Funding search · EIN 261506996 · San Francisco, CA
The Sanford & Linda Gallanter 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.
- 87
- grants reported
- $2.2M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $6,000
- 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
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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.
- New Israel Fund3 grants · $660,000
- San Francisco Jewish Community Center3 grants · $620,000
- J Street Education Fund3 grants · $255,000
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation3 grants · $100,000
- San Francisco Food Bank3 grants · $65,000
- Alliance for Justice3 grants · $50,000
- Planned Parenthood3 grants · $50,000
- World Central Kitchen3 grants · $32,000
- Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $30,000
- Common Cause Education Fund3 grants · $25,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 87 reported grants, largest first.
- $375,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Community support
- $320,000
San Francisco Jewish Community Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community support
- $200,000
San Francisco Jewish Community Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $180,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Community support
- $150,000
J Street Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Community support
- $105,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Community support
- $100,000
San Francisco Jewish Community Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community support
- $55,000
J Street Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Community support
- $50,000
J Street Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Community support
- $37,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community support
- $37,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $30,000
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community support
- $25,000
Planned Parenthood · Washingtgon, DC · 2024
Community support
- $25,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community support
- $25,000
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $20,000
Alliance for Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
Community support
- $15,000
Alliance for Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024
Community support
- $15,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Community support
- $15,000
World Central Kitchen · Washingtgon, DC · 2024
Community support
- $15,000
Alliance for Justice · Oakland, CA · 2022
Community support
- $15,000
Jewish Familty and Children'S Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $12,500
Planned Parenthood · Washingtgon, DC · 2023
Community support
- $12,500
Planned Parenthood · Washingtgon, DC · 2022
Community support
- $11,000
Options Recovery Services · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Community support
- $11,000
World Central Kitchen · Washingtgon, DC · 2022
Community support
- $10,000
Camp Towonga · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community support
- $10,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washingtgon, DC · 2024
Community support
- $10,000
Move On Education · Washingtgon, DC · 2024
Community support
- $10,000
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community support
- $10,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community support
- $10,000
Move On Education · Washingtgon, DC · 2023
Community support
- $10,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washingtgon, DC · 2022
Community support
- $10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Community support
- $10,000
Hias · Silver Springs, MD · 2022
Community support
- $10,000
Inequality Media · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Community support
- $10,000
Meals On Wheels · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $8,000
B'Nai Torah · Ormond Beach, FL · 2024
Community support
- $7,500
Inequality Media · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Community support
- $7,500
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community support
- $7,500
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $6,300
Temple Emanu-El · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community support
- $6,000
World Central Kitchen · Washingtgon, DC · 2023
Community support
- $6,000
B'Nai Torah · Ormond Beach, FL · 2022
Community support
- $6,000
Temple Emanu-El · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $5,000
American Legal Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Community support
- $5,000
Citizens Climate Education · Coronado, CA · 2024
Community support
- $5,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024
Community support
- $5,000
Meals On Wheels · San Francisco, CA · 2024
.community support
- $5,000
Moment Magazine · Washington, DC · 2024
Community support
- $5,000
Parkinsons Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community suipport
- $5,000
San Francisco Jewish Film Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community support
- $5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Community support
- $5,000
B'Nai Torah · Ormond Beach, FL · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Camp Towonga · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Citizens Climate Education · Coronado, CA · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washingtgon, DC · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Inequality Media · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Moment Magazine · Washington, DC · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Naacp Education Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
New Lehrhaus · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Parkinsons Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community suipport
- $5,000
San Francisco Jewish Film Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community support
- $5,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022
Community support
- $5,000
Jewish Film Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $5,000
Kovno Communications · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Community support
- $5,000
Move On Education · Washingtgon, DC · 2022
Community support
- $2,500
Kalw · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community support
- $2,500
Hias · Silver Springs, MD · 2023
Community support
- $2,500
Camp Towonga · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $2,500
Kalw · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community support
- $2,000
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community support
- $2,000
Special Olympics Northern California · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2024
Community support
- $2,000
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
Community support
- $1,000
Hide and Seek Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Community support
- $1,000
Naacp Education Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Community support
- $1,000
National Wildlife Foundation · Centennial, CO · 2024
Community support
- $1,000
New Lehrhaus · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Community support
- $1,000
Sierra Club Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community support
- $1,000
Bay Area Community Services · Oakland, CA · 2023
.community support
- $1,000
Future Coalition · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community support
- $1,000
Hide and Seek Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Community support
- $1,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2023
Community support
- $1,000
Montana Free Press · Helena, MT · 2022
Community support
- $500
Fromm Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community support
- $500
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022
Community support
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