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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 “ucsf”
Where the money went
Mount Zion Health FundSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
50 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — to establish a permanent endowed chair in the ucsf department of obgyn/rs to be known as the fishbon endowed chair in family planning and abortion at ucsf mount zion
Largest: $1.0M to UCSF FOUNDATION — support the ucsf scholars at risk initiative
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $14.2M · through 2024Largest: $2.2M to UCSF FOUNDATION — advised - fy22 annual donation to the ucsf chancellor's circle. advised - for general operating support of institute for global health sciences. advised - for general operating sup…
Largest: $600,000 to UCSF FOUNDATION — medical research
Largest: $100,000 to UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS FOUNDATION — to support ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland and san francisco's programs, services and operations
Largest: $23,000 to UCSF — 2024-2025 shenoy undergraduate research fellowship in neuroscience
Largest: $6.2M to UCSF FOUNDATION — establish the william k. bowes, jr. biomedical investigator program, ucsf osher center research support, the neural code of speech, cardiology council, ucsf discovery fellows
Largest: $125,000 to UCSF FOUNDATION — multiple sclerosis, als, parkinsons diseaseneurological research
Oberndorf Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA
8 matching grants · $5.3M · through 2025Largest: $5.0M to UCSF (CHANCELLOR CIRCLE CHALLENGE) — general charity
Children'S Hospital & Research Cntr FndnOakland, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $78.5M · through 2024Largest: $29.8M to UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OAKLAND — unrestricted general support and various donor designated
Largest: $108,000 to UCSF Foundation — the ucsf foundation is responsible for maintaining excellence in academic, research, and clinical care, as government appropriations have diminished over time.
Largest: $350,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — ucsf school of nursing international evidence-based practice training fellowship & nurse executive fellowship
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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 →