The Entrekin Foundation
Orinda, CA · EIN 68-0414730. Reported 70 grants totalling $71,217 to 40 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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 Entrekin 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $398 and $1,000; the smallest was $65 and the largest $5,100. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip Pocket Press | Orinda, CA | $14,100 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Point Reyes National Seashore Association | Point Reyes Station, CA | $5,100 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | Concord, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Earth Island Institute (kids for the Bay) | Berkeley, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Farmer's Footprint X Terrado | Beaverton, OR | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kids for the Bay (earth Island Institute) | Berkeley, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nevada County Arts Council | Nevada City, CA | $3,500 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Small Press Traffic | San Francisco, CA | $2,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gambia Rising | Emeryville, CA | $2,613 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Save the Bay | Oakland, CA | $2,025 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Environment California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,531 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lighthouse for the Blind | San Francisco, CA | $1,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Poets in the Schools | Santa Rosa, CA | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cool Petaluma | Petaluma, CA | $1,050 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 350 Bay Area | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | Sausalito, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mesa Refuge | Point Reyes, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sierra Poetry Festival | Nevada City, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women for Women | Washington, DC | $720 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Meals on Wheels America | Oakland, CA | $615 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alameda County Food Bank | Oakland, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail Council | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bear Yuba Land Trust | Grass Valley, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Contra Costa County Food Bank | Concord, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Julia Vinograd Between Spirit and Stone | Newton, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lions Blind Center of Diablo Valley | Pittsburg, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No Kid Hungry | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Poetry Flash | Berkeley, CA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Artivist Foundation | San Anselmo, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dominican University of California | San Rafael, CA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Ocean Cleanup | New York, NY | $398 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Swiss Red Cross | Bern | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regional Parks Foundation | Oakland, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Santa Rosa, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Infinite Smile | Lafayette, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Persimmon Tree | New York, NY | $65 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
16 of 40 (40%) 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 36%, 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.
- Hip Pocket Press
POETRY/WRITING PRODUCTION FOR COMMUNITY ARTS - Alameda County Community Food Bank
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY SUPPORT DURING PANDEMIC - Small Press Traffic
A SEEDBED FOR POETS WHO PRESENT PROGRAMS, PUBLICATIONS, AND CURATORIAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH AN ETHOS OF RADICAL INCLUSIVITY - Earth Island Institute (kids for the Bay)
CONSERVE, PRESERVE, AND RESTORE THE ENVIRONMENT ; KID'S FOR THE BAY [DEVELOP ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP IN NORTH AMERICA] - Farmer's Footprint X Terrado
A COALITION OF FARMERS, EDUCATORS, DOCTORS, SCIENTISTS, AND BUSINESS LEADERS AIMED AT OFFERING ALTERNATIVE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES - Point Reyes National Seashore Association
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE, ENHANCE, AND PRESERVE POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15 | $19,198 | $515 |
| 2021 | 26 | $20,341 | $500 |
| 2022 | 13 | $13,463 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $18,215 | $500 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 90% 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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. 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 The Entrekin Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 5 Del Mar Court, Orinda, CA, 94563. 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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