Funding search · EIN 202956444 · Los Altos Hills, CA

Rock Paper Scissors Foundation

Name: Rock Paper Scissors 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.

46
grants reported: $3.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $80,000
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 medical tusk

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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.

Doctors Without Borders USA3 grants · $750,000
Pinewood School3 grants · $360,500
Aclu Foundation3 grants · $300,000
Carter Center3 grants · $300,000
Grameen Foundation3 grants · $240,000
International Red Cross3 grants · $240,000
Direct Relief International3 grants · $240,000
Eastside Preparatory School3 grants · $240,000
Global Partners for Development3 grants · $240,000
One Acre Fund3 grants · $240,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$250,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$250,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
Community support
$170,500
Pinewood School · Los Altos, CA · 2023
General support
$140,000
Pinewood School · Los Altos, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Aclu Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$100,000
Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Aclu Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$100,000
Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Aclu Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Community support
$100,000
Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Community support
$80,000
Direct Relief International · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
$80,000
Eastside Preparatory School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
$80,000
Global Partners for Development · Rohnert Park, CA · 2024
General support
$80,000
Grameen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$80,000
International Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$80,000
One Acre Fund · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
$80,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$80,000
Direct Relief International · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
$80,000
Eastside Preparatory School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General support
$80,000
Global Partners for Development · Rohnert Park, CA · 2023
General support
$80,000
Grameen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$80,000
International Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$80,000
One Acre Fund · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
$80,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$80,000
Direct Relief International · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Community support
$80,000
Eastside Preparatory School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Education
$80,000
Global Partners for Development · Rohnert Park, CA · 2022
Community support
$80,000
Grameen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Community support
$80,000
International Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Medical
$80,000
One Acre Fund · Evanston, IL · 2022
Community support
$80,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Community support
$50,000
Pinewood School · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Grant for tusk charitable organization
$10,000
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Woodland School · Portola Valley, CA · 2022
Education
$5,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Palo Alto Humane Society · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Palo Alto Humane Society · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
$5,000
Palo Alto Humane Society · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Community support
$1,000
Arbor Day School · San Carlos, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Okizu Foundation · Novato, CA · 2023
General support

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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.