Funding search · EIN 770272230 · Woodside, CA

The Markkula Foundation

Name: The Markkula Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

56
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School3 grants · $550,000
San Francisco 49er Foundation3 grants · $244,700
Santa Clara University3 grants · $115,500
Certell1 grant · $50,000
Judicial Watch1 grant · $50,000
Pbs Foundation1 grant · $50,000
The Nature Conservancy of California1 grant · $40,000
Leadership Institute2 grants · $30,000
Pacific Legal Foundation1 grant · $25,000
The Heritage Foundation1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$246,500

2022

$704,150

2023

$485,246

2024

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$275,000
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School · San Jose, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$250,000
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School · San Jose, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$111,200
San Francisco 49er Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$75,000
San Francisco 49er Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$58,500
San Francisco 49er Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$50,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
unrestricted
$50,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
unrestricted
$50,000
Certell · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
unrestricted
$43,500
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$43,500
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$40,000
The Nature Conservancy of California · San Francisco, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$28,500
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$25,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$25,000
The Heritage Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$25,000
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School · San Jose, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$20,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
unrestricted
$20,000
El Camino Hospital Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$20,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
unrestricted
$15,000
Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation · Sun Valley, ID · 2023
unrestricted
$10,250
Resurge International · Sunnyvale, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Montalvo Association · Saratoga, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Americans for Prosperity Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
National Right To Work Legal Defense Fdn · Springfield, VA · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Recovery Cafe San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Renown Health Foundation · Reno, NV · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Resurge International · Sunnyvale, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
unrestricted
$6,000
Alaska Raptor Center · Sitka, AK · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Jw House · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Epilepsy Foundation · Bowie, MD · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Jw House · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Shriners Children'S · Tampa, FL · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
St Vincent De Paul Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$4,096
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$3,000
Next Door Solutions To Domestic Violence · San Jose, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$2,000
Lifemoves · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$2,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$1,200
Cityteam Ministries · San Jose, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$1,100
Filoli Center · Woodside, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
Avenidas · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
Chp 11-99 Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
Cityteam Ministries · San Jose, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Protection · Portola Valley, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
Cityteam Ministries · San Jose, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$50
Aspca · New York, NY · 2023
unrestricted

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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.