California · Private foundation
The Gifford Foundation Inc
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.
- $557k
- Granted FY2023
- 18
- Grants FY2023
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
69% of The Gifford Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Gifford Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $557k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,387
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $9.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Gifford Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 16 | $553k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $575k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $587k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $514k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $606k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $444k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $493k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firstmark Services | $150,981 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Utah | $129,205 | 7 | n/a |
| University of San Francisco | $112,453 | 3 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $101,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $36,452 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley Christian Schools | $18,755 | 1 | 0% |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Vetted Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Parker School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firstmark Services | $150,981 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Utah | $129,205 | 7 | n/a |
| University of San Francisco | $112,453 | 3 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $101,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $36,452 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley Christian Schools | $18,755 | 1 | 0% |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Vetted Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Parker School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Christian University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National University | $2,014 | 1 | 0% |
| Ncga Foundation | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Future Talent of Silicon Valley | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society of the Sacred Heart United States Canada Province Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation Assisting Seniors Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom Service Dogs Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Valley | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Kawaihae Canoe Club Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Computer History Museum | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Peninsula Family Service | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gifford Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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 · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Gifford Foundation Inc
- How much does The Gifford Foundation Inc give?
- The Gifford Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $556,897 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Gifford Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Recreation & Sports (38%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are The Gifford Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Firstmark Services ($151k), University of Utah ($129k), University of San Francisco ($112k).
- Does The Gifford Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gifford Foundation Inc 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 Gifford Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Gifford Foundation Inc based?
- The Gifford Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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