Redf
San Francisco, CA · EIN 54-2132153. Reported 314 grants totalling $22.9M to 177 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, 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 Redf, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in philanthropy & grantmaking (NTEE T012).
- How spread out its giving is. 177 distinct organizations, with 2% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 44% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $75,000. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $250,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network for Better Futures | Minneapolis, MN | $531,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opportunity Construction LLC | Steelton, PA | $510,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bikes Not Bombs Inc | Roxbury, MA | $491,700 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Urban Alchemy | San Francisco, CA | $486,159 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc | Azusa, CA | $480,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Conbody Inc | New York, NY | $470,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Weld Seattle | Seattle, WA | $470,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Neighborhood Industries | Fresno, CA | $455,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $452,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grid Alternatives | Los Angeles, CA | $450,170 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Challenge Program | Wilmington, DE | $450,100 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Kitchen Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emerge Connecticut Inc | New Haven, CT | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Innercity Weightlifting Inc | Cambridge, MA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jobs Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | $450,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pioneer Human Services | Seattle, WA | $450,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Knowledge House Fellowship Inc | Bronx, NY | $430,300 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Civic Works Inc | Baltimore, MD | $420,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Homeward Bound of Marin | Novato, CA | $420,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coalfield Development Corporation | Huntington, WV | $414,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Global Neighborhood | Spokane, WA | $402,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Missoula Interfaith Collaborative | Missoula, MT | $392,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Downtown Womens Center | Los Angeles, CA | $385,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Clean Decisions | Washington, DC | $380,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Doe Fund Inc | New York, NY | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse | Evanston, IL | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project Return Inc | Nashville, TN | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Crossroads Campus | Nashville, TN | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom a La Cart | Columbus, OH | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Just Q'in Bbq | Cincinnati, OH | $347,450 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Peralta Service Corp | Oakland, CA | $345,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rise Up Industries | San Diego, CA | $330,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| People Advancing Reintegration Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $329,850 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hopeworks N Camden Inc | Camden, NJ | $320,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nu-Way Staffing | Mableton, GA | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Oic Strategic Integration LLC | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| First Step Staffing | Atlanta, GA | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wildflyer Coffee | Minneapolis, MN | $307,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ground Up Pdx | Portland, OR | $306,900 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Seeds of Change LLC | Louisville, TN | $306,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| All Square | Minneapolis, MN | $305,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Farming Hope | San Francisco, CA | $280,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Denverworks | Denver, CO | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emmas Torch Ltd | Brooklyn, NY | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Valeo Vocation | Tacoma, WA | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles Conservation Corps | Los Angeles, CA | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Touch a Heart Inc | Aiea, HI | $195,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Downtown Streets Inc | San Jose, CA | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Farming Hope | San Francisco, CA | $170,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Oic of South Florida Inc | Oakland Park, FL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jobtrain Inc | Menlo Park, CA | $129,931 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Revolution Workshop | Chicago, IL | $127,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Made Institute | Flint, MI | $121,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Carry the Vision | San Jose, CA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Edwins Leadership and Restaurantinstitute | Cleveland Hts, OH | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| San Jose Conservation Corps | San Jose, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Very Best Cookies LLC (sugar Bots Sweet Shop) | St Charles, MO | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Vehicles for Change Inc | Halethorpe, MD | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Juma Ventures | San Francisco, CA | $114,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Chrysalis Center | Los Angeles, CA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Conservation Corps North Bay Inc | Novato, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Emerge Enterprises Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goodwill of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| More Than Words Inc | Waltham, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Cycles of California Inc | San Jose, CA | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peoples Pottery Project | Los Angeles, CA | $64,778 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Other Ones Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | $61,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| TURN90 | North Charleston, SC | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Salazar Landscaping | South Gate, CA | $58,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness | Arlington, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shaping Our Appalachian Region Inc | Pikeville, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Social Enterprise and Training Center | Schenectady, NY | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Anniecannons Inc | Oakland, CA | $41,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Antelope Valley Partners for Health | Lancaster, CA | $41,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ladies Empowerment and Action Program Inc | South Miami, FL | $41,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Main Street Youth & Family Services | Stockton, CA | $41,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Maryland Reentry Resource Center Inc | Odenton, MD | $41,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Spir Candle Co | Seattle, WA | $41,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Unlocked Labs | Saint Louis, MO | $41,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Binghampton Development Corporation | Memphis, TN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bottom Bunk LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| DC Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dion S Chicago Dream Inc Nfp | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Forward Endeavors | Long Beach, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Living Pono Project | Paia, HI | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc | Rocky Mount, NC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Refugee Artisan Initiative | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rk Contractors LLC | Kansas City, MO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Conservation Corps of Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ready for Good Co | Lawrence, KS | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mountain Bizcapital Inc | Asheville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Envision Your Pathway Inc | Morgan Hill, CA | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| A 2ND Cup | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Safe Haven Foundation | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Advanced Outsource Solutions Inc | Alton, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big House Beans | Antioch, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Picture Alliance | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Jacket Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bellsky LLC Dba Bellden Cafe | Bellevue, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc | Louisville, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chinook Enterprises | Mount Vernon, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Seed Inc | New Haven, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cobuild LLC | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chifresh Kitchen Lwca | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Conconnect Holdings Corporation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Digital Nest Inc | Watsonville, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dorothy Day House a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DV8 Kitchen Vocational Training Foundation Inc | Lexington, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emerge Community Development | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eternal Love LLC Dba Vested Solutions | Palm Desert, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fcs Urban Ministries Inc | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foghill Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Caf LLC | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenisland Bakery LLC | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Havenly | New Haven, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heartwood Resources | Roseburg, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Homeless Alliance | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hot and Cool Corp | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| I Have a Bean | Wheaton, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Interseminarian-Project Place Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jail to Jobs | Leander, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kitchens for Good | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lancaster Works | Lancaster, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lutunji's Palate | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manufacture Good | Birmingham, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mission Edge San Diego | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Ministries | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northern Valley Industries Inc | Wausau, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Piece By Piece | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Joy | Palmdale, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Real Life Youth Occupational Training Core | Riverdale, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Renewal Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prospect Kc | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Piikup LLC | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Purpose Workforce Solutions | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quickhaven Inc | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Re-Use Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reimagine Atl | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Root Ns Inc | Salem, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roots of Renewal | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Remark Glass | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Gabriel Valley Conservation and Service Corps | El Monte, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southwest Creations Collaborative | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Square Peg Foundation | Half Moon Bay, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stone Soup Pdx | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Story Cards LLC | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Academy Group | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Beacon House Association of San Pedro | San Pedro, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Momentum Group | Meridian, ID | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Refugee Collective | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Urban Wild Inc | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Timelist Group Inc | Lancaster, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Stroopie Co | Lancaster, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Triple Bottom Brewing | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unloop | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unshattered Inc | Hopewell Jct, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban University | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Usource Consulting LLC | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unibody Fitness Nyc LLC | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Waterside Workshops | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Employment Opportunities Inc | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Covenant Community Services Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bread Line Inc | Fairbanks, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bridgeways | Everett, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Citylab Professional | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Correctional Institutions Chaplaincy of Santa Clara County I | Milpitas, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Manna on Main Street | Lansdale, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Moms Inc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pauls Place Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Purple Door Coffee | Englewood, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Recovery Cafe San Jose Inc | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverview Gardens Inc | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uplift Northwest | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
68 of 177 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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.
- Bikes Not Bombs Inc
PORTFOLIO AND STRATEGIC GRANT - Anniecannons Inc
ACCELERATOR AND STRATEGIC GRANT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 121 of 177 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 | $1,620,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 74 | $4,060,929 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 79 | $5,732,500 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 69 | $5,536,500 | $100,000 |
| 2025 | 63 | $5,985,909 | $100,000 |
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
26% 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.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
29 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 63 grants totalling $14.8M to Redf. That is 51% of the 57 funders we can see giving to it. Those 29 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
13 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penner Family Foundation Inc | Arkansas | $2,800,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The James Irvine Foundation | California | $2,075,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Maryland | $1,698,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation | California | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | New York | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Zierk Family Foundation | Texas | $900,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| J Christopher and | Florida | $793,945 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Citi Foundation | New York | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation | California | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodcock Foundation | New York | $440,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 29.
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 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 $75,000 -- 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 Redf's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 49 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 14 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: 785 Market Street 1200, San Francisco, CA, 94103.
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