1. Directory of nonprofits
  2. Locations
  3. California
  4. San Francisco
  5. San Francisco foundations

San Francisco foundations

There are 3,203foundations and grantmaking organizations in the greater San Franciscometro area, including the cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Livermore, Oakland, Pleasanton, Redwood City, San Mateo, San Rafael, San Ramon, South San Francisco, and Walnut Creek. Combined, these San Francisco metro foundationsemploy 100,516 people, earn more than $54 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $189 billion.
Skip to:
Related directory pages:

Types of foundations in San Francisco

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
2,557
$9,169,918,485
Grantmaking public charity foundations
289
$44,822,777,840
Community foundations
78
$10,376,298,219
Organizations supporting multiple foundations
60
$42,677,585
Corporate foundations
52
$934,885,752
Organizations supporting a single foundation
14
$52,961,589
Foundation alliances and advocates
8
$106,471,812
Foundation research and public policy institutes
3
$3,906,817
Foundation technical and management assistance providers
3
$0
Foundation professional societies
3
$15,521
Showing 10 of 10categories

Job trends for San Francisco foundations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
2,058
1-10
161
11-25
30
26-100
27
101 to 1,000
11
1,000+
1
Key takeaways for employment stats:

Sizes of foundations in San Francisco

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
1,623
$250k to $1M
364
$1M to $5M
260
$5M to $25M
134
$25M to $100M
42
$100M+
23
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Directory of foundations in San Francisco

Want to add filters to this list, or drill down on results in detail? Open in the Cause IQ search interface
1-20 of 3,203

Stuart Foundation

The Stuart Foundation is dedicated to improving life outcomes for young people through education. They work to ensure that effective education systems in California and Washington provide opportunities for all students to learn, achieve, and thrive.
Revenue
$93.7m
Assets
$518.1m
Employees
20
EIN
20-0882784
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Koret Foundation

The Koret Foundation is a private foundation based in San Francisco, committed to strengthening the Bay Area community and nurturing the continuity of the Jewish people worldwide.
Revenue
$11.0m
Assets
$392.5m
Employees
17
EIN
94-1624987
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Salesforce Foundation

The Salesforce Foundation's vision is to ensure economic opportunity for young people furthest from success. We invest in Education and Workforce Development so students have job-ready skills and can build meaningful careers.
Revenue
$37.7m
Assets
$395.5m
Employees
0
EIN
94-3347800
IRS type
501(c)(3)

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world.
Revenue
$602.1m
Assets
$13.3b
Employees
127
EIN
94-1655673
IRS type
501(c)(3)

University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospitals Foundation

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals protect and advance the health and well being of infants, children, and young adults, in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, by providing and developing extraordinary pediatric medicine.
Revenue
$23.5m
Assets
$363.3m
Employees
0
EIN
94-1657474
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Playworks

Playworks' mission is to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.
Revenue
$33.2m
Assets
$23.3m
Employees
520
EIN
94-3251867
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund

The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is a philanthropic catalyst, connecting Bay Area Jews, of all ages, backgrounds, and perspectives to the power they have as a community to improve the world.
Revenue
$124.9m
Assets
$1.4b
Employees
163
EIN
94-1156533
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Hu and Luo Family Foundation

The Hu and Luo Family Foundation is a private foundation in San Francisco, CA, which was founded in 2021 and most recently had $6,503,027 in revenue and one employees.
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$40.5m
Employees
1
EIN
85-4154217
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Kingfisher Foundation

The Kingfisher Foundation is a private foundation that funds general support and made 12 grants last year. Their purpose is to protect the environment and they support projects by the Environmental Defense Fund and others.
Revenue
$8.4m
Assets
$10.1m
Employees
0
EIN
13-3931294
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Lawrence Ellison Foundation

To support basic biomedical research, with a focus on understanding how humans and other organisms age, and on defining the fundamental biological mechanisms that prevent age-related diseases and disabilities.
Revenue
$179.4m
Assets
$192.2m
Employees
0
EIN
94-3269827
IRS type
501(c)(3)

GiveWell

GiveWell is dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities and publishing the full details of our analysis to help donors decide where to give.
Revenue
$219.6m
Assets
$208.6m
Employees
81
EIN
20-8625442
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rippleworks

Rippleworks is a private foundation that unlocks the potential of impact-focused entrepreneurs to improve lives. Grantees include Myagro, and Rippleworks made 27 grants last year. It is located in Redwood City, CA.
Revenue
$149.4m
Assets
$1.4b
Employees
45
EIN
46-5604812
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Zellerbach Family Foundation

To be a catalyst for constructive social change by initiating and investing in efforts that strengthen families and communities.
Revenue
$9.3m
Assets
$160.3m
Employees
7
EIN
94-6069482
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Todd and Doris Ahlsten Foundation

The Todd and Doris Ahlsten Foundation is a private foundation that provides charitable assistance to those in need. The foundation made 43 grants last year. The foundation is located in Larkspur, CA.
Revenue
$6.2m
Assets
$65.2m
Employees
0
EIN
82-1980761
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Marin Community Foundation

Marin Community Foundation grants philanthropic contributions to nonprofits in Marin County, beyond, and around the world.
Revenue
$232.7m
Assets
$1.1b
Employees
73
EIN
94-3007979
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Francisco Foundation (TSFF)

Since 1948, The San Francisco Foundation has been firmly committed to serving the people of our region. We are an incubator for community investment, original ideas, and passionate leadership in the Bay Area.
Revenue
$159.3m
Assets
$1.7b
Employees
122
EIN
01-0679337
IRS type
501(c)(3)

United Way Bay Area

The University of Washington Bay Area ( UWBA ) provides programs that help individuals strengthen their communities, and 211 is a phone number and web resource that UWBA partners with to respond to emergency requests.
Revenue
$19.7m
Assets
$35.8m
Employees
76
EIN
94-1312348
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Connie and Bob Lurie Foundation

The Connie and Bob Lurie Foundation is a private foundation located in Redwood City, CA. They made 38 grants last year and their grantees include Boys & Girls Clubs Of Coachella V. They are supported by Connie L Robert A Lurie.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$84.9m
Employees
0
EIN
20-8004479
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bill and Susan Oberndorf Foundation

The Bill and Susan Oberndorf Foundation is a private foundation located in San Francisco, CA that made 52 grants last year. Its purpose is to use all income in the operations of the organization and exclusively toward its exempt purpose.
Revenue
$5.3m
Assets
$88.2m
Employees
0
EIN
68-0299542
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Levi Strauss Foundation (LSF)

For over 65 years, Levi Strauss Foundation has embraced the energy and events of our time to advance pioneering social change in the areas of HIV/AIDS, Worker Rights, Worker Well-being and Social Justice in the communities where they do business.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$73.5m
Employees
0
EIN
94-6064702
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Want more insights on foundations in San Francisco?
There's a whole lot more to Cause IQ than what you see here. Additional filters, personnel information, peer benchmarking, Salesforce integration, vendor lists, etc. Access all the information your company needs in one place, already collected.
Schedule a demo
Over 200 customers use Cause IQ to grow, maintain, and serve their nonprofit clients.
Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
Cause IQ is a website that helps companies grow, maintain, and serve their nonprofit clients, and helps nonprofits find additional foundation funding. Our data and tools help professionals prospect for nonprofits, research opportunities, benchmark their clients, and enrich existing information.
Nonprofits
Product
Customers
About

© 2025 Nonprofit Metrics LLC
Terms of Service and Privacy Policy