The Skoll Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · EIN 11-3659133. Reported 1,195 grants totalling $421.8M to 621 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$100,000median grant
$421.8Mgranted, 2020-2024
621organizations funded
47%of grantees funded again the next year
$846.9Massets, 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. The Skoll 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 $100,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $400,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $11.4M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 621 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $26.7M | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $15.4M | 17 | 4 | 2023 |
| The One Campaign | Washington, DC | $12.0M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Alliance for Climate Protection | Washington, DC | $10.0M | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ted Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $8,000,000 | 9 | 5 | 2024 |
| National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc | Atlanta, GA | $7,205,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria | Geneva | $7,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $6,475,000 | 15 | 4 | 2023 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $6,350,000 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Living Goods | Oakland, CA | $6,000,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $5,515,200 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| 50BREAKTHROUGHS Foundation | Oakland, CA | $5,500,350 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $5,370,500 | 12 | 5 | 2024 |
| Center for Technology and Civic Life | Chicago, IL | $5,250,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team United States Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | New York, NY | $5,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Thorn | Manhattan Beach, CA | $5,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Last Mile Health | Boston, MA | $4,882,416 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | Boston, MA | $4,725,000 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| Code for America Labs Inc | San Francisco, CA | $4,650,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $4,133,334 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Cary, NC | $4,080,780 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sokoine University of Agriculture | Morogoro | $4,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ndn Collective Inc | Rapid City, SD | $3,750,350 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Noora Health | San Francisco, CA | $3,550,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Africa Public Health Foundation | Nairobi | $3,500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford, England | $3,449,884 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $3,251,915 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Swasti | Bangalore | $3,133,809 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Educate Girls | Forest Hills, NY | $3,050,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| GIVE2ASIA | Oakland, CA | $3,042,000 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Amref Health Africa | Nairobi | $3,025,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| African Field Epidemiology Network | Kampala | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Resolve to Save Lives Inc | New York, NY | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Elders Foundation | London | $3,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $2,765,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $2,765,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Freethink Media Inc | Washington, DC | $2,753,250 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Financing Alliance for Health | Bethlehem, PA | $2,535,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Budgit Foundation for Promotion of Information Technology in Nigeria | Alagomeji Lagos | $2,515,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Partnership Project Inc | Washington, DC | $2,500,000 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Villagereach | Seattle, WA | $2,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Indus Hospital | Karachi | $2,418,664 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reach Digital Health Npc | Johannesburg, Dunkeld | $2,270,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Common Future | Oakland, CA | $2,250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Resources Institute | Washington, DC | $2,250,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Steering Group for Impact Investment | London | $2,100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Muso Inc | San Francisco, CA | $2,025,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ceres Inc | Boston, MA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Colorofchangeorg Education Fund Inc | Oakland, CA | $2,000,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Give Foundation Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Initiative Inc | Concord, MA | $2,000,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rights and Resources Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Voter Registration Project | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Myagro Farms | New York, NY | $1,925,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Instituto Arapyau De Educacao E Desenvolvimento Sustentavel | Sao Paulo | $1,905,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| King Baudouin Foundation United States Inc | New York, NY | $1,889,300 | 10 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nossas Cidades | Rio De Janeiro | $1,840,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Redeemer's University | Ede | $1,800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Profit Inc | Boston, MA | $1,770,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nia Tero Foundation | Seattle, WA | $1,750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nossas Cidades | Rio De Janeiro, RJ | $1,740,000 | 9 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $1,678,000 | 7 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fair Count Inc | Atlanta, GA | $1,600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food for Education Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $1,600,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redeemer's University Ltdgte | Ede | $1,600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Redeemer's University Ltdgte | Ede, Osun State | $1,600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford | $1,585,052 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Indus Hospital & Health Network | Karachi | $1,577,859 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 2X Global Limited | London | $1,573,750 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Internationella Insamlingsstiftelsen for Mark Och Skograttigheter | Stockholm | $1,550,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Sustainable Business Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $1,532,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Avina Americas Inc | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Financial Health Network Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Global Witness | London, England | $1,500,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Instituto Conexoes Sustentaveis | Rio De Janeiro | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara | Jakarta | $1,440,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amani Global Works | New York, NY | $1,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $1,389,726 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Bridgespan Group Inc | Boston, MA | $1,312,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hip Hop Public Health Inc | New York, NY | $1,262,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mpedigree Network Limited | Amsterdam | $1,255,000 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $1,250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $1,250,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dasra | Houston, TX | $1,215,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Associacao Brasileira De Profissionais De Epidemiologia De Campo - Proepi | Brasilia Df | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Equis Institute | Washington, DC | $1,187,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Proximity Designs | South Pasadena, CA | $1,135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $1,125,525 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chapel & York US Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,105,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc | New York City, NY | $1,100,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Mirimus Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,075,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $1,045,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | San Francisco, CA | $1,020,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mpedigree Network Limited | Amsterdam, North Holland | $1,020,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Instituto Conexoes Sustentaveis | Rio De Janeiro, RJ | $1,015,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pushblack | Washington, DC | $1,015,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $1,000,400 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Open Society International Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camfed International | Cambridge, England | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Doc Society | London, England | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Facing History and Ourselves Inc | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fundacion Gaia Amazonas | Bogota | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harlem Children's Zone Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Institut Pasteur De Dakar | Dakar, Dakar | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| J David Gladstone Institutes | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Malaria No More Fund | Seattle, WA | $1,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercatus Center Inc | Arlington, VA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ploughshares Fund Inc | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Praekelt Foundation | Johannesburg | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Taproot Earth | Tulsa, OK | $1,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of New Mexico Foundation Incorporated | Albuquerque, NM | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vote Run Lead | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara | Jakarta, Selatan | $975,000 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $971,140 | 14 | 5 | 2024 |
