California · Nonprofit
SKOLL FUND
SKOLL FUND (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,017,562 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($20,017,562). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $75M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $923M
What Skoll Fund does
Mission
The Skoll Fund is a supporting organization associated with silicon valley community foundation. Together with the skoll foundation, a private foundation, its mission is to catalyze transformational social change by investing in, connecting, and championing social entrepreneurs and other social innovators who together advance bold and equitable solutions to the world's most pressing problems.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Invest - we invest in social entrepreneurs and other social innovators who offer a compelling vision, creative solutions, and proven approaches.
$47,311,996 spentof which $47,202,682 as grants84% of program spendingConnect & champion - we connect our community to drive towards transformational change through our global network and convenings like the skoll world forum to share learnings, join forces, and achieve ambitious goals with other social innovators, funders, and key stakeholders. We use our voice and global audience to champion the work of social innovators, helping extend their reach and expand their impact. Combining storytelling, thought leadership, and strategic alliances, we support organizations to mobilize more resources and create momentum for lasting social change
$4,626,476 spentof which $4,615,786 as grants8% of program spendingSpecial opportunity & other - we support timely opportunities that help advance the foundation's mission
$4,324,993 spentof which $4,315,000 as grants8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $56,263,465.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $636M to $901M (+42%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
44% of SKOLL FUND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Don Gips
Chief executive officer
Board chair
James Gb Demartini Iii
Chair, donor class director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SKOLL FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of SKOLL FUND's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SKOLL FUND runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like SKOLL FUND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 24 related entities
- Tsf Fore LLC · disregarded
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation · exempt
- Driscoll Family Foundation · exempt
- The Real Estate Trust · exempt
- The Sobrato Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SKOLL FUND: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SKOLL FUND?
- SKOLL FUND (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,017,562 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($20,017,562). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SKOLL FUND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,017,562 in grants to SKOLL FUND.
- Who is the largest funder of SKOLL FUND?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $20,017,562 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SKOLL FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing