Funding search · EIN 680122138 · Lafayette, CA

The Placzek Family Foundation

Name: The Placzek Family 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.

79
grants reported: $232,575
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
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 education causes activites healthcare

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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.

Ucsf - Hematology Pulmunology Palliative Care Departments2 grants · $35,000
Ucsf Foundation1 grant · $21,000
Acalanes High School Auto Shop4 grants · $18,000
Paul Projects1 grant · $17,486
Opu Organization for Aid To Refugees2 grants · $10,400
Stetl Fest2 grants · $7,700
Lafayette Partners in Education2 grants · $7,500
Transports To Truth1 grant · $7,000
George Placzek Scholarship2 grants · $6,000
Lindsay Wildlife Experience2 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$71,475

2022

$74,600

2023

$86,500

2024

Grant history

All 79 reported grants, largest first.

$21,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support various activities
$19,000
Ucsf - Hematology Pulmunology Palliative Care Departments · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support Healthcare
$17,486
Paul Projects · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support various activities
$16,000
Ucsf - Hematology Pulmunology Palliative Care Departments · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support Healthcare
$11,000
Acalanes High School Auto Shop · Lafayette, CA · 2024
Support Various Activities
$7,000
Transports To Truth · Great Falls, VA · 2022
Support various activities
$6,000
Opu Organization for Aid To Refugees · 2024
Support CZ Causes
$5,500
Lafayette Partners in Education · Lafayette, CA · 2023
Support Various Activities
$5,300
Lafayette Partners in Education · Lafayette, CA · 2022
Support various activities
$4,500
Stetl Fest · 2024
Support CZ Causes
$4,400
Opu Organization for Aid To Refugees · 2023
Support CZ Causes
$4,000
Acalanes High School Auto Shop · Lafayette, CA · 2024
Support Education / Community
$4,000
George Placzek Scholarship · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support CZ Causes
$3,300
Jewish Community of Brno · 2024
Support CZ Causes
$3,200
Stetl Fest · 2023
Support CZ Causes
$3,000
Als Therapy Dev Institute · Watertown, MA · 2024
Support Healthcare
$3,000
Lindsay Wildlife Experience · Walnut Creek, CA · 2024
Support Education / Community
$3,000
Olympic Valley Fire Fighters Association · Valley Center, CA · 2024
Support Various Activities
$3,000
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support Education / Community
$3,000
East Bay Regional Parks Foundation · Castro Valley, CA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$3,000
Lindsay Wildlife Experience · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$3,000
George Placzek Scholarship · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Support various activities
$3,000
Ucsf Cardiology Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support various activites
$2,664
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support various activities
$2,200
Mehrin Moravian Jewish Museum · 2024
Support CZ Causes
$2,200
Diocesan Caritas Brno · 2023
Support CZ Causes
$2,200
Jewish Community of Brno · 2023
Support CZ Causes
$2,200
Mehrin Moravian Jewish Museum · 2023
Support CZ Causes
$2,000
Acalanes High School Performing Arts · Lafayette, CA · 2024
Support Various Activities
$2,000
Berkeley Public Schools Fund · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support Education / Community
$2,000
Friends of Germanics · Washington, DC · 2024
Support Education / Community
$2,000
Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church · Lafayette, LA · 2024
Support Various Activities
$2,000
Lafayette Partners in Education · Lafayette, CA · 2024
Support Various Activities
$2,000
Regional Parks Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support Various Activities
$2,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Support Education / Community
$2,000
Acalanes High School Auto Shop · Lafayette, CA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$2,000
Acalanes High School Performing Arts · Lafayette, CA · 2023
Support Various Activities
$2,000
Alameda County Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$2,000
Als Therapy Dev Institute · Watertown, MA · 2023
Support Healthcare
$2,000
Berkeley Public Schools Fund · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Support Education / Community
$2,000
George Placzek Scholarship · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Support CZ Causes
$2,000
Lafayette Presbyterian Church · Lafayette, CA · 2023
Support Various Activities
$2,000
University of Washington - Germanics Department · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$2,000
Berkeley Public Schools Fund · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Support various activities
$1,800
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Support Education / Community
$1,500
Als Therapy Dev Institute · Watertown, MA · 2022
Support various activities
$1,100
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$1,000
Acalanes High School Parents Club · Lafayette, CA · 2024
Support Various Activities
$1,000
Alameda County Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support Education / Community
$1,000
Animal Rescue Foundation · Theodore, AL · 2024
Support Various Activities
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Support Education / Community
$1,000
Lafayette All-American Football Assoc · Lafayette, CA · 2024
Support Education / Community
$1,000
Operation Encore · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support Education / Community
$1,000
Rescue 1 Foundation · Moraga, CA · 2024
Support Various Activities
$1,000
Silverton Area Chamber of Commerce · Silverton, CO · 2024
Support Education / Community
$1,000
Transports To Truth · Great Falls, VA · 2024
Support CZ Causes
$1,000
Acalanes High School Auto Shop · Lafayette, CA · 2023
Support Various Activities
$1,000
American Red Cross · Pomona, CA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$1,000
Animal Rescue Foundation · Theodore, AL · 2023
Support Various Activities
$1,000
Jewish Museum in Prague · 2023
Support CZ Causes
$1,000
Olympic Valley Fire Fighters Association · Valley Center, CA · 2023
Support Various Activities
$1,000
Operation Encore · Arlington, VA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$1,000
Save the Bay · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support Education / Community
$1,000
Transports To Truth · Great Falls, VA · 2023
Support CZ Causes
$1,000
American Red Cross · Pomona, CA · 2022
Support various activites
$1,000
American White Water · Sylva, NC · 2022
Support various activities
$1,000
Animal Rescue Foundation · Theodore, AL · 2022
Support various activities
$1,000
Dr Mattew Kulke Research Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Support various activities
$1,000
Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church · Lafayette, CA · 2022
Support various activities
$1,000
Olympic Valley Fire Fighters Association · Vally Center, CA · 2022
Support various activities
$1,000
Ucsf Gi Surgery & Oncology Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support various activites
$500
Acalanes High School Boosters Athletics · Lafayette, CA · 2024
Support Various Activities
$500
Acalanes High School Boosters Athletics · Lafayette, CA · 2023
Support Various Activities
$500
Acalanes High School Parents Club · Lafayette, CA · 2023
Support Various Activities
$500
Health Networks Foundation · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
Support various activities
$500
Regional Parks Foundation · Castro Valley, CA · 2022
Support various activities
$300
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2022
Support various activites
$225
Acalanes High School Autoshop · Lafayette, CA · 2022
Support various activities

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