California · Public charity
The Sobrato Foundation
The Sobrato Foundation supports nonprofits and social impact organizations serving at-risk and vulnerable members of our community. The Foundation also makes investments to support philanthropic activities recommended by individual Sobrato family members.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Sobrato Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Silicon Valley Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $123M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Sobrato Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M 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 | 9 | $3.7M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $4.4M | 88% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $2.1M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climateworks Foundation | $1,800,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rainforest Action Network | $1,000,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Rights and Resources Institute Inc | $850,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ceres Inc | $700,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $650,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Partnership Project Inc | $525,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Oceana Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nia Tero Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $450,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund | $350,000 | 1 | 13% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climateworks Foundation | $1,800,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rainforest Action Network | $1,000,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Rights and Resources Institute Inc | $850,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ceres Inc | $700,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $650,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Partnership Project Inc | $525,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Oceana Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nia Tero Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $450,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund | $350,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Center for Planning Excellence | $300,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Inside Climate News Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Earthworks | $175,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Magical Bridge Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Workers Assistance Program Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sobrato Foundation 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 · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · High Tide Foundation · Climate Imperative Foundation · Climateworks Foundation · The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Sobrato Foundation
- How much does The Sobrato Foundation give?
- The Sobrato Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $4,100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Sobrato Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (65%), Community Improvement (19%), Environment (15%).
- Who are The Sobrato Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Climateworks Foundation ($1.8M), Rainforest Action Network ($1.0M), Rights and Resources Institute Inc ($850k).
- Does The Sobrato Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Sobrato Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation, United States Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Sobrato Foundation based?
- The Sobrato Foundation is based in CA.
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