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Mario Pedrozzi Scholarship Foundation

Livermore, CA · EIN 20-1025764. Reported 117 grants totalling $419,092 to 117 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$419,092granted, 2021-2023
117organizations funded
$9,481,503assets, latest filing

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. Mario Pedrozzi Scholarship 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $33,333. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
98 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
8 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
8 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University of California DavisSacramento, CA$33,333112021
Las Positas CollegeLivermore, CA$28,750112021
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA$27,375112021
Cal Poly San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, CA$23,917112021
University of California Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA$21,500112021
University of California San DiegoLa Jolla, CA$17,000112021
University of California Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA$14,500112021
California State University San JoseSan Jose, CA$13,000112021
University of California Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA$12,250112021
California State University San DiegoSan Diego, CA$11,000112021
University of California IrvineIrvine, CA$10,500112021
Brigham Young University - IdahoRexburg, ID$9,750112021
Brigham Young University - ProvoProvo, UT$8,500112021
California State University SfSan Francisco, CA$6,000112021
University of California RiversideRiverside, CA$6,000112021
University of Nevada RenoReno, NV$5,750112021
California State University Long BeachLong Beach, CA$5,000112021
New York UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
University of ArizonaTucson, AZ$5,000112021
Boise State UniversityBoise, ID$4,500112021
San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA$4,500112021
California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA$4,000112021
California State University SacramentoSacramento, CA$4,000112021
California State University East BayHayward, CA$3,500112021
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN$3,500112021
Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, AZ$3,250112021
Cal Poly HumboldtArcata, CA$3,000112021
California Baptist UniversityRiverside, CA$3,000112021
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$3,000112021
St Marys CollegeMoraga, CA$3,000112021
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA$3,000112021
University of TennesseeKnoxville, TN$3,000112021
Chapman UniversityOrange, CA$2,500112021
California State University FullertonFullerton, CA$2,000112021
California State University SonomaRohnert Park, CA$2,000112021
California State Universitymonterey BaySeaside, CA$2,000112021
Clemson UniversityClemson, SC$2,000112021
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY$2,000112021
Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA$2,000112021
Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA$2,000112021
Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA$2,000112021
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA$2,000112021
Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA$2,000112021
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA$2,000112021
University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN$2,000112021
University of OregonEugene, OR$2,000112021
University of Puget SoundTacoma, WA$2,000112021
University of WashingtonSeattle, WA$2,000112021
Washington State UniversityPullman, WA$2,000112021
University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA$1,667112021
California State University ChicoChico, CA$1,500112021
Duke UniversityDurham, NC$1,500112021
Holy Names UniversityOakland, CA$1,500112021
Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA$1,500112021
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA$1,500112021
Mt San Jacinto CollegeSan Jacinto, CA$1,500112021
Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH$1,500112021
Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, CA$1,500112021
Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, CA$1,500112021
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$1,500112021
University of IdahoMoscow, ID$1,500112021
Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA$1,300112021
University of FloridaGainesville, FL$1,250112021
University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT$1,250112021
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT$1,250112021
Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, CA$1,000112021
Avenue Five InstituteAustin, TX$1,000112021
Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, CA$1,000112021
Biola UniversityLa Mirada, CA$1,000112023
California State University FresnoFresno, CA$1,000112021
California State University NorthridgeNorthridge, CA$1,000112021
Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, CO$1,000112021
Dominican University CaliforniaSan Rafael, CA$1,000112021
Edinboro UniversityEdinboro, PA$1,000112021
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityPrescott, AZ$1,000112021
Fordham UniversityNew York, NY$1,000112021
Grand View UniversityDes Moines, IA$1,000112021
Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, OR$1,000112021
Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL$1,000112021
Manhattan School of MusicNew York, NY$1,000112021
Minnesota State University MankatoMankato, MN$1,000112021
Montana State UniversityBozeman, MT$1,000112021
New Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces, NM$1,000112021
Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, AZ$1,000112021
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL$1,000112021
Oberlin CollegeOberlin, OH$1,000112021
Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CA$1,000112021
Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa, OK$1,000112021
Rennselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY$1,000112021
Rocky Mountain CollegeBillings, MT$1,000112021
Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, GA$1,000112021
Smith CollegeNorthhampton, MA$1,000112021
Southeastern UniversityLakeland, FL$1,000112021
Texas a & M UniversityCollege Station, TX$1,000112021
Texas State University San MarcosSan Marcos, TX$1,000112021
The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA$1,000112021
The University of MississippiUniversity, MS$1,000112021
The University of VermontBurlington, VT$1,000112021
UC Davis School of LawDavis, CA$1,000112021
UC Irvine School of MedicineIrvine, CA$1,000112021
UCLA Center for Prehospital CareLos Angeles, CA$1,000112021
University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL$1,000112021
University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC$1,000112021
University of ChicagoChicago, IL$1,000112021
University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO$1,000112021
University of DenverDenver, CO$1,000112021
University of La VerneLa Verne, CA$1,000112021
University of Michigan Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI$1,000112021
University of Minnesotatwin CitiesMinneapolis, MN$1,000112021
University of OklahomaNorman, OK$1,000112021
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$1,000112021
University of PortlandPortland, OR$1,000112021
University of San DiegoSan Diego, CA$1,000112021
University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA$1,000112021
Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, CA$1,000112021
Weston EverettLivermore, CA$1,000112021
William Penn UniversityOskaloosa, IA$1,000112021

0 of 117 (0%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold.

Plus 377 grants to individuals totalling $1,291,801 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
56 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Animal Welfare
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021116$418,092$1,500
20231$1,000$1,000

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 70% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$295K
Idaho
$16K
Arizona
$10K
New York
$10K
Utah
$10K
Massachusetts
$6K
Washington
$6K
Nevada
$6K

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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Mario Pedrozzi Scholarship Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1141 Catalina Drive 170, Livermore, CA, 94550. 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.

EIN 20-1025764 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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