Twanda Foundation
Alamo, CA · EIN 20-3508036. Reported 264 grants totalling $2,430,159 to 95 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. Twanda 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 $2,180. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,200 and $5,025; the smallest was $1 and the largest $500,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesian College Prep Hs | Richmond, CA | $1,162,456 | 12 | 5 | 2025 |
| Urgent Action Fund Via Network for Good | Oakland, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Diablo Regional Arts Assoc - Women's Artistic Alliance | Walnut Creek, CA | $77,030 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| John Muir Hespital Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Las Trampas Inc | Lafayette, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Park Theater Trust Capital Fund | Lafayette, CA | $70,279 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| John Muir Health Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hospice of the East Bay | Pleasant Hill, CA | $50,410 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Kelsey | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Presentation Hs | San Jose, CA | $42,721 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Urgent Action Fund - Ukraine Women's Refugee Asst | Calameda, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels | Walnut Creek, CA | $31,008 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| East Bay Times Share the Spirit | Walnut Creek, CA | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ccc Crisis Center | Walnut Creek, CA | $27,645 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lindsay Wildlife Experience | Walnut Creek, CA | $27,400 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Common Good Comm Foundation - Colleen | Blairsden, CA | $25,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Empowering Aging | Pleasant Hill, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Las Trampas Inc - Angel Campaign | Lafayette, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ucsf Benioff Childrens Hospital Foundation | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Seva Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $17,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Global Exchange | San Francisco, CA | $15,447 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood - Northern Calif | Concord, CA | $15,162 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sf Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| White Pony Express | Pleasant Hill, CA | $13,258 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Heifer Intl - Women Impowerment | Little Rock, AR | $13,102 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Assoc | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hospice of Hawaii - Navian | Honolulu, HI | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Shakespeare Lake Tahoe | Incline Village, NV | $11,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kqed Public Radio | San Francisco, CA | $11,135 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Women's Cancer Resource Center - Peggy Mcguire | Oakland, CA | $10,857 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| La Clinica De La Raza | Oakland, CA | $10,375 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Care Parent Network | Concord, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Northern California | Concord, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stand for Families Free of Violance | Concord, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Calif Shakespeare Theater | Berkeley, CA | $9,792 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Choice in Aging | Pleasant Hill, CA | $9,560 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kiva Micro Loans | San Francisco, CA | $8,700 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ceri - Center for Empowering Rufugees and Imigrants | Oakland, CA | $8,590 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bread and Roses - East Bay Outreach Pgm | Corte Madera, CA | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Girls Inc of West Contra Costa - Girl Scouts | Richmond, CA | $8,256 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Truckee Tahoe Comm Foundation - Senior Services | Truckee, CA | $8,142 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Public Radio - NPR | Honolulu, HI | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Project Avery - Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents | San Rafael, CA | $7,680 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Las Trampas Inc - School | Lafayette, CA | $7,410 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics of Northern Calif | Pleasant Hill, CA | $6,613 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Childrens Discovery Center - Loretta | Honolulu, HI | $6,030 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Las Trampas Inc - Paver for New Building | Lafayette, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Round Valley Library | Covelo, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sierra Comm House in Kings Beach | Truckee, CA | $5,665 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Covelo (round Valley) Public Library | Covelo, CA | $5,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Seed Lafayette | Lafayette, CA | $5,191 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Actors Fund | New York, NY | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aim High | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eel River Charter School | Covelo, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc Alameda | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Las Trampas Inc - 2021 Gala Dinner Cancellation | Lafayette, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Commonwealth Club of Calif | San Francisco, CA | $4,001 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ggyc - Youth Sailing Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Save Mt Diablo | Walnut Creek, CA | $3,500 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Winter Nights Family Shelter of Ccc | Pleasant Hill, CA | $3,266 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| How Women Lead | San Rafael, CA | $3,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| UC Berkeley Cal Band | Berkeley, CA | $3,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir | Oakland, CA | $3,071 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sonrise Equestrian Foundation | Danville, CA | $2,732 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Aim High - Summer Pgm for Tahoetruckee | San Francisco, CA | $2,625 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Choice in Aging - Giving Tuesday | Pleasant Hill, CA | $2,575 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkeley Repertory Theatre | Berkeley, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sierra Comm House | Truckee, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sf Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $2,266 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| George Mark Children's House | Sam Leandro, CA | $2,230 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Crisis Intervention Services | Incline Village, NV | $2,060 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mohawk Community Resource Center | Graeagle, CA | $2,041 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art House Studio | San Jose, CA | $2,030 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Council of Ccc | Pleasant Hill, CA | $2,020 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities | Oakland, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jack London Historic Park | Glen Ellen, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Support the Arts - Rhythmix | Alameda, CA | $1,545 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Discovery Museum Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Johnsville Historical Society | Graeagle, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sierra Trails | Quincy, CA | $1,130 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Covelo Round Valley Library | Covelo, CA | $1,039 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nature Conservatory | Arlington, VA | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Augustine School New Orleans La | New Orleans, LA | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $1,023 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Exhale Pro Voice | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation Maui Strong | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Richmond Rotary | Richmond, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| UC Berkeley Cal Crew | Berkeley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| UC Davis - Tahoe Environmental Research Center | Davis, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ability Experience | Charlotte, NC | $624 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $516 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Honor Flight | Bakersfield, CA | $511 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Blue Devils - Special Needs Performers | Concord, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
57 of 95 (60%) 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 72%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Salesian College Prep Hs
Non Profit College Prep HS - Park Theater Trust Capital Fund
Helping to rebuild Park Theater - John Muir Hespital Foundation
Directed to New Cancer Center - Las Trampas Inc
Supports Adults with Disabilities - The Kelsey
Provide housing for disabled adults - Urgent Action Fund Via Network for Good
Womens Human Rights Urgently
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 56 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 | 56 | $251,682 | $2,562 |
| 2022 | 52 | $728,345 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 52 | $695,929 | $1,803 |
| 2024 | 53 | $363,837 | $1,545 |
| 2025 | 51 | $390,366 | $2,000 |
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
97% 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 $2,180. 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 Twanda 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: Po Box 986, Alamo, CA, 94507. 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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