Moore Dry Dock Foundation
Walnut Creek, CA · EIN 94-1681456. Reported 115 grants totalling $148,698 to 67 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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. Moore Dry Dock 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 $900. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $1,500; the smallest was $25 and the largest $10,000. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Society of California Pioneers | San Francisco, CA | $13,900 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Charles Armstrong School | Belmont, CA | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| UCLA School of Arts and Architeure | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Diablo Regional Arts Association | Walnut Creek, CA | $9,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Walnut Creek Liabrary Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Diego Habitat for Humanity | San Diego, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture | Pasadena, CA | $7,350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Walnut Creek Library Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | $7,025 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Opera Parallele | San Francisco, CA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Walnut Creek Masters Swimming Association | Danville, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rancho Murieta Community Church | Rancho Murieta, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Muttville San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sf University High School | San Francisco, CA | $2,589 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Walnut Creek Education Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | $2,520 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Katherine Delmar Burke School | San Francisco, CA | $2,409 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Trout | San Francisco, CA | $2,350 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Educational Foundation of Orinda | Orinda, CA | $2,300 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Miramonte High School Parents Club | Orinda, CA | $2,300 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Colorado Mountain College Foundation | Glenwood Springs, CO | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northgate Hs Pfa | Walnut Creek, CA | $2,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Faith Episcopal Church | Shingle Springs, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kdnk Public Radio | Carbondale, CO | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| UC Davis Field Hockey Development Fund | Davis, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| UC San Diego Foundation | La Jolla, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Muttville | San Francisco, CA | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $1,270 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Miramonte High School Boosters Club | Orinda, CA | $1,150 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alzeimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cal Trout | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Global Village Connect | Golden Valley, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| House Ear Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Language Programs | Orem, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Ms Society | Lafayette, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sptdfdh Development Fund | Davis, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Paul's School | Concord, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Research Center | Davis, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth Empowerment Program | Carbondale, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marin Agricultural Land Trust | Point Reyes Station, CA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Point Reyes National Seashore Association | Point Reyes Station, CA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Opera | San Francisco, CA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Arts Center at Willits | Basalt, CO | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ruth Bancroft Gardens | Walnut Creek, CA | $675 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Foothill Middle School Pfa | Walnut Creek, CA | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Oregon Food Bank | Portland, OR | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Amnesty International USA | Oakland, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Carbondale Arts | Carbondale, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Golden Gate National Park Convservancy | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior League of Sf | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cancer League | Oakland, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Valley Meals & More | Glenwood Springs, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jackson, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Theater Association of Sf | San Francisco, CA | $350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kqed Inc | San Francisco, CA | $300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | Concord, CA | $275 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Save Mt Diablo | Walnut Creek, CA | $270 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Muir Land Trust | Martinez, CA | $250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Northern District Historical Society | San Francisco, CA | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Monument Crisis Center | Pleasant Hill, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano Counties | Concord, CA | $65 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cancer Support Community | Walnut Creek, CA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regional Parks Foundation | Castro Valley, CA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Save Mount Diablo | Walnut Creek, CA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| AARP Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
28 of 67 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 52%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 51 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 25 | $40,465 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 32 | $44,590 | $975 |
| 2022 | 27 | $35,643 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $28,000 | $800 |
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. 90% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $900. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 Moore Dry Dock 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: 505 Persimmon Road, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598. 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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