Skb Foundation
Sunnyvale, CA · EIN 94-3024121. Reported 131 grants totalling $1,570,800 to 61 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. Skb 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 $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $300 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Formosa Association for Public Affairs | Washington, DC | $78,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association | Los Angeles, CA | $70,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| North America Taiwanese Professors' Association | Bethesda, MD | $58,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Taiwanese American Culture Center of East Bay | Walnut Creek, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taiwanese American Center of Northern California | San Jose, CA | $49,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Santa Monica Education Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Everytown for Gun Saftey Support Fund | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Propublica | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California | San Leandro, CA | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| USO | Arlington, VA | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| T League Rgt | Fremont, CA | $32,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| East West Players | Los Angeles, CA | $31,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| People for the American Way Foundation | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mathcounts Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Avatamsaka Buddhist Lotus Society | Milpitas, CA | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | San Jose, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Save | Fremont, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Service Organizations | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Community Services Agency | Mountain View, CA | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North America Taiwanese Women's Association | Livingstone, NJ | $18,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Freedom From Religion Foundation | Madison, WI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Taiwan Studies Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Venice Family Clinic | Venice, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Oca | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Million Little | Valencia, CA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aaci | San Jose, CA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North America Taiwanese Women's Association | Rosemead, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Asian American Media | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keeping Our Promise Inc | Pittsford, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Matchcounts Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Women's Health Network | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Women's Heart Network | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saving Innocence | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Task Force Butler Institute | Lewes, DE | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texas Equal Access Fund | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Women Moving Millions | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frontera Fund | Mcallen, TX | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| National Center for Science Eucation | Oakland, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Catholics for Choice | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army | San Jose, CA | $6,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Heart of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jane's Due Process | Austin, TX | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lilith Fund | Austin, TX | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| North America Taiwan Studies Association | Santa Clara, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Taiwan University Academic Development Foundation | Willowbrook, IL | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic for Choice | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Desert Star Institute for Family Planning | Phoenix, AZ | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taiwanese Alliance of Interculture | San Jose, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Evergreen Buddhist Association | Kirkland, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bullies & Buddies | Redondo Beach, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Build Our Bridges Academy | Pleasanton, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
37 of 61 (61%) 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 66%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 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.
- University of California Berkeley
YEN FAMILY ENDOWED DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH - T League Rgt
CULTURAL & SPORTS INITIATIVES BETWEEN TAIWAN & US - Avatamsaka Buddhist Lotus Society
OFFERINGS TO BUDDHA, DHARMA & SANGHA - Keeping Our Promise Inc
DONATE NOW EMERGENCY FUND - University of California Davis
UC DAVIS CHANCELOR'S CLUB FUND - Community Services Agency
TAIWANESE AMERICAN ATHEISTS & BUDDHISTS THANKSGIVING DINNER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 84 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 33 | $361,000 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 33 | $426,300 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $440,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 32 | $343,500 | $7,000 |
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. 61% 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 $10,000. 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 Skb 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: 1257 Elko Drive, Sunnyvale, CA, 94089. 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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