How much does The Barrios Trust give?

The Barrios Trust reported 48 grants totaling $473,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does The Barrios Trust fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (29%), Education (20%), Arts & Culture (16%).

Who are The Barrios Trust's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Oakland Public Education Fund ($155k), Earth Island Institute Inc ($75k), Destiny Arts Center ($48k).

Does The Barrios Trust fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Barrios Trust accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Barrios Trust?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The Morris Stulsaft Foundation.

Where is The Barrios Trust based?

The Barrios Trust is based in CA.

Foundation Dossiers

California · Private foundation

The Barrios Trust

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.

$473k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 48
Grants FY2025: 42
Organizations funded FY2024: 36%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $15,000
Organizations funded a year: 15 to 42; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $1.2M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Barrios Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $138k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHealthOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	46	$473k	9%
FY2024	42	$416k	36%
FY2023	35	$296k	37%
FY2022	37	$296k	27%
FY2021	35	$211k	43%
FY2020	15	$188k	13%
FY2019	34	$203k	50%
FY2018	29	$205k	45%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$579kEducation$399kArts & Culture$320kRecreation & Sports$152kHuman Services$108kEnvironment$81kCrime & Legal$80kCivil Rights$66kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Oakland Public Education Fund	$155,060	3	0%
Earth Island Institute Inc	$75,000	5	0%
Destiny Arts Center	$47,500	6	0%
Oakland School for the Arts	$45,000	5	0%
The Crucible	$45,000	5	0%
Community Resources for Science	$43,500	6	1%
Waterside Workshops	$42,500	6	1%
Fresh Lifelines for Youth Inc	$42,500	5	0%
Health Initiatives for Youth Inc	$40,000	5	2%
Chapter 510 Ink	$40,000	5	2%

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All grantees of The Barrios Trust by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Oakland Public Education Fund	$155,060	3	0%
Earth Island Institute Inc	$75,000	5	0%
Destiny Arts Center	$47,500	6	0%
Oakland School for the Arts	$45,000	5	0%
The Crucible	$45,000	5	0%
Community Resources for Science	$43,500	6	1%
Waterside Workshops	$42,500	6	1%
Fresh Lifelines for Youth Inc	$42,500	5	0%
Health Initiatives for Youth Inc	$40,000	5	2%
Chapter 510 Ink	$40,000	5	2%
Oakland Leaf Foundation	$40,000	5	0%
Cantare Con Vivo	$40,000	5	1%
Camp Phoenix	$37,500	4	5%
The Peoples Conservatory	$37,500	4	4%
Lincoln	$37,500	5	0%
Aspire Education Project	$37,500	5	2%
Aim High	$37,500	5	1%
Beyond Emancipation	$35,000	5	0%
Battle Tested Kids INC	$35,000	4	9%
ARTogether	$35,000	4	2%
Oakland Museum of California	$35,000	4	0%
Youth Alive	$35,000	5	0%
Prescott Circus Theatre	$32,500	6	3%
Children Rising Inc	$32,500	5	1%
Hack the Hood Inc	$32,500	3	1%
Piedmont Choirs dba Piedmont East Bay Childrens Choir	$32,500	3	1%
Ultimate Impact Inc	$31,500	4	1%
Mindful Life Project	$30,500	4	1%
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Inc	$30,000	3	1%
Oakland Childrens Fairyland Inc	$30,000	3	0%
Oakland Genesis DBA Oakland Genesis Soccer Club	$30,000	4	3%
Camps in Common	$30,000	3	1%
East Bay Childrens Law Offices Inc	$30,000	3	0%
Family Paths Inc	$30,000	4	0%
East Bay Agency for Children	$27,500	4	0%
Reading Partners	$27,500	4	0%
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp	$27,500	3	4%
Community Initiatives	$25,000	3	0%
Luna Kids Dance Inc dba Luna Dance Institute Luna Dance & Creativity	$25,000	3	1%
Bay Area Scores	$25,000	3	0%
The Mentoring Center	$22,500	3	1%
Oakland Literacy Coalition Inc	$22,500	2	1%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp	$22,500	3	0%
Oakland Soccer Club	$20,000	2	2%
Soccer Without Borders	$20,000	3	0%
East Oakland Youth Development Center	$20,000	2	0%
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission	$20,000	2	1%
Foundation for Students Rising Above	$20,000	2	0%
Running for a Better Oakland	$20,000	2	5%
Community Alliance for Learning Dba Writercoach Connection	$20,000	2	3%
Regional Parks Foundation	$19,000	3	0%
Girl Scouts of Northern California	$17,500	3	0%
Girlventures	$17,500	2	2%
Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project	$15,000	3	1%
Harmony Project Bay Area Inc	$15,000	1	18%
Super Stars Literacy Inc	$15,000	2	0%
Vida Verde Nature Education	$15,000	2	0%
Alameda County Library Foundation	$13,000	3	2%
Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy	$12,750	3	0%
Elevate Tutoring Inc	$12,500	2	1%
Oakland Youth Chorus	$12,500	2	2%
Bay Area Childrens Theatre Fka Active Arts Theatre for Young Audien	$10,000	1	n/a
Living Jazz	$10,000	1	1%
Science Is Elementary Inc	$10,000	2	1%
Arise High School	$10,000	1	0%
Alternatives in Action	$10,000	2	0%
Blue Water Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Attles Center for Excellence	$10,000	1	n/a
Edventuremore	$10,000	1	0%
YouthBeat	$10,000	1	2%
Things That Creep	$10,000	1	9%
The Martin Luther King Jrfreedom Ctr	$10,000	1	0%
Museum of Childrens Art	$8,000	1	n/a
Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation	$7,500	1	n/a
Represented Leadership Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Community Tech Network	$5,000	1	1%
Tandem Partners in Early Learning	$5,000	1	0%
East Bay Asian Youth Center	$5,000	1	n/a
350 Bay Area	$5,000	1	n/a
Faith In Action East Bay	$5,000	1	0%
Juma Ventures Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute	$5,000	1	0%
Golden Gate Bird Alliance Prev Golden Gate Audubon Society Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn	$5,000	1	0%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Youth Spirit Artworks	$4,570	1	n/a
United Roots	$2,500	1	0%
The Partners Program	$2,500	1	0%
Planting Justice	$2,500	1	0%
Inquiring Systems Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Attitudinal Healing Connection Inc dba The Center for ArtEsteem	$2,500	1	0%
The Bay Area Video Coalition Incorporated	$2,500	1	0%
BLUE BEAR SCHOOL of MUSIC	$2,000	1	0%
Frontline Catalysts	$1,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($361k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Barrios Trust supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 84.

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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.

East Bay Community FoundationCA85.2× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · Quest Foundation · Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation · Lowell Berry Foundation · T Gary and Kathleen Rogers Private Family Foundation · The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Oakland Public Education Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Barrios Trust

How much does The Barrios Trust give?: The Barrios Trust reported 48 grants totaling $473,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Barrios Trust fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (29%), Education (20%), Arts & Culture (16%).
Who are The Barrios Trust's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Oakland Public Education Fund ($155k), Earth Island Institute Inc ($75k), Destiny Arts Center ($48k).
Does The Barrios Trust fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Barrios Trust accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Barrios Trust?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The Morris Stulsaft Foundation.
Where is The Barrios Trust based?: The Barrios Trust is based in CA.