Funding search · EIN 136185716 · Palo Alto, CA

Memorial Fund

Name: Memorial Fund 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.

95
grants reported: $266,670
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,000
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.

What they fund

community outreach arts public service medical research education

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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.

Jewish Communal Fund1 grant · $36,000
Fidelity Charitable Gifts1 grant · $36,000
Mark and Cynthia Ross Family Charitable Trust Co Tag Associates1 grant · $16,000
Compassion and Choices3 grants · $16,000
Toni Ross Charitable Trust Co Tag Associates1 grant · $16,000
Stanford University1 grant · $15,000
Second Harvest Food Bank3 grants · $14,500
Jewish Community Federation2 grants · $14,000
End of Life Choices2 grants · $10,000
Ecumenical Hunger Program3 grants · $9,000

Giving over time

$85,940

2022

$135,770

2023

$44,960

2024

Grant history

All 95 reported grants, largest first.

$36,000
Fidelity Charitable Gifts · Boston, MA · 2023
Community outreach
$36,000
Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Community outreach
$16,000
Mark and Cynthia Ross Family Charitable Trust Co Tag Associates · New York, NY · 2022
Community outreach
$16,000
Toni Ross Charitable Trust Co Tag Associates · New York, NY · 2022
Community outreach
$15,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Education
$9,000
Jewish Community Federation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$7,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2024
Community outreach
$6,000
Compassion and Choices · Portland, OR · 2023
Medical research
$5,000
Compassion and Choices · Portland, OR · 2024
Medical research
$5,000
End of Life Choices · Solana Beach, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Carlos, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$5,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
Community outreach
$5,000
End of Life Choices · Solana Beach, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$5,000
Jewish Community Federation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Carlos, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$5,000
Compassion and Choices · Portland, OR · 2022
Medical research
$5,000
Mission Hospice · San Mateo, CA · 2022
Medical research
$4,500
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Carlos, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$4,000
Ecumenical Hunger Program · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$4,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
Community outreach
$3,350
Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2023
Community outreach
$3,000
Berkeley High School Development Group · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$3,000
Ground Game Fund · Austin, TX · 2023
Community outreach
$3,000
Palo Alto Community Fund · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Arts - public service
$3,000
Ecumenical Hunger Program · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$2,500
All Americans Vote · Washington, DC · 2024
Community outreach
$2,500
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Community outreach
$2,000
Palo Alto Community Fund · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Arts - public service
$2,000
Community Foundation for Monterey · Monterey, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$2,000
Congregation Beth Am Adult Education Fund · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$2,000
Ecumenical Hunger Program · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$2,000
Mission Hospice · San Mateo, CA · 2023
Medical research
$2,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
Community outreach
$1,500
Kara Fund · Cicero, NY · 2024
Community outreach
$1,500
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts - public service
$1,500
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$1,500
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Arts - public service
$1,500
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Arts - public service
$1,250
Kara Fund · Cicero, NY · 2023
Community outreach
$1,000
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$1,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Education
$1,000
Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$1,000
Amherst College Alumni Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$1,000
East Palo Alto Charter School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Kaplen Jc Fund · Tenafly, NJ · 2023
Community outreach
$1,000
Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$1,000
Peninsula School Annual Fund · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Amherst College Alumni Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Avenidas · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$1,000
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$1,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · Washington, DC · 2022
Community outreach
$1,000
Woodside Priory School · Portola Valley, CA · 2022
Education
$500
Avenidas · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$500
Bootstrap Theatre Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$500
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Education
$500
Nclej · New York, NY · 2024
Community outreach
$500
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$500
Tisch Ms Research Center of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Medical research
$500
Whc Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024
Community outreach
$500
Asian Art Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$500
Camp Bob Waldorf · Glendale, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$500
Children'S National Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Medical research
$500
Lighthouse for the Blind · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$500
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$500
Tisch Ms Research Center of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Medical research
$500
Downtown Streets Team · San Jose, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$300
Southwest Harbor Public Library · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2024
Education
$250
Bay Area Cancer Connections · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Medical research
$250
Friends of Gamble Garden · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Arts - public service
$250
Bay Area Cancer Connections · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Medical research
$220
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Arts - public service
$200
Alzheimer Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Medical research
$200
Hadassah · New York, NY · 2023
Community outreach
$200
The Museum of Modern Art Ny - Nymoma · New York, NY · 2023
Arts - public service
$200
Alzheimer Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Medical research
$200
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$150
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Community outreach
$150
Delaware Food Bank · Newark, DE · 2023
Community outreach
$150
Fine Arts Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Arts - public service
$140
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022
Arts - public service
$110
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Arts - public service
$100
Asian Art Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$100
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$100
Cantor Arts Museum · Stanford, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$100
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024
Arts - public service
$100
Cantor Arts Museum · Stanford, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$100
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023
Arts - public service
$100
Cantor Arts Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$100
Caring Bridge · Albert Lea, MN · 2022
Medical research
$100
Friends of Gamble Garden · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Arts - public service
$100
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Arts - public service
$100
Wnyc - New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022
Arts - public service

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