Delta Dental of California
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-1461312. Reported 127 grants totalling $94.8M to 68 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Delta Dental of California, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E30) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 68 distinct organizations, with 97% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is extreme concentration. A grantmaker sending three quarters of its money to one organization is in practice a support fund for that organization, whatever its classification says, and an unsolicited request is very unlikely to go anywhere.
- How much its list changes. 51% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,500. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $26.8M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Dental Community Care Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $91.5M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | Newark, DE | $1,196,048 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | San Diego, CA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Disabled American Veterans | Erlanger, KY | $132,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blue Star Families Inc | Encinitas, CA | $114,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oakland Athletics Baseball Co | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Richmond-Ermet Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Military Family Association Inc | Alexandria, VA | $84,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Triumph Cancer Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services | Sacramento, CA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Moaa Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $58,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Vincent Senior Citizen Nutrition Program Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | Woodland Hls, CA | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Alameda County Community Food Bank Inc | Oakland, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Warrior Expeditions | Roanoke, VA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| California Academy of General Dentistry | Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Inc | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Northern California Inc | Pleasant Hill, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Outward Bound Inc | Boulder, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Curry Senior Center | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| E4E Relief LLC | Charlotte, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edison Universe Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raphael House of San Francisco Inc | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cure Tay-Sachs Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Conservation Society of California | Oakland, CA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Laps for Lexi | Silver Spring, MD | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bay Area Council | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gold Star Spouses of the United States Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Student Health Svcs Support Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Pan-Ethnic Health Network | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Edgewood Center for Children and Families | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Career Connection Inc | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine | Bethesda, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Right to Be Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Johns Community Health | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Labor Foundation for Union Workers | San Jose, CA | $12,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Loveall Foundation for Children | Granite Bay, CA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Association of Dental Plans | Sacramento, CA | $10,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keatons Child Cancer Alliance | Roseville, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oakland Pride Inc | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Anthony Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society | San Rafael, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of the Pacific | Stockton, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Veterans Health Administration Dba San Diego Va Healthcare System | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wish of a Lifetime | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pets for Vets Inc | Dover, DE | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ufcw Leukemia Lymphoma Charity Golf Foundation | Claremont, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operating Engineers Local Union No 3 Scholarship Foundation | Concord, CA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carroll College | Helena, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Choc Foundation | Orange, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equal Rights Advocates Inc | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gold Star Wives of America Inc | Kimberly, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Clinica De La Raza Inc | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
32 of 68 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Delta Dental Community Care Foundation
ENTERPRISE CONTRIBUTION TO DDCCF - American Online Giving Foundation Inc
MONETARY GIVING, MATCHING GIFTS/REWARD SEEDING - Oakland Athletics Baseball Co
2021 CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP - Disabled American Veterans
CHAMPION PARTNER CONTRIBUTION, WSC DAV SPONSORSHIP - Blue Star Families Inc
CONTRIBUTION BLUE STAR FAMILIES CELEBRATION 2023 & CAREER PROGRAM - Meals on Wheels San Francisco
STAR CHEFS & VINTNERS GALA
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 51 of 68 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $26.8M | $12,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $27.4M | $8,750 |
| 2023 | 35 | $22.5M | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $18.1M | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $12,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Delta Dental of California's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 25 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 560 Mission Street Ste 1300, San Francisco, CA, 94105.
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