Funding search · EIN 883172642 · Oakland, CA

James B Chanin Foundation

Name: James B Chanin Foundation grants, 2024–2025
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.

86
grants reported: $232,500
total given: 2024–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2024–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community advance legal youth future immigrants oakland services

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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.

Alameda County Food Bank2 grants · $25,000
Uc Berkeley2 grants · $24,000
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights2 grants · $20,000
Alameda Health System Foundation2 grants · $17,500
Temple Sinai2 grants · $11,500
Jewish Family & Childrens Services2 grants · $11,000
San Francisco Opera2 grants · $10,000
Trybe2 grants · $7,500
Planned Parenthood Texas2 grants · $6,000
Hias1 grant · $5,500

Giving over time

$106,000

2024

$126,500

2025

Grant history

All 86 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Alameda County Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2025
Ensure the community has nourishment
$14,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To support the enrichment of student
$12,500
Alameda Health System Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2025
Advance health equity
$10,000
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Dismantle oppression and racism
$10,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2025
To support the enrichment of student
$10,000
Alameda County Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2024
Ensure the community has nourishment
$10,000
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Dismantle oppression and racism
$9,500
Temple Sinai · Oakland, CA · 2024
Promote causes within community
$6,000
Jewish Family & Childrens Services · Concord, CA · 2025
Immigration legal services for famil
$5,500
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
Provide services for refugees
$5,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Bring tansformative power of opera
$5,000
Alameda Health System Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Advance health equity
$5,000
Jewish Family & Childrens Services · Concord, CA · 2024
Immigration legal services for famil
$5,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Bring tansformative power of opera
$5,000
Trybe · Oakland, CA · 2024
Serve youth, families in oakland
$3,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To provide quality programming
$3,000
National Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Educate & inspire future generations
$3,000
Planned Parenthood Texas · Dallas, TX · 2025
Quality healthcare for women
$3,000
Planned Parenthood Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Quality healthcare for women
$2,500
Asian Health Services · Oakland, CA · 2025
To support the asian american commun
$2,500
Centro Legal De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2025
Justice for immigrants
$2,500
La Clinica · Oakland, CA · 2025
Help uninsured families
$2,500
Trybe · Oakland, CA · 2025
Serve youth, families in oakland
$2,500
Amer Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2024
Help with isreals emergency response
$2,500
Isra Aid · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
Community led sustainable solutions
$2,000
Anderson Valley Land Trust · Boonville, CA · 2025
Develop conservation easements
$2,000
Catham Unviersity · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
To educate future american
$2,000
East Bay Law Community Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2025
Advance racial equity in east bay
$2,000
Health Access California · Oakland, CA · 2025
Improve lives or patients and public
$2,000
Hendy Wood Community · Philo, CA · 2025
To update trails in pomo community
$2,000
Mississippi Free Press · Jackson, MS · 2025
Journalism to tell miss. History
$2,000
Oakland Parks and Rec · Oakland, CA · 2025
Recrecational program for community
$2,000
Oaklandside · Oakland, CA · 2025
To get oakland residence information
$2,000
Plan International · Providence, RI · 2025
Life saving aid to children
$2,000
Street Level Health Project · Oakland, CA · 2025
Help low/no income immigrants
$2,000
Temple Sinai · Oakland, CA · 2025
Promote causes within community
$2,000
Anderson Valley Land Trust · Boonville, CA · 2024
Develop conservation easements
$2,000
Centro Legal De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2024
Justice for immigrants
$2,000
East Bay Law Community Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Advance racial equity in east bay
$2,000
Friends of Oakland Parks · Oakland, CA · 2024
Enhancing parks and neighborhoods
$2,000
Health Access California · Oakland, CA · 2024
Improve lives or patients and public
$2,000
Hendy Wood Community · Philo, CA · 2024
To update trails in pomo community
$2,000
La Clinica · Oakland, CA · 2024
Help uninsured families
$2,000
Mississippi Free Press · Jackson, MS · 2024
Journalism to tell miss. Histroy
$2,000
Street Level Health Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Help low/no income immigrants
$1,000
Copwatch · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Organizing around police misconduct
$1,000
Ebayc - East Bay Asian Youth Center · Oakland, CA · 2025
Support low wealth and high risk
$1,000
Elevated Access · Champaign, IL · 2025
To help everyone access healthcare
$1,000
Florence Immigration & Refuge · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Legal services for immigrants
$1,000
Huckleberry House · Columbus, OH · 2025
Empowering youth in community
$1,000
Kids Care Everywhere · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Provide clinicans with medical infor
$1,000
Kzyx Radio · Philo, CA · 2025
Provide vital emergency information
$1,000
Lawyers for Children · New York, NY · 2025
Provide legal support for children
$1,000
Midwest Academy · Chicago, IL · 2025
Tools to make progressive changes
$1,000
Mississippi Center for Justice · Jackson, MS · 2025
Advance racial, economic justice
$1,000
New Isreal Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Fighting for rights of israelis
$1,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2025
Protect artic reserve & wildlife
$1,000
Oakland Museum of Ca Annual Fund · Oakland, CA · 2025
Create vibrant future for ca
$1,000
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Bring exceptional art to the public
$1,000
The East Oakland Collective · Oakland, CA · 2025
Providing advocay for oakland indiv,
$1,000
The Jewish Association On Aging · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Help seniors with diginity
$1,000
The Watermens Alliance · Del Mar, CA · 2025
Restore balance in eco system
$1,000
University of Pittsburg Falk School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
To provide exception eduction
$1,000
West Marin Scholorship Program · Inverness, CA · 2025
Make college affordable
$1,000
Willie Keyes Recreation Center · Oakland, CA · 2025
Provide community certer for youth
$1,000
Build House · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Residenital program for disabilities
$1,000
Campaign for Southern Equality · Asheville, NC · 2024
Strenght lgbtq community in south
$1,000
Huckleberry House · Columbus, OH · 2024
Empowering youth in community
$1,000
Lawyers for Children · New York, NY · 2024
Provide legal support for children
$1,000
Midwest Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Tools to make progressive changes
$1,000
Mississippi Center for Justice · Jackson, MS · 2024
Advance racial, economic justice
$1,000
National Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Educate & inspire future generations
$1,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2024
Protect artic reserve & wildlife
$1,000
Oakland Museum of Ca Annual Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
Create vibrant future for ca
$1,000
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Bring exceptional art to the public
$1,000
Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Legal and social services provider
$1,000
The Jewish Association On Aging · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Help seniors with diginity
$1,000
The Oaklandside · Oakland, CA · 2024
Amplify community voices
$1,000
The Watermens Alliance · Del Mar, CA · 2024
Restore balance in eco system
$1,000
Willie Keyes Recreation Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
Provide community certer for youth
$500
American Lung Association · Oakland, CA · 2025
To end lung cancer
$500
California Historical Radio Society · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Restoration of early radio
$500
Oakland Ballet · Oakland, CA · 2025
Reflect the diversity in oakland
$500
California Historical Radio Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Restoration of early radio
$500
Copwatch · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Organizing around police misconduct
$500
Leland Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To fund the libraries special fund

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