The Borch Foundation
Saratoga, CA · EIN 20-8777443. Reported 141 grants totalling $4,298,690 to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Borch 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 $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $1,050,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furman University | Greenville, SC | $2,800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $785,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society | Milpitas, CA | $144,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Adventure Unlimited | Greenwood Village, CO | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Muttville | San Francisco, CA | $62,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | San Francisco, CA | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Best Friends | Kanab, UT | $40,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest | San Jose, CA | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Monterey Bay Acquarium | Monterey, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Giving Tree | Milpitas, CA | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley | Milpitas, CA | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Sausalito, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservency | Arlington, VA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | Winchester, VA | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chestnut Hill Ba | Chestnut Hill, MA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dave Thomas Foundation | Dublin, OH | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ghetto Rescue Foundation | Anaheim, CA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arden Wood | San Francisco, CA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lifemoves | Menlo Park, CA | $8,760 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Longyear Foundation | Chestnut Hill, MA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercury News Wish Book | San Jose, CA | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wings of Rescue | Woodlandhills, CA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Services | San Jose, CA | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association | Chestnut Hill, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ghetto Rescue Ffoundation | Anaheim, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Link School | Buena Vista, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spartan Racing Baja | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tower Foundation of Sjsu | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Marine Mammel Center | Sausalito, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YMCA | Santa Clara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Valley Community Services | Cupertino, CA | $4,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Health Trust | San Jose, CA | $4,680 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Sv | San Jose, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Twelveacres | Campbell, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bill Wilson Center | Santa Clara, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heifer International | Little Rock, AR | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maui Humane Society | Puunene, HI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Jose Animal Care Center | San Jose, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The First Church of Christ Scientist | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Twelve Acres | Campbell, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cat Town | Oakland, CA | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friend of Sv Animal Control Authority | Santa Clara, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Houston SPCA | Houston, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwest YMCA | Saratoga, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wish Book | San Jose, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medill - Northwestern University | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Christian Science Association of the Pupils | Nottingham, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Cedars Camps | Ballwin, MO | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cake for Kids | Sunnyvale, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gamma Phi Beta | Centennial, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Happy Hollow Foundation | San Jose, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kqed | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Animal Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Odd Fellow-Rebekah Childrens Home of Ca | Gilroy, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
35 of 59 (59%) 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- University of Southern California
Funds to support the Borch Family Scholarship - Longyear Foundation
Funds to support Longyear Museum - The Health Trust
Funds to support Meals on Wheels
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 77 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $1,301,500 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $1,077,460 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $680,980 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 39 | $1,238,750 | $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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Borch Foundation has 1 of them, worth $4,500,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Furman Univerity | Grenville, SC | $4,500,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in South Carolina. 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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. 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 South Carolina.
- 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 The Borch 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: 14315 Taos Drive, Saratoga, CA, 95070. 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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