Clif Family Foundation
Saint Helena, CA · EIN 20-4345935. Reported 1,810 grants totalling $43.1M to 993 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$43.1Mgranted, 2021-2024
993organizations funded
54%of grantees funded again the next year
$570.8Massets, 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. Clif Family 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.
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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $10 and the largest $3,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 993 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Napa | Napa, CA | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition | Napa, CA | $1,300,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Luna Kids Dance Dba Luna Dance Institute | Berkeley, CA | $1,160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $645,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $600,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| State Power Fund Dba We Make the Future | Kent, OH | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fair Food Network | Ann Arbor, MI | $383,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scholarship America | St Peter, MN | $365,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Chisholm Legacy Project | Baltimore, MD | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coalition of Immokalee Workers | Immokalee, FL | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Kansas Community Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Health Wagon | Wise, VA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ndn Collective Inc | Rapid City, SD | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regenerative Agriculture Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | San Francisco, CA | $290,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greenlining Institute | Oakland, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hack Foundation | West Hollywood, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leadership Counsel for Justice & Account | Fresno, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taproot Earth | Tulsa, OK | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute for Local Self-Reliance | Washington, DC | $248,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Farmworker Justice | Washington, DC | $247,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rodale Institute | Kutztown, PA | $240,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Farmer Fund | New York, NY | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Living Future Institute | Portland, OR | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Rural Affairs | Lyons, NE | $223,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Healthy Building Network | Washinton, DC | $208,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | Oakland, CA | $201,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alianza Nacional De Campesinas | Oxnard, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cleo Institute Inc | Miami, FL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Collective Napa Valley | St Helena, CA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Coming Clean | Brattleboro, VT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Intiatives | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute for Market Transformation | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lideres Campesinas Inc | Oxnard, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Race Forward | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sage Foundation Inc | Fort Yates, ND | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tcra | Reno, NV | $200,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Inquiring Systems | Santa Rosa, CA | $191,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Climate Center | Santa Rosa, CA | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | Oakland, CA | $185,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Flap | Chicago, IL | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Green & Healthy Homes Intiative | Baltimore, MD | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Innovation Network for Communities | Tamworth, NH | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alexander J Ginnis | Durham, NC | $165,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Interscholastic Cycling Assn | Berkeley, CA | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Appalachian Sustainable Development | Abingdon, VA | $162,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Institute for Washingtons Future | Bellingham, WA | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Migrant Clinicians Network | Austin, TX | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Akiptan Inc | Eagle Butte, SD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Affordable Energy | New Orleans, LA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cbdio | Fresno, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Ca Environmental Justice Network | Fresno, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equitable Food Initiative | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fair Foods Standards Council | Sarasota, FL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Farmerworker Association of Florida | Apopka, FL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Chain Workers Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Philanthropy Partner | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| March on Maryland | Severna Park, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | Detroit, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Strategic Actions for a Just Economy | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Northwest | Portland, OR | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Recovery Network | College Park, MD | $144,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chef Ann Foundation | Boulder, CO | $132,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Comite De Apoyo a Los Trabajadores Ag | Glassboro, NJ | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wholesome Wave | Bridgeport, CT | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Civics Unplugged | New York, NY | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Equiterre | Montreal | $112,206 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Conservation Alliance | Windsor, CO | $110,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Watershed Watch Salmon Society | Coquitlam | $106,495 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Calcan | Sacramento, CA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Organic Soup Kitchen | Santa Barbara, CA | $101,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Santropol Roulant | Montreal | $100,397 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| In Our Own Voice National Black Rj Agenda | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Repete LLC | Santa Rosa, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sistersong Inc | Atlanta, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regeneration Canada | Montreal | $99,630 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rocking the Boat Inc | Bronx, NY | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx, NY | $91,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Civil Eats | Cotati, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Organic Farming Research Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Providence Farm Collective Corp | Orchard Park, NY | $90,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Helena Hospital Foundation | St Helena, CA | $90,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Food Secure Canada | Ottawa | $88,908 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Growing Communities Inc - Crop Swap La | Los Angeles, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Organic Coalition | Pine Bush, NY | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nextgen Climate America | San Francisco, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rural Advancement Foundation Internationa | Pittsboro, NC | $85,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Adelante Mujeres | Forest Grove, OR | $84,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Idaho Conservation League | Boise, ID | $83,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercado Global | Brooklyn, NY | $81,550 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Farmfolk Cityfolk Society | Vancouver | $80,679 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Urban Justice Center | New York, NY | $79,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wild Hope Inc Dba Sierra Trekslittlefoot | Ashland, OR | $78,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clean Air Council | Philidelphia, PA | $77,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia Strait Alliance | Vancouver | $76,776 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girls on the Run Napa & Solano | Napa, CA | $76,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ccof Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Isabella Chanel Wright | Park City, UT | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urge | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creating Freedom Movements | Richmond, CA | $73,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Slow Food USA | Brooklyn, NY | $73,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Farm Alliance of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $73,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Green Guerillas | Brooklyn, NY | $71,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bikes Not Bombs | Jamaica Plain, MA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brycebennettracingllc | Truckee, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Farmer Veteran Coalition | Davis, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Honore Farm & Mill | Larkspur, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacred Rok | Yosemite, CA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lynn Canal Conservation Inc | Haines, AK | $68,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oakland Institute | Oakland, CA | $67,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black Creek Community Farm | North York | $67,361 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Our Climate Education Fund | Washington, DC | $67,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project | Eugene, OR | $66,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catalyst Sport | Atlanta, GA | $66,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lifecycle Building Center | Atlanta, GA | $66,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Action for the Climate Emergency | Boulder, CO | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project Avary | San Rafael, CA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Projectcamp | Los Angeles, CA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Re-Plate Inc | Berkeley, CA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| So All May Eat Inc | Denver, CO | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cooperative Food Empowerment Directiv | Oakland, CA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Honeycomb Project | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Farmers for Climate Solutions | Ottawa | $64,331 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Climate Action | Arcata, CA | $63,503 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North East Trees | Los Angeles, CA | $62,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Food Finders Inc | Lakewood, CA | $62,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waterside Workshops | Berkeley, CA | $62,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ceres Community Project | Sebastopol, CA | $61,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food Forward | N Hollywood, CA | $61,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Food Safety | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternati | Berkeley, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for Ag & Trade Policy | Minneapolis, MN | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Katerina Nash | Emeryville, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Land Stewardship Project | Minneapolis, MN | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Organic Seed Alliance | Port Townsend, WA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seed Savers Exchange | Decorah, IA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Three Sisters Kitchen | Albuquerque, NM | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Xerces Society Inc | Portland, OR | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers | Davis, CA | $58,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Geos Institute | Ashland, OR | $58,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marbleseed | Spring Valley, WI | $58,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Earth Guardians | Boulder, CO | $57,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Farmshare Austin (fsa) | Cedar Creek, TX | $56,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Agroecology Commons | Oakland, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Transformative Action | Ithaca, NY | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for An Ecology-Based Economy | Norway, ME | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Civil Liberties Defense Center | Eugene, OR | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Insight Garden Program | Berkeley, CA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samuel D Morse | Park City, UT | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Teen Kitchen Project | Soquel, CA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Valley Improvement Projects | Calabasas, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wild Farm Alliance | Watsonville, CA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Women's Wilderness Institute | Boulder, CO | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Healthy Schools Network | Saratoga Springs, NY | $53,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Poughkeepsie Farm Project | Poughkeepsie, NY | $53,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Citizens Climate Education Corp | Coronado, CA | $53,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Empowerment Works | San Francisco, CA | $53,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rogue Farm Corps | Ashland, OR | $53,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Human-I-T | Long Beach, CA | $53,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food What | Santa Cruz, CA | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard Th Chan School of Public Health | Boston, MA | $52,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 412 Food Rescue | Pittsburgh, PA | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture | Boone, NC | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rolling Harvest Food Rescue | Lumberville, PA | $50,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Deep Medicine Circle | San Gregorio, CA | $50,379 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| About Fresh | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project | Calabasas, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Advancement Project | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bronx River Alliance Inc | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Cen | Twain Harte, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Resources for Science | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Etinva | Marina Del Rey, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feed Black Futures | Santa Rosa, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Co-Op Intiative | Montgomery, MN | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Food