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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “atherton”
Where the money went
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $330,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON — educational programs & other student svc
Largest: $4,600 to MENLO ATHERTON HS FDN FOR FUTURE — matching gift of staff and board members
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $463,000 · through 2024Largest: $158,000 to SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON — to fund a need. in support of the sophies scholars program. for the sophie's scholars program and the teacher fund. for the annual fund. for the "educating for a lifetime" campaign…
Largest: $53,654 to HEATHER ATHERTON — educational scholarship
Largest: $180,000 to SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON — annual fund 2024-2025, sophie's scholars program, capital campaign, shp lacrosse, shp pulse, auction underwriting
Largest: $10,000 to TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - KINGSVILLE FOUNDATION INC — to fund the caesar kleberg wildlife research center's holt-atherton memorial fund.
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $220,600 · through 2023Largest: $175,000 to SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON — provide general operating support
Largest: $8,000 to MENLO ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE — to support academic programs and staffing at menlo-atherton high school.
Largest: $35,000 to MENLO-ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE — to further and promote educational efforts
Largest: $6,000 to MENLO PARK-ATHERTON EDUCATION FOU — program/operating support
Menlo Atherton Athletic BoostersMenlo Park, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $533,604 · through 2023Largest: $197,169 to MENLO ATHERTON HS — educational assistance
Largest: $150,000 to ATHERTON BAPTIST HOMES — senior housing
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →