Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation
San Francisco, CA · EIN 30-0527867. Reported 259 grants totalling $2,839,832 to 127 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Intrepid Philanthropy 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $125,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $470,000 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Breakthrough Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $130,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| San Joaquin County Office of Education | Stockton, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oakland Unified School District | Oakland, CA | $80,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Davis Joint Unified School District | Davis, CA | $78,832 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Spark Sf Public Schools | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hayward Education Foundation | Hayward, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Oakland Public Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Queens of the Castro | Oakland, CA | $51,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Krause Center for Innovation | Los Altos Hills, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| UC Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| West Contra Costa Unified School District | Richmond, CA | $50,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Leandro Unified School District | San Leandro, CA | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Los Altos Community Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $45,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gateway Public Schools | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alameda Unified School District | Alameda, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Alum Rock Union Elementary School District | San Jose, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aspire Public Schools | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dolores Huerta Elementary PTA | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Side Union High School District | San Jose, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Education for Change | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Evergreen School District | San Jose, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Guttmacher Institute Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Healdsburg Unified School District | Healdsburg, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Los Amigos De Manzanita Seed | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Leandro Education Foundation | San Leandro, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Mateo Union High School District | San Mateo, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| School of Environmental Leadership | San Rafael, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sequoia Union High School District | Redwood City, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shoreline Unified School District | Tomales, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Academy of Alameda | Alameda, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yu Ming Charter School | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mindful Schools | Emeryville, CA | $26,500 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Medical Students for Choice | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Teacher Center | Santa Cruz, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oakland Literacy Coalition | Oakland, CA | $22,500 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Albany Unified School District | Albany, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Castro Valley High School | Castro Valley, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Central Park Elementary Parent Teacher Association (pta) | Santa Clara, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| College Park Elementary School | San Mateo, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Donorschoose | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Donorschooseorg | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Education Foundation of Cotati-Rohnert Park | Rohnert Park, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Franklin-Mckinley School District | San Jose, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jane's Due Process Inc | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| KIPP Bay Area Schools | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| North Oakland Community Charter School | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oakland Public Education Foundation | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parents and Teachers of Buena Vista | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Physicians for Reproductive Health Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sausalito Marin School District | Marin City, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teaching Well Inc | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Marshall Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (pta) | Castro Valley, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trust Women Foundation | Wichita, KS | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crime Victims Treatment Center Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kitchen Table Advisors | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project | New York, NY | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Community League of the Heights Inc | New York, NY | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Voices of Community Activists and Leaders Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Berkeley High School Development Group | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Women's Blueprint Inc | Boonville, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Health Project Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Donorschoose Org | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Education Justice Academy | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Envision Education Inc | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Facing History and Ourselves Inc | Brookline, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hayward Foundation for the Arts | Hayward, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International School of Monterey | Seaside, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lodi Unified School District | Lodi, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morgan Hill Unified School District | Morgan Hill, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parents and Teachers of Buena Vista Horace Mann | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| PTA Ca Congress of Parents Teachers - Oakland Tech Ptsa | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tidelines Institute | Gustavus, AK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Contra Costa Unified School | Richmond, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All Five | Menlo Park, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| East Palo Alto Kids Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Movimiento Cosecha Support Network | Elizabeth, NJ | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ravenswood Education Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Trans Lifeline | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Luna Kids Dance | Berkeley, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Avalon Academy | Burlingame, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Palo Alto Kids | Palo Alto, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation | Worchester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Pasadena, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Join Freeworld Inc | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kairos Academies Vanguard | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Luna Dance Institute | Berkeley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Haven Reads | New Haven, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Playground Inc | Berkeley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Oregon Friends of Hospice | Medford, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Elizabeth Peabody House | Somerville, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worcester County Food Bank | Shrewsbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alternative Family Services | Santa Rosa, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Luna Dance & Creativity | Berkeley, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Hope Covenant Church Oakland | Oakland, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Michael Callen-Audre Lorde Community Health Center | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Movimiento Cosecha Support Network | Easthampton, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ponderosa Enrichment Programs Committee Inc | Sunnyvale, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Reconciliation Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Translifeline | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Voices of Community Activists & Leaders Vocal-Ny-Local Inc | Kings County, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Ready Corps | Monroe, LA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lucy's Love Bus Charitable Trust | Amesbury, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alameda Emergency Food | Alameda, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| All Five Preschool | Menlo Park, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anti Police-Terror Project Inc | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La CASA De Las Madres | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Raza Community Resource Center Inc | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oak Avenue Elementary School PTA | Los Altos, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Bruno Park School District | San Bruno, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shine Together Inc | Milpitas, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Ed Academy | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
56 of 127 (44%) 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 53%, 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.
- Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
FOR AGENCY BY DESIGN - OAKLAND - San Joaquin County Office of Education
THE RESIDENCY @TCSJ PROGRAM - UC Berkeley Foundation
FOR CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY - Education for Change
FOR THE LIGHT AWARDS PROJECT BUILDING THE STRUCTURES: EFFECTIVE AND LASTING PBL - Parents and Teachers of Buena Vista
FOR THE LIGHT AWARDS PROJECT ENGAGING DIVERSE YOUTH THROUGH STRONG DUAL IMMERSION - Sequoia Union High School District
FOR THE LIGHT AWARDS PROJECT PBL FOR NEWCOMERS: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 170 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66 | $699,500 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $505,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 48 | $482,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 47 | $533,332 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 48 | $620,000 | $10,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation has 56 of them, worth $1,180,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $125,000 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $125,000 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $100,000 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $100,000 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $100,000 |
| UC Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 |
| UC Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 |
| Breakthrough Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $25,000 |
| Breakthrough Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $25,000 |
| Breakthrough Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $25,000 |
| Davis Joint Unified School District | Davis, CA | $10,000 |
| Oakland Public Education Foundation | Oakland, CA | $10,000 |
| Education for Change | Oakland, CA | $10,000 |
| Parents and Teachers of Buena Vista | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $10,000 |
Where its money goes
87% 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 $10,000. 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 Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 1660 Bush Street 300, San Francisco, CA, 94109. 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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