Funding search · EIN 454008334 · Palo Alto, CA

Wisteria Foundation

Name: Wisteria Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

41
grants reported: $323,000
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $8,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education community cancer care food research

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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.

Carnegie Mellon University4 grants · $50,000
Uc Berkeley4 grants · $43,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute2 grants · $40,000
Boy Scouts of America4 grants · $31,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita4 grants · $29,000
Youth Community Service4 grants · $27,000
Reel2e4 grants · $23,000
Partners in Education3 grants · $21,000
Ada'S Cafe4 grants · $20,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$70,000

2021

$76,000

2022

$83,000

2023

$94,000

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY · 2024
Education
$20,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Education
$15,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Education
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Foster City, CA · 2023
Education
$10,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Education
$10,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY · 2023
Education
$10,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Education
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Foster City, CA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Education
$8,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Cancer Research
$8,000
Youth Community Service · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Education
$8,000
Partners in Education · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Education
$8,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Cancer Research
$8,000
Youth Community Service · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Education
$8,000
Boy Scouts of America · Foster City, CA · 2021
Education
$8,000
Partners in Education · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Education
$8,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Cancer Research
$8,000
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Education
$8,000
Youth Community Service · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Education
$6,000
Reel2e · San Jose, CA · 2024
Education
$6,000
Ada'S Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Community Food
$6,000
Reel2e · San Jose, CA · 2023
Education
$6,000
Ada'S Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Community Food
$6,000
Reel2e · San Jose, CA · 2022
Education
$5,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Education
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Cancer Research
$5,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Education
$5,000
Partners in Education · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Education
$5,000
The Center for Health Care Services · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Community Care
$5,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Education
$5,000
The Center for Health Care Services · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Community Care
$5,000
Ada'S Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Community Food
$5,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Education
$5,000
Reel2e · San Jose, CA · 2021
Education
$5,000
The Center for Health Care Services · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Community Care
$4,000
The Center for Health Care Services · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Community Care
$3,000
Ada'S Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Community Food
$3,000
Boy Scouts of America · Foster City, CA · 2024
Education
$3,000
Youth Community Service · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Education

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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.