· Private foundation
Melvin & Geraldine Hoven Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $54k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $127k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $140k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Michael J Fox Foundation | $70,000 |
| Post | $70,000 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | $25,000 |
| CTA Disaster Relief Fund | $20,000 |
| Yosemite Conservancy | $20,000 |
| Sweet Home Alumni Foundation | $17,000 |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $15,000 |
| Wildland Firefighter Foundation | $10,000 |
| Los Altos Mountain View Community F | $10,000 |
| Silicon Valley Education Foundation | $10,000 |
| American Red Cross | $5,000 |
| Mountain View Educational Foundatio | $5,000 |
| Land Trust for Santa Cruz | $5,000 |
| St Nicholas and St William Parish | $5,000 |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundati | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The Sonoma Valley Education Foundation exists to improve education by enriching teaching, inspiring learning, and advancing innovative programs that enable every student to succeed.
The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.
Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
The San Ramon Valley Education Foundation invests in education, supports parent organizations, and engages our community for the benefit of and in partnership with the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.
To accept and manage restricted and unrestricted gifts benefiting california state university east bay. additionally, the trustees support the university through advocacy, development, personal contributions and counsel to the university's…
The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…
MEF raises funds to preserve and enhance educational opportunities for all students attending Moraga public schools, through a broad-based community effort.
Enhance the education of the students of Las Lomas High School and the schools within the Walnut Creek School District.
The Sierra State Parks Foundation provides critically needed financial and professional support to the Lake Tahoe-Donner Sierra State Parks for Education, Restoration, and Cultural and Environmental Preservation in partnership with…
Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds YOSEMITE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SWEET HOME ALUMNI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LOS ALTOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds EAST PALO ALTO KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds Mountain View Educational Foundation ↗
- Who funds MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds VENTANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Norcal Boxer Rescue ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Melvin & Geraldine Hoven Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Melvin & Geraldine Hoven Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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