| Khushi Baby Inc | El Dorado Hills, CA | $919,507 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator | Johannesburg | $900,000 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Issue One | Washington, DC | $900,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $892,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Philanthropy Workshop Inc | New York, NY | $890,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Forest Trends Association | Washington, DC | $875,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Creating Hope International | Dearborn, MI | $870,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Clean Tech Innovation and Acceleration Foundation | Abuja | $815,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| African Food Changemakers Institute Ltd | Lagos | $800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Finance Israel Ltd (cc) | Tel Aviv | $800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sanergy Inc | Atlanta, GA | $765,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jan Sahas USA Inc | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Alliance for International Medical Action Alima USA | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Broad Institute Inc | Cambridge, MA | $720,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | $700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Global Impact Investing Network Inc | New York, NY | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Small Enterprise Assistance Funds | Washington, DC | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crisis Action Inc | New York, NY | $695,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Axios Media Inc | Arlington, VA | $685,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Imazon - Instituto Do Homem E Meio Ambiente Da Amazonia | Belem | $675,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Health Leads Inc | Boston, MA | $660,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Global Health Informatics Institute | Lilongwe | $650,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kickstart International Inc | San Francisco, CA | $645,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| International Bridges to Justice | Boston, MA | $635,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Build Change | Denver, CO | $625,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Youthbuild USA Inc | Somerville, MA | $625,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | $615,268 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment | London, England | $615,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Institute of Sustainable Connections | Palo Alto, CA | $610,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cdi International Inc | Westwood, NJ | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social Progress Imperative Inc | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pratham USA | Houston, TX | $560,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Impactassets Inc | Bethesda, MD | $550,678 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Selco Foundation | Bangalore | $545,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nidan | Patna | $530,000 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Swasti | Bangalore, Karnataka | $528,775 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Africa College Fund | Fairfield, IA | $525,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Visionspring Inc | New York, NY | $525,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $515,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Public Health Association Inc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Array Alliance Inc | Encino, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association of State and Territorial Health Officials | Arlington, VA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Aspiration | San Francisco, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Delta Philanthropies | London | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dtwo Ltd | San Francisco, CA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fundacion Escuela Nueva | Bogota | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Fundacion Paraguaya De Cooperacin Y Desarrollo | Asuncion | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Imagine World Limited | Altrincham | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Instituto Socioambiental | Sao Paulo | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mirimus Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Governors Association Center for Best Practices | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Organization for Working Americans Research and Education Fund | Seattle, WA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Family Foundation | Aerdenhout | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pillars Fund | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rise Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canopy Planet Society | Vancouver, British Columbia | $499,998 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ciudad Saludable | Miraflores | $485,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Freedom for All Inc | New York, NY | $485,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Fundacion Paraguaya De Cooperacion Y Desarrollo | Asuncion | $485,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charities Aid Foundation America | Alexandria, VA | $478,260 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Carter Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $467,863 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Doc Society Inc | London | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Ecological Security | Anand | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Public Radio Inc | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Telapak | Bogor | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Videre Est Credere | London | $445,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charter for Compassion Society of Pakistan | Karachi | $440,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Miller Center Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $417,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Search for Common Ground | Washington, DC | $410,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation Inc | Mandaluyong City | $405,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brazil Child Health Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Gvngorg | Los Angeles, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raheem | Oakland, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Raheem Ai | Oakland, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Solutions Journalism Network Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stichting One Family Foundation | Aerdenhout | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Secure Democracy Foundation | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Citizens Foundation USA | Houston, TX | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Roddenberry Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Video Consortium Inc | Mount Kisco, NY | $390,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yayasan Lembaga Penelitian Kaleka Indonesia | Denpasar Selatan, Bali | $390,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Art Council | Brooklyn, NY | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Institute for Responsive Government Inc | Kansas City, MO | $360,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (aman) | Jakarta | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dasra | Mumbai | $350,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Good Market Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $350,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Instituto Del Bien Comun | Lima | $346,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Results for Development Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $340,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aflatoun Child Savings International | Amsterdam | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asociacion Tierranuestra | Asuncion | $325,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Beneficent Technology Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Powerpac Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Climateworks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $324,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Asian American-Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $320,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Points North Institute | Camden, ME | $315,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fundacin Capital - Fundak | Panama City | $310,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arts at the Old Fire Station | Oxford | $300,485 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kajo Keji Health Training Institute Limited | Arua Hill Division | $300,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Edelgive