Funding search · EIN 223343609 · Los Angeles, CA

Spruce Street Foundation

Name: Spruce Street Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

56
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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

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.

Stanford Law School3 grants · $1.1M
US Olympic and Paralympic Foundatio2 grants · $222,100
Peninsula Arts Guild1 grant · $150,000
Partners for Justice2 grants · $150,000
Care1 grant · $100,000
Chapman University1 grant · $100,000
Battery Powered1 grant · $100,000
Hopwell Fund1 grant · $100,000
John Hopkins University1 grant · $100,000
Naacp Legal Defense Fund1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2021

$792,663

2022

$1.3M

2023

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$450,000
Stanford Law School · Stanford, CA · 2023
Best use of funds
$350,000
Stanford Law School · Stanford, CA · 2022
Best use of funds
$250,000
Stanford Law School · Stanford, CA · 2021
Best use of funds
$150,000
Peninsula Arts Guild · Menlo Park, CA · 2021
Best use of funds
$146,500
US Olympic and Paralympic Foundatio · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$100,000
Battery Powered · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$100,000
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$100,000
Partners for Justice · New York City, NY · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$100,000
Naacp Legal Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$100,000
Care · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2021
Best use of funds
$100,000
Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2021
Best use of funds
$100,000
Hopwell Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Best use of funds
$75,600
US Olympic and Paralympic Foundatio · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$60,000
Pioneer Works Art Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Best use of funds
$50,000
Care Impact Awards 2024 · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$50,000
Everybody Votes Campaign · Washington, DC · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$50,000
Notley Impact Freedom2vote · Austin, TX · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$50,000
Working America Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$50,000
Partners for Justice · New York City, NY · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$35,000
Michael Romano · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General use
$33,833
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
How Women Lead · San Rafael, CA · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Nyclu · New York, NY · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Somos Votantes Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Southern Vision Alliance · Durham, NC · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Atlanta Baseball Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Best Use of Funds
$25,000
How Women Lead · San Rafael, CA · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Atlanta Baseball Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Best Use of Funds
$25,000
Geanco Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Best use of funds
$25,000
New York Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2021
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2021
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$25,000
Susan Champion · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General use
$25,000
The Laurel Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2021
Best use of funds
$21,163
World Law Foundation · 2022
Best use of funds
$20,000
Delancey Street Foundation · Brewster, NY · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$15,000
Sambuddhaloka Buddhist Vihara Templ · Moreno Valley, CA · 2023
Best use of funds
$15,000
The Laurel Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Best use of funds
$15,000
Equality California · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Best use of funds
$10,925
World Law Foundation · 2021
Best use of funds
$10,000
A New Way of Life · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$10,000
Lemo Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$10,000
Sola · Boston, MA · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$10,000
The Hanalei Initiative · Hanalei, HI · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$10,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$10,000
Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2021
Operating funds
$10,000
Ihug Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Best use of funds
$10,000
Project Kesher · New York, NY · 2021
Best use of funds
$10,000
Sambuddhaloka Buddhist Vihara Templ · Moreno Valley, CA · 2021
Best use of funds
$10,000
Sola · Boston, MA · 2021
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$10,000
Waco Theater Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Best use of funds
$5,000
Pioneer Works Art Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$1,000
The Representation Project · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.
$1,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2021
To provide support for the charitable organizations purpose.

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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.