Funding search · EIN 943399829 · Orinda, CA
Novogradac Rivers 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.
- 40
- grants reported
- $1.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $12,223
- 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
neurosurgerybaseinnovationresearchskullasssitancematchingchallenge
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Stanford University2 grants · $310,000
- University of Pittsburgh3 grants · $260,000
- Northwell Health Foundation3 grants · $250,000
- Head-Royce School1 grant · $200,000
- Mike Rowe Works Foundation2 grants · $157,902
- Stanford School of Medicine1 grant · $110,000
- Claremont McKenna College3 grants · $78,892
- Rutgers University Foundation2 grants · $70,200
- UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center1 grant · $53,150
- Okizu2 grants · $37,537
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $200,000
Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2024
General assistance
- $200,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General asssitance
- $200,000
Head-Royce School · Oakland, CA · 2023
General assistance
- $200,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Neurosurgery skull base research and innovation fund
- $147,902
Mike Rowe Works Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Matching contributions
- $110,000
Stanford School of Medicine · Stanford, CA · 2023
$100,000 general assistance; $10,000 neurosurgery, dr. Robert dodd
- $110,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General assistance
- $53,150
UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General assistance
- $50,000
Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2024
General asssitance
- $50,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Neurosurgery skull base research and innovation fund
- $50,000
Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
General assistance
- $30,000
Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2023
General assistance
- $20,200
Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024
General assistance
- $20,000
Institute for Sexual Medicine · San Diego, CA · 2023
General assistance
- $20,000
Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2022
2022 pledge
- $20,000
Okizu · Novato, CA · 2022
Kohalo support
- $17,537
Okizu · Novato, CA · 2023
Donation match - general assistance
- $15,000
The Athenian School · Danville, CA · 2024
Excellent educator grant
- $14,446
Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2023
Parents funds, softball team and 1946 challenge
- $14,446
Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2022
General assistance
- $10,000
Mike Rowe Works Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General assistance; matching contributions
- $10,000
Alameda County Health Care Services Agency · San Leandro, CA · 2023
Ucsf
- $10,000
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General assistance
- $10,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Neurosurgery skull base research and innovation fund
- $5,000
Stand With Ukraine Dba To Ukraine With Love · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General assistance
- $5,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
Ukraine humanitarian crisis
- $3,000
The Community Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
General assistance
- $2,000
Oakland Girls Softball League · Oakland, CA · 2024
General assistance
- $2,000
Oakland Girls Softball League · Oakland, CA · 2023
General assistance
- $1,500
The Cancer League · Oakland, CA · 2024
General assistance
- $1,250
The Nhp Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General assistance
- $1,250
The Nhp Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General assistance
- $1,250
The Nhp Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General assistance
- $1,000
St Gerard'S Women Club · San Lorenzo, CA · 2023
General assistance
- $1,000
Oakland Girls Softball League · Oakland, CA · 2022
General assistance
- $1,000
Redwood Forest Foundation · Fort Bragg, CA · 2022
General assistance
- $500
Catholic Charities · Washington, DC · 2022
Laverne c mullen
- $468
Kids Alive International · Valparaiso, IN · 2022
General assistance
- $100
Urban Land Institute Annual Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General assistance
- $100
Urban Land Institute Annual Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General assistance
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