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 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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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.
- 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
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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