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    California State Railroad Museum Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Hillsborough Schools Foundation · Hillsborough, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    People'S Fund of Maui · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    San Mateo County Historical Association · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    California State Railroad Museum Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Hillsborough Schools Foundation · Hillsborough, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Hospital De La Familia Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $8,500

    Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $8,000

    Nordstrom Home & School Club · Morgan Hill, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $7,000

    Nordstrom Home & School Club · Morgan Hill, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $6,500

    San Francisco Zoological Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $6,000

    Call Primrose · Burlingame, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $6,000

    Osu Foundation · Corvallis, OR · 2024

    General operations

  • $6,000

    Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,001

    San Francisco Zoological Society · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Call Primrose · Burlingame, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Hillsborough Beautification Foundation · Hillsborough, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Nevada County Arts Council · Nevada City, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Samaritan House · San Mateo, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Wineries of Santa Clara Valley · San Martin, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Burlingame Library Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Hillsborough Beautification Foundation · Hillsborough, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Northern California Center for the Arts · Grass Valley, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Samaritan House · San Mateo, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    San Mateo Library Foundation · San Mateo, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Burlingame Library Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Filoli · Woodside, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Hillsborough Beautification Foundation · Hillsborough, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum · Nevada City, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Samaritan House · San Mateo, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    San Mateo Library Foundation · San Mateo, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Burlingame Library Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Filoli · Woodside, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Hillsborough Beautification Foundation · Hillsborough, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    National Society of Colonial Dames of America Resident State of Calif · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    San Francisco Zoological Society · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    San Mateo County Health Foundation · San Mateo, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    San Mateo County Historical Association · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Save the American River Association · Orangevale, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Soroptimist International of Cameron Park and El Dorado Hills · Shingle Springs, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $4,000

    Nordstrom Home & School Club · Morgan Hill, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $4,000

    Nevada California Oregon Railway · Alturas, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Santa Clara County Library District · Campbell, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Call Primrose · Burlingame, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Interfaith Community Social Services · Sonora, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Leadership Morgan Hill · Morgan Hill, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,500

    Burlingame Library Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $2,500

    San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General 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.