Funding search · EIN 874111703 · Mountain View, CA

Shaotran Family 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.

70
grants reported
$442,952
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$822
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

collegeharvardbotanicalgardenrausserthrivehiartsberkeley

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Top recipients

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  • Dafgiving3602 grants · $332,000
  • Harvard University2 grants · $15,000
  • University of California - Berkeley3 grants · $11,860
  • New Energy Nexus3 grants · $11,000
  • Harvard University1 grant · $7,000
  • The Pacific American Foundation1 grant · $5,000
  • Center for Excellence in Education4 grants · $5,000
  • University of California Berkeley1 grant · $5,000
  • Blind Vietnamese Children Foundation1 grant · $5,000
  • Pacific American Foundation1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$28,904
2022
$34,764
2023
$176,814
2024
$202,470
2025

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

  • $177,000

    Dafgiving360 · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $155,000

    Dafgiving360 · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support for harvard college fund

  • $7,000

    Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support for harvard college fund

  • $6,360

    University of California - Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    Botanical Garden and Rausser College Fund General Support

  • $5,000

    Pacific American Foundation · Kailua, HI · 2025

    ThriveHI Program General Support

  • $5,000

    The Pacific American Foundation · Kailua, HI · 2024

    ThriveHI Program General Support

  • $5,000

    New Energy Nexus · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    University of California - Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Formula Electric at Berkeley

  • $5,000

    Blind Vietnamese Children Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $5,000

    Good Shepherd Parish · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $5,000

    Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2022

    To support the faculty of arts & sciences for the harvard college fund

  • $5,000

    New Energy Nexus · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To support and build equity into global clean energy economy

  • $5,000

    University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    The rausser college fund for natual resources

  • $3,110

    Filoli Center · Woodside, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $2,500

    Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Center for Excellence in Education · McLean, VA · 2023

    general support

  • $1,000

    Center for Excellence in Education · McLean, VA · 2025

    general support

  • $1,000

    Lucile Packard Foundation for Children'S Health · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Symphony San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Canary Media · New Yoek, NY · 2024

    general support

  • $1,000

    Center for Excellence in Education · McLean, VA · 2024

    general support

  • $1,000

    New Energy Nexus · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Ability Path · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $1,000

    American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Support

  • $1,000

    Canary Media · New Yoek, NY · 2023

    general support

  • $1,000

    Friends of Palo Alto Parks · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $1,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    general support

  • $1,000

    Nature Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $1,000

    Pets in Need · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    general support

  • $1,000

    Center for Excellence in Education · McLean, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Prod · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General Support

  • $970

    Filoli Gardens · Woodside, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $844

    Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $844

    Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $800

    The Beaverton Symphony Orchestra · Beaverton, OR · 2023

    general support

  • $620

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Support

  • $500

    Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Friends of the Palo Alto Parks · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $500

    Hawaiian Humane Society · Honolulu, HI · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Oahu Spca · Wahiawa, HI · 2025

    General Support

  • $500

    Palo Alto Humane Society · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $500

    Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum · Honolulu, HI · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Pets in Need · Redwood City, CA · 2025

    general support

  • $500

    Ronald McDonald House Charities - Bay Area · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    general support

  • $500

    Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2025

    general support

  • $500

    Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2025

    general support

  • $500

    Friends of Palo Alto Parks · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $500

    Hawaiian Humane Society · Honolulu, HI · 2024

    General support

  • $500

    Jane Goodall Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General Support

  • $500

    Oahu Spca · Wahiawa, HI · 2024

    General Support

  • $500

    Palo Alto Humane Society · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $500

    Pets in Need · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    general support

  • $500

    Ronald McDonald House Charities - Bay Area · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    general support

  • $500

    Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2024

    general support

  • $500

    United States Fund for Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2024

    general support

  • $500

    University of California - Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Botanical Garden General Support

  • $500

    Friends of Hanauma Bay · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    General Support

  • $500

    Hawaiian Humane Society · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    Hui O Ko'Olaupoko · Kailua, HI · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    Palo Alto Humane Society · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $500

    Ronald McDonald House Charities - Bay Area · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    general support

  • $500

    Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2023

    general support

  • $500

    United States Fund for Unicef USA · New Yoek, NY · 2023

    general support

  • $500

    Acterra · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Support

  • $500

    Pets in Need · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $404

    Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $250

    Friends of the Berkeley Public Library · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $250

    Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    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.