Funding search · EIN 821980761 · Larkspur, CA

The Todd and Doris Ahlsten 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.

157
grants reported
$9.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Tacc-Eb2 grants · $1.5M
  • The Ahlsten Foundation Scholarship3 grants · $1.3M
  • Global Strategies3 grants · $1.1M
  • Children Rising3 grants · $318,000
  • Students Rising Above3 grants · $300,000
  • V Foundation for Cancer Research3 grants · $300,000
  • Feeding Nations Through Education2 grants · $286,000
  • First Responders Childrens Foundati3 grants · $250,000
  • St Jude Children'S Research Hospita3 grants · $245,000
  • Legal Assistance for Seniors2 grants · $225,000

Giving over time

$3.6M
2022
$2.5M
2023
$3.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 157 grants.

  • $1.0M

    Tacc-Eb · Danville, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $788,247

    The Ahlsten Foundation Scholarship · Larkspur, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $500,000

    Global Strategies · Albany, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $500,000

    Tacc-Eb · Danville, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $400,000

    Global Strategies · Albany, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $287,006

    The Ahlsten Foundation Scholarship · Larkspur, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $251,318

    The Ahlsten Foundation Scholarship · Larkspur, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $200,000

    Global Strategies · Albany, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $185,000

    Path Ministries International · Bend, OR · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $150,000

    Feeding Nations Through Education · Chico, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $150,000

    First Place for Youth · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $150,000

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $136,000

    Feeding Nations Through Education · Chico, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $125,000

    Legal Assistance for Seniors · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $125,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $118,000

    Children Rising · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $110,000

    Shepherd'S Gate · Livermore, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    Children Rising · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    First Responders Childrens Foundati · New York, NY · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    Many Hopes · New York, NY · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    Matthew 25 Ministries · Blue Ash, OH · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    Students Rising Above · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    Children Rising · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    Legal Assistance for Seniors · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    Students Rising Above · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    Students Rising Above · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $100,000

    V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $75,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $75,000

    Ucsf · San Franisco, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $75,000

    First Responders Childrens Foundati · New York, NY · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $75,000

    First Responders Childrens Foundati · New York, NY · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $75,000

    Marin Covenant Church · San Rafael, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $65,000

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $65,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $55,000

    Opportunity Junction · Antioch, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $50,000

    International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $50,000

    Matthew 25 Ministries · Blue Ash, OH · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $50,000

    Opportunity Junction · Antioch, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $50,000

    Ucsf · San Franisco, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $50,000

    Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $50,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $50,000

    Matthew 25 Ministries · Blue Ash, OH · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $50,000

    Opportunity Junction · Antioch, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $46,043

    Uc Regents · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $45,000

    Camp Achieve Ed Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $45,000

    Soar for Youth · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $40,000

    Foster the Bay · San Jose, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $40,000

    East Oakland Youth Development Cent · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $40,000

    International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $38,500

    Eastbay Formosan United Methodist C · Walnut Creek, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $38,500

    St Luke Lutheran Church · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $37,500

    St Luke Lutheran Church · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $35,000

    Eastbay Formosan United Methodist C · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $35,000

    Eastbay Formosan United Methodist C · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $35,000

    International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $35,000

    Water Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $32,500

    Tiburon Baptist Church · Tiburon, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $30,000

    Tiburon Baptist Church · Tiburon, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $30,000

    World Resources Group · Harrisonburg, VA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $30,000

    Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $30,000

    Ceres Community Project · Sebastopol, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $30,000

    Project Avary · San Rafael, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $30,000

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $30,000

    East Oakland Youth Development Cent · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $30,000

    St Luke Lutheran Church · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $30,000

    Tiburon Baptist Church · Tiburon, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $27,500

    St Mark Lutheran Church · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $27,500

    Water Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $27,500

    St Mark Lutheran Church · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    American Heart Association · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Because Justice Matters · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Lotus Bloom · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Shepherd'S Gate · Livermore, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Soar for Youth · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Water Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    West Contra Costa Unified School Di · Richmond, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    World Resources Group · Harrisonburg, VA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Ed Fund West · Richmond, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Shepherd'S Gate · Livermore, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    St Mark Lutheran Church · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $25,000

    Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $24,163

    Uc Regents · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    Adopt a Family of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    Allegro Organizationa Solutions · Houston, TX · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    Serge Global · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    Serge Global · Jenkintown, PA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    The First Tee of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    Ceres Community Project · Sebastopol, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    Lotus Bloom · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    The First Tee of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $20,000

    World Resources Group · Harrisonburg, VA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $16,659

    World Vision · Tacoma, WA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $15,000

    Adopt a Family of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2023

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

  • $15,000

    Adopt a Family of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2022

    To provide charitable assistance in the community.

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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.