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Grant Funders in Palo Alto, CA

Bespoke Grants indexes 88 grant-making foundations headquartered in Palo Alto, California — together $1.65B in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, health care, education and environment & conservation. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Palo Alto nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

88
Foundations in Palo Alto
$1.65B
Combined annual giving
40
Listed below
CA
State

Foundations headquartered in Palo Alto

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$272.1M2024
2Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation$213.3M2024
3Good Ventures Foundation$150.0M2024
4The Skoll Foundation$112.8M2024
5Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's$112.3M2024
6The Schmidt Family Foundation$95.6M2024
7The Koum Family Foundation$87.2M2024
8Waverley Street Foundation$84.5M2024
9Catalyst4 Inc$44.0M2024
10Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy$39.5M2024
11Reed Family Giving$38.7M2019
12The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for$37.0M2024
13Sunlight Giving$33.2M2024
14The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation$31.0M2024
15Peninsula Open Space Trust$21.8M2024
16Open Philanthropy Advisors Inc$18.1M2024
17Nova Ukraine$17.7M2024
18The Jen-hsun & Lori Huang Foundation$13.8M2024
19Enlight Foundation$13.6M2024
20Open Philanthropy Action Fund$13.6M2024
21Dhanam Foundation$12.1M2024
22Freewill Impact Fund$11.9M2024
23Arc Research Institute$11.3M2024
24Sean N Parker Foundation$10.3M2024
25Hp Foundation$9.6M2024
26Accountable Justice Action Fund$8.0M2024
27Erik E and Edith H Bergstrom Foundation$7.7M2024
28The George and Judy Marcus Family$7.6M2024
29Kitp House Project$7.2M2025
30The Valentine Family Foundation$5.5M2020
31Palo Alto Partners in Education$5.0M2025
32Breyer Family Foundation$4.6M2024
33The Haque Family Foundation$4.5M2024
34Chambers Family Foundation$4.4M2024
35Give Forward Foundation$4.2M2024
36Sandberg Goldberg Charitable$4.0M2024
37Additional Ventures Foundation$4.0M2024
38Castilleja School Foundation$3.7M2022
39Shp Foundation$3.7M2024
40The Canary Fund$3.5M2024

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What Palo Alto funders support

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Palo Alto, CA address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Palo Alto nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.