Redf
San Francisco, CA · EIN 54-2132153. Reported 251 grants totalling $16.9M to 154 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 Redf, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in philanthropy & grantmaking (NTEE T012).
- How spread out its giving is. 154 distinct organizations, with 3% 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. 48% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $21,159. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $228,000. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Clean Decisions | Washington, DC | $380,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Doe Fund Inc | New York, NY | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse | Saugerties, NY | $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 |
| Coalfield Development Corporation | Huntington, WV | $364,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peralta Service Corp | Oakland, CA | $345,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Conbody Inc | New York, NY | $320,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hopeworks N Camden Inc | Camden, NJ | $320,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Weld Seattle | Seattle, WA | $320,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Alchemy | San Francisco, CA | $316,159 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Step Staffing | Atlanta, GA | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Farming Hope | San Francisco, CA | $280,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Missoula Interfaith Collaborative | Missoula, MT | $267,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc | Azusa, CA | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bikes Not Bombs Inc | Roxbury, MA | $255,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom a La Cart | Columbus, OH | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Neighborhood | Spokane, WA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Just Q'in Bbq | Cincinnati, OH | $228,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Denverworks | Denver, CO | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nu-Way Staffing | Mableton, GA | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oic Strategic Integration LLC | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Downtown Womens Center | Los Angeles, CA | $210,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emerge Connecticut Inc | New Haven, CT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Seeds of Change LLC | Louisville, TN | $166,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breath of Fresh Air Pdx | Portland, OR | $132,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wildflyer Coffee | Minneapolis, MN | $132,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emmas Torch Ltd | Brooklyn, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| People Advancing Reintegration Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rise Up Industries | San Diego, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valeo Vocation | Tacoma, WA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Juma Ventures | San Francisco, CA | $114,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Conservation Corps | Los Angeles, CA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| All Square | Minneapolis, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emerge Enterprises Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Cycles of California Inc | San Jose, CA | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bottom Bunk LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Refugee Artisan Initiative | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salazar Landscaping | South Gate, CA | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Carry the Vision | Gilroy, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Conservation Corps of Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mountain Bizcapital Inc | Asheville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Binghampton Development Corporation | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| Edwins Leadership and Restaurantinstitute | Cleveland Hts, OH | $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 |
| Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $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 |
| Made Institute | Flint, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Magic City Woodworks | Birmingham, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Main Street Youth & Family Services | Stockton, CA | $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 |
| Other Ones Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoples Pottery Project | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Ready for Good Co | Lawrence, KS | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reimagine Atl | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Revolution Workshop | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| San Jose Conservation Corps | San Jose, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Enterprise and Training Center | Schenectady, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| The Very Best Cookies LLC (sugar Bots Sweet Shop) | St Charles, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Timelist Group Inc | Lancaster, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| TURN90 | N Charleston, SC | $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 |
| Vehicles for Change Inc | Halethorpe, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waterside Workshops | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Employment Opportunities Inc | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 |
51 of 154 (33%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 105 of 154 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 | $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 |
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
24% 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
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 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 $21,159 -- 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 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 51 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 18 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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