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Grant Funders in San Francisco, CA

Bespoke Grants indexes 470 grant-making foundations headquartered in San Francisco, California — together $9.33B in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports education, health care, higher education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a San Francisco nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

470
Foundations in San Francisco
$9.33B
Combined annual giving
40
Listed below
CA
State

Foundations headquartered in San Francisco

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

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Schwab Charitable Fund$3.30B2024
2Tides Foundation$606.8M2024
3University of California San Francisco$405.3M2023
4Pac-12 Conference$403.0M2023
5Dignity Health$336.7M2024
6Sergey Brin Family Foundation$245.8M2024
7The San Francisco Foundation$228.0M2023
8Gerson Bakar Foundation$174.6M2024
9Crankstart Foundation$119.9M2024
10The James Irvine Foundation$117.6M2024
11San Francisco Food Bank$106.0M2023
12Jewish Community Federation of San$100.7M2023
13Sandler Foundation$85.3M2024
14United States Energy Foundation$79.2M2024
15Hellman Fellows Fund$70.0M2020
16Tides Advocacy$68.9M2024
17Tipping Point Community$68.3M2025
18Climateworks Foundation$68.1M2024
19Climate Imperative Foundation$61.5M2024
20Tides Center$60.4M2024
21Hellman Foundation$59.1M2024
22Kataly Foundation$59.0M2024
23The Trust for Public Land$58.3M2023
24Dignity Community Care$53.7M2024
25The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation$50.8M2024
26The Libra Foundation$50.1M2024
27Sd Bechtel Jr Foundation$49.0M2024
28William K Bowes Jr Foundation$48.6M2024
29Koret Foundation$48.5M2024
30Sea Change Foundation$45.9M2024
31Rudolf Steiner Foundation Inc$42.2M2024
32California Physicians' Service Fdn$41.1M2024
33Stupski Foundation$38.2M2024
34Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation$36.5M2023
35Endaoment Inc$34.8M2024
36Someland Foundation$32.9M2024
37Give2asia$32.8M2024
38Salesforcecom Foundation$32.1M2025
39The Energy Foundation$29.1M2024
40Craigslist Charitable Fund$27.8M2020

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What San Francisco funders support

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Beyond San Francisco

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