Firedoll Foundation
Walnut Creek, CA · EIN 94-3301999. Reported 376 grants totalling $8,858,868 to 160 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Firedoll Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bay Community Law Center | Berkeley, CA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| East Bay Sanctuary Covenant | Berkeley, CA | $157,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social Justice Collaborative | Berkeley, CA | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hastings College of Law | San Francisco, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Combatants for Peace | San Francisco, CA | $117,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| As You Sow | Berkeley, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Endangered Species Coalition | Washington, DC | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti | Marshfield, MA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Voice for Peace | Berkeley, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rose Foundation | Oakland, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Eugene, OR | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice | Oakland, CA | $112,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation of Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beyond Emancipation | Oakland, CA | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center | Ashland, OR | $107,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pangea Legal Services | San Francisco, CA | $107,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alameda County Public Defender's Office | Oakland, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Justice Ecology Project Inc | Randolf, NY | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility | Silver Springs, MD | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Acce Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earth Island Institute | Ridgecrest, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food and Water Watch | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Immigrant Legal Resource Center | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Prospera Community Development | Oakland, CA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Praxis Peace Institute | Sonoma, CA | $93,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Justice & Accountability | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center | Richmond, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wild Earth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay | Berkeley, CA | $87,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Legal Services for Children Inc | San Francisco, CA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mathematical Sciences Research Institute | Berkeley, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Monument Impact | Concord, CA | $82,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Food Safety | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Environmental Health | Oakland, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| East Bay Children's Law Offices | Oakland, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Immigration Institute of the Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for Middle East Understanding | Tustin, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | Berkeley, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | Oakland, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Center 1109 Palestine Legal | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Eden I&r | Hayward, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | Concord, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| La Familia Counseling Services | Hayward, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marin Brain Injury Network | Larkspur, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ploughshares Fund | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Point Blue Conservation | Petaluma, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kids in Need of Defense | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tibet Oral History Project | Moraga, CA | $62,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Beyond Pesticides | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Covenant House California | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Farallones Association | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Immigrant Legal Defense Fund | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Concord, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Bay Keeper | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trinity Center of Walnut Creek | Walnut Creek, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bread Project | Berkeley, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Freedom for Immigrants | Oakland, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oasis Legal Services | Berkeley, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sanctuary Forest | Whitehorn, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Rising Sun Center for Opportunity | Oakland, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sea Turtle Conservancy | Gainesville, FL | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Centro Legal De La Raza | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tuscon, AZ | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greenpeace Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Insight Housing | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Office of the Public Defender Cc County | Martinez, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Students for a Free Tibet | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Taxpayers for Common Sense | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tuolumne River Preservation Trust | Sonora, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Winter Nights Family Shelter | Pleasant Hill, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Immigrant Protection | San Francisco, CA | $47,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canticle Farm | Oakland, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Earthrise Law Center | Portland, OR | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Sierra Fund | Nevada City, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| White Pony Express | Pleasant Hill, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Youth for Environmental Sanity - Yes | Berkeley, CA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Wilderness Coalition | Oakland, CA | $43,431 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pomeroy Recreation & Rehab Center | San Francisco, CA | $43,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tahirih Justice Center | San Bruno, CA | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ability Path | Redwood City, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Advocates for the West | Boise, ID | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Trout | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Centeral Sierra Environmental Resource Center | Twaine Harte, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Isreal Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opportunity Junction | Antioch, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reprieve US | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Reprieve US | New Orleans, LA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salmon River Restoration Council | Sawyers Bar, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Conservation | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Institute for Biodiversity | Berkeley, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Ocean Science Trust | Sacramento, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marine Mammal Center | Sausalito, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shelter Inc | Concord, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smith River Alliance | Crescent City, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Water Climate Trust | Redding, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refuges | Petaluma, CA | $32,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Csu East Bay Foundation Inc | Hayward, CA | $31,798 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anera | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Contra Costa Crisis Center | Walnut Creek, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Firefighters United for Safetyethics &ecology | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the River | Sacramento, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem Foundation | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| In His Steps Pathways of Peace | Lennox, SD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Justice and Diversity Center of Bar Association | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa | Martinez, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loaves & Fishes of Contra Costa | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Onejustice | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trinity Center Walnut Creek | Walnut Creek, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 1109 Palestine Legal - Tides Center | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Sierra Environ Resource Ctr | Twain Harte, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | Santa Ana, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Environmental Protection Info Center (epic) | Arcata, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Environmental Protection Information Ctr | Arcata, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Environmental Protection Info Center | Arcata, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inner City Advisors | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inner City Advisors Fund | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Pena | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Dignity | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oakland Public Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oakland Tech Exchange | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rise Economy | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Start Small Think Big | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Center Sierra Forest Legacy | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mtdiablo Adult Education | Concord, CA | $23,539 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mobile Pathways | Berkeley, CA | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Diablo Adult Education | Concord, CA | $22,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| African Advocacy Network | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends Committee on National Legislation Education Fund | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Refugee Assistance Project | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Richmond Community Foundation | Richmond, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Success Centers (centers for Equity) | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Earth Team | Richmond, CA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wildlands Network | Salt Lake City, UT | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plumas Audubon Society | Quincy, CA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ca Rural Legal Assistance Foundation | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Slicker Farms | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Catholic Charities of the East Bay | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto | Palo Alto, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Bay Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jubilee Immigration Advocates | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of Sf | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rcf Connects | Richmond, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Habitat | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pomeroy Rec & Rehab | San Francisco, CA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northern California Grantmakers | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers Concerned Immigrantsrefugees | Petaluma, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
109 of 160 (68%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 55%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Social Good Fund
Contra Costa Immigrant Rights Alliance Legal Empowerment - Pangea Legal Services
General Support,Asylee Legal Emp - East Bay Community Law Center
DDDP GENERAL SUPPORT + CLEAN SLATE - East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
WALK-IN CLINIC & AFGHAN SUPPORT - Office of the Public Defender Cc County
STAND TOGETHER CONTRA COSTA SUPPORT - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Math book distribution & Prize
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 256 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 44 | $950,000 | $22,500 |
| 2021 | 50 | $1,106,798 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 73 | $1,716,031 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 96 | $2,219,000 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 113 | $2,867,039 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
76% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Firedoll Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1460 Maria Lane 400, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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