Systems for the Future | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Future Harvest Inc | Cockeysville, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Green Amendments for the Generations | Bristol, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Key Conservation | San Diego, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Voices for Reproductive Justice | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Run on Climate Education | Los Osos, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Solutions for Change | Vista, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Next 100 Coalition | Englewood, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Skyart | Chicago, IL | $49,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Watershed Project | Richmond, CA | $48,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Basil's Harvest | Chicago, IL | $48,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Columbia Center for Urban Ag | Columbia, MO | $48,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cultivate Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Keely Cashman | Strawberry, CA | $47,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Luke Winters | Bend, OR | $47,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Patricia Mangan | Derby, NY | $47,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Samuel Dupratt | Salt Lake City, UT | $47,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Environ Legal Defense Fund | Mercersburg, PA | $47,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Quivira Coalition | Santa Fe, NM | $46,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Elso Inc | Portland, OR | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Practical Farmers of Iowa | Ames, IA | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Swim Drink Fish | Toronto | $45,557 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alma Backyard Farms | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Attitudinal Healing Connection | Oakland, CA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Biodesign Challenge Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carbon Cycle Institute | Petaluma, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Catalyst Miami | Miami, FL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Mountain Bicycling Assoc | Boulder, CO | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kismet Rock Foundation | North Conway, NH | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Land for Good Inc | Keene, NH | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Legado | Jackson, NH | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Los Padres Forestwatch | Santa Barbara, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mad Agriculture | Boulder, CO | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maine Farmland Trust | Belfast, ME | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mandela Partners | Oakland, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rewild Campus | Austin, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Real Organic Project | East Thetford, VT | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Safer States | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Socially Responsible Agriculture Project | Salem, OR | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Ocean Agency | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vida Verde Nature Education | San Gregorio, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| WAREHOUSES4GOOD | Houston, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Farrms | Tuttle, ND | $44,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Farmfolk City Folk Society | North Saanich | $44,232 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Life's Kitchen | Boise, ID | $43,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Bicycle Relief | Chicago, IL | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Food & Agriculture Coalition | Missoula, MT | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holistic Management International | Albuquerque, NM | $43,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Habitat | Oakland, CA | $43,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Amazon Watch | Oakland, CA | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cahaba River Society Inc | Birmingham, AL | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Detroit Food Academy | Detroit, MI | $42,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Inside Climate News | Brooklyn, NY | $41,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Root & Rebound | Oakland, CA | $41,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | Washington, DC | $41,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Growing Gardens | Boulder, CO | $41,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project Healthy Community | Detroit, MI | $41,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Upward Roots | Oakland, CA | $41,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Garden Raised Bounty | Olympia, WA | $40,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet | Palo Alto, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Bicycle Coalition Education Fu | Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Calypso Farm and Ecology Center | Ester, AK | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Empowering Refugees and Immi | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
443 of 993 (45%) 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 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 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.
- Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs
Revitalize the Environment - Amalgamated Foundation
Strengthen the Food System - Scholarship America
Supporting Effective Innovation in Education - Watershed Watch Salmon Society
SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES - Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
Reducing Other Exposures to Toxic Materials - Farmfolk Cityfolk Society
Reconnecting Our Farms to Our Families
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,219 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 500 | $2,989,560 | $4,500 |
| 2022 | 400 | $3,921,849 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 451 | $12.1M | $18,750 |
| 2024 | 459 | $24.1M | $20,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Clif Family Foundation has 30 of them, worth $213,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Agriculture Education | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 |
| Appalachian Sustainable Development (asd) | Duffield, VA | $10,000 |
| Farmshare Austin | Cedar Creek, TX | $10,000 |
| Intervale Center | Burlington, VT | $10,000 |
| La Compost | Lake Balboa, CA | $10,000 |
| Practical Farmers of Iowa | Ames, IA | $10,000 |
| Sane Energy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 |
| Sprout City Farms | Lakewood, CO | $10,000 |
| We Care Solar | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 |
| Susitna River Coalition | Talkeetna, AK | $8,000 |
| Milwaukee Water Commons | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 |
| Neighborhood House of Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 |
| California Bicycle Coalition Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 |
| Casting for Recovery | Bozeman, MT | $7,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 42% 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.
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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
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 Clif Family Foundation'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: 1334 B Vidovich Ave, Saint Helena, CA, 94574. 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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This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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