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Steven L Hallgrimson Foundation Inc

San Jose, CA · EIN 77-0140464. Reported 154 grants totalling $817,663 to 83 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$817,663granted, 2021-2024
83organizations funded
56%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,800,013assets, 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. Steven L Hallgrimson Foundation Inc 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $160,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
16 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
90 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
26 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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
Claremont Mckenna CollegeClaremont, CA$242,500442024
Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA$99,500442024
San Jose Sports Hall of FameSan Jose, CA$47,500442024
Ucsf FoundationSan Francisco, CA$32,000222022
Cristo Rey Jesuit High SchoolSan Jose, CA$30,000442024
Santa Clara County Law LibrarySan Jose, CA$26,313332024
San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, CA$25,500442024
First Tee MontereySalinas, CA$25,000332024
Special Olympics Nothern CaliforniaPleasant Hill, CA$25,000112024
Midori-KaiPleasanton, CA$20,000442024
Montage Health FoundationMonterey, CA$20,000222023
Icelandic RootsFargo, ND$18,500442024
UC Davis AthleticsDavis, CA$15,000332024
San Francisco Campus for Jewish LivingSan Francisco, CA$12,500442024
Bellermine College PreparatorySan Jose, CA$10,000332023
Community Hospital of Monterey PeninsulaMonterey, CA$10,000112022
Reach FoundationPalo Alto, CA$10,000222024
Stroke Awareness FoundationCampbell, CA$10,000442024
Scripps CollegeClaremont, CA$9,000442024
Boys & Girls Blub of Greater San DiegoSan Diego, CA$6,400222023
Canyon Heights AcademyCampbell, CA$5,500332024
CSNK2A1 FoundationSan Francisco, CA$5,000222023
Eastside College Proparatory SchoolEast Palo Alto, CA$5,000112024
Hunger at HomeSan Jose, CA$5,000222022
Law Foundation of Silicon ValleySan Jose, CA$5,000222024
Loaves & FishesSan Jose, CA$5,000112022
San Jose Sports AuthoritySan Jose, CA$5,000112021
Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA$4,500442024
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterSanta Cruz, CA$3,500442024
Monterey Bay AquariumMonterey, CA$3,000332023
Olivia Anderson Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$3,000212024
Robert Louis Stevenson SchoolPebble Beach, CA$3,000222023
Tyler ShawRedwood City, CA$3,000112022
Nordic Heritage MuseumSeattle, WA$2,500112022
Souther Utah AthleticsCedar City, UT$2,500112023
Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, UT$2,500112024
Anton Berljafa Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$2,000112023
Bay Area Ridge Trail CouncilSan Francisco, CA$2,000222022
Humberto Cruz Moreno Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$2,000112024
Italian American Heritage FoundationSan Jose, CA$2,000222022
Konko Church of Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA$2,000112022
KqedSan Francisco, CA$2,000222022
Linda Soto Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$2,000112024
Ruby Marlow Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$2,000112023
Sacred Heart Nativity SchoolSan Jose, CA$2,000222022
Save the BayOakland, CA$2,000222022
Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$2,000112023
St Christopher Parish SchoolWest Covina, CA$2,000222022
UC Berkeley FoundationBerkeley, CA$2,000222022
Western Flyer FoundationMoss Landing, CA$2,000442024
De Younglegion of HonorSan Francisco, CA$1,600222024
Ava LiuSan Carlos, CA$1,000112022
Big Sur Land TrustMonterey, CA$1,000112023
Bryan Ayoob Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$1,000112022
Carmel Beach FestivalCarmelbythesea, CA$1,000112023
Catherine Greenberg Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$1,000112022
Citali Novarro Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$1,000112021
Del Monte Forest ConservancyPebble Beach, CA$1,000112021
Eastside College Preparatory SchoolPalo Alto, CA$1,000112022
Ela Weintraub-Velazquez Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$1,000112024
Erika Rohlfes Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$1,000112022
George Marks Children's HouseSan Leandro, CA$1,000112022
Issac Ball Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$1,000112021
Japanese American Citizens LeagueMonterey, CA$1,000112022
Lincoln Law SchoolSan Jose, CA$1,000112023
Logberg HeimskringlaWinnipeg$1,000112022
Lucas Gonzales Luna Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$1,000112023
Martin Mac Cheever Memorial Research FundSeattle, WA$1,000112022
Morse Foundation Stewardship FundMonterey, CA$1,000112024
Naval Postgraduate School FoundationMonterey, CA$1,000112024
Noah Nguyen Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$1,000112024
Noell Baraganier Sequoia High SchoolSan Carlos, CA$1,000112022
Nordic MuseumSeattle, WA$1,000112024
Notre Dame High SchoolSan Jose, CA$1,000112022
Peninsula Open Space TrustPalo Alto, CA$1,000112021
Svitlana ShapovalovaMenlo Park, CA$1,000112022
Taylor Jackson Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$1,000112024
US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$1,000222024
Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA$1,000222022
Santa Clara Bar AssociationSan Jose, CA$750112023
KdfcLos Angeles, CA$600222022
Family Giving TreeSan Jose, CA$500112022
Maritza Flores Baeragan Sequoia High SchoolRedwood City, CA$500112021

38 of 83 (46%) 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 56%, 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 68 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
25 grants
Arts & Culture
15 grants
Diseases & Disorders
6 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Environment
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Animal Welfare
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202134$134,300$1,000
202252$227,900$1,000
202334$142,463$2,500
202434$313,000$2,500

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. 96% 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
$788K
North Dakota
$18K
Utah
$5K
Washington
$4K
District of Columbia
$1K
Winnipeg
$1K

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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 $2,000. 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 Steven L Hallgrimson Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Ten Almaden Boulevard 11TH Floor, San Jose, CA, 95113. 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 77-0140464 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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