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Koshland Foundation

Name: Koshland Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

70
grants reported: $14.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $200,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Oakland Reach5 grants · $1.3M
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation5 grants · $1.1M
New Teacher Center4 grants · $1.0M
New Leaders2 grants · $1.0M
Families in Action for Quality Education3 grants · $900,000
Modern Classrooms Project2 grants · $810,250
Oakland Public Education Fund4 grants · $800,000
Oakland Promise3 grants · $750,000
Business United in Investing Lending and Development (Build)2 grants · $650,000
Alder Graduate School of Education3 grants · $600,000

Giving over time

$3.7M

2021

$3.6M

2022

$4.3M

2023

$3.3M

2024

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
New Leaders · New York, NY · 2024
To support the network superintendents program and the coaching and strategic support program.
$500,000
New Leaders · New York, NY · 2023
Leadership networks program.
$500,000
New Leaders · New York, NY · 2021
Support for the leadership network program with oakland usd
$444,310
Modern Classrooms Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Support the modern classroms project in oakland.
$425,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support.
$400,000
Families in Action for Quality Education · Oakland, CA · 2024
Continuing support of the a-g family communication campaign within the oakland unified school district.
$400,000
Business United in Investing Lending and Development (Build) · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Charitable operations.
$365,940
Modern Classrooms Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for launch and implementation of project in oakland ca
$333,334
Oakland Reach · Oakland, CA · 2023
Oakland reach programs that serve oakland students and families.
$333,333
Oakland Reach · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for oakland reach program for students and families
$333,333
Oakland Reach · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for plans to modify and scale multigenerational solutions to service oakland students
$332,375
Teaching Well · Oakland, CA · 2023
Continuing program support and expansion surrounding oakland teachers and educators with emphasis on teacher retention.
$332,375
Teaching Well · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for program and expansion for oakland, ca teachers and educators
$330,000
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development (Build) · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Support for the build vision of entrepreneurship education for oakland youth
$300,000
New Teacher Center · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To support the program partnership with the oakland unified school district.
$300,000
Instruction Partners · Nashville, TN · 2023
Instructional leadership.
$300,000
New Teacher Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Cultivating literacy instruction through high quality coaching.
$300,000
Families in Action for Quality Education · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for family led ag policy change within oakland usd
$300,000
Instruction Partners · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for instructional leadership work in oakland ca within oakland usd
$300,000
New Teacher Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Support for the deepening & expanding new teacher center's work in oakland usd
$250,000
Ambition Angels · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Expanding the ambition app and program.
$250,000
Business United in Investing Lending and Development (Build) · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Charitable operations.
$250,000
Oakland Promise · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support the kindergarten to college program within the oakland unified school district.
$250,000
Ambition Angels · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Expanding the ambition app and program.
$250,000
Oakland Promise · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for kindergarten to college program within oakland usd
$250,000
Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for mayor's education team to advance educational equity in oakland
$250,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for abdo collaboration with maker education initiative
$250,000
Oakland Promise · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for kindergarten to college program with oakland usd
$250,000
Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for mayor's education team to advance educational equity in oakland
$250,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for abdo collaboration with maker education initiative
$235,000
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development (Build) · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Support for the build vision of entrepreneurship education for oakland youth
$230,000
New Classrooms Innovation Partners · Jersey City, NJ · 2023
New classrooms furthering the opportunity to introduce personalized, competency-based learning in math (roadmaps) to schools across oakland.
$217,056
Zearn · New York, NY · 2021
Support for the zearn program within the oakland usd
$200,000
Alder Graduate School of Education · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Operations and growth of alder gse's residency and recruitment program.
$200,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Fiscally sponsored project - agency by design oakland.
$200,000
Alder Graduate School of Education · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Operations and growth of alder gse's residency and recruitment program.
$200,000
Alder Graduate School of Education · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Support for growth of residency program in oakland
$200,000
Families in Action for Quality Education · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for a-g family communication campaign within oakland usd
$200,000
Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for closing the digital divide tech support for oakland students
$200,000
Oakland Reach · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for the virtual family hub program
$171,000
Bay Area Community Resources · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Booknook after school program.
$165,000
Education Analytics · Madison, WI · 2021
Support for needs index 2.0 collaborative project for oakland usd
$164,850
Kipp Public Schools N California · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for booknook tutoring after school program
$155,000
Oakland Public Education Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Needs index project.
$150,000
Center for Curriculum Redesign · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
One-year project to complete the design of assessments for the collaboration competency.
$150,000
Lead Liberated · Oakland, CA · 2023
Anti racist collective program.
$150,000
Education Analytics · Madison, WI · 2022
Support for needs index collaborative project for oakland usd
$125,000
Groundswell Network · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Needs index project.
$125,000
Groundswell Network · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Needs index project.
$125,000
Educate78 · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for antiracist collective program for instructional leaders within oakland usd
$100,000
Educators for Excellence · New York, NY · 2024
To support programs that benefit oakland unified school district.
$100,000
National Equity Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support for the black teacher project (btp) for oakland schools.
$100,000
Oakland Genesis Soccer Club · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support the oakland afterschool community soccer program.
$100,000
Educators for Excellence · New York, NY · 2023
Partnering with the columbia university center for public research and leadership.
$100,000
National Equity Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support for the black teacher project (btp) for oakland schools.
$100,000
Educators for Excellence · New York, NY · 2022
Support for campaign strategy assessed and report
$100,000
New Teacher Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Support for the deepening & expanding new teacher center's work in oakland usd
$100,000
Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for closing the digital divide tech support for oakland students
$100,000
Envision Education · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for the deeper learning leadership forum
$100,000
Kingmakers of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for partnership with oakland usd for kingmakers prof. Learning community
$90,000
Ace Charter School · San Jose, CA · 2021
Support for the needs index 2.0 project collaboration with oakland usd
$75,000
Bellwether Education Partners · Sudbury, MA · 2022
Support for highest needs students campaign
$75,000
Oakland Reach · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for documenting cba campaign from center on reinventng public education
$75,000
The Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for the needs index 2.0 project collaboration with oakland usd
$50,000
Education Pioneers · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support within oakland schools.
$50,000
Bellwether Education Partners · Sudbury, MA · 2021
Support for highest needs students campaign
$25,000
Bay Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Community investment fund.
$25,000
Oakland Genesis Soccer Club · Oakland, CA · 2023
Sobrante park field development project.
$25,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for abdo proposal for cultivating systemic change in oakland schools
$25,000
Maker Education Initiative · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Support for abdo proposal for cultivating systemic change in oakland schools

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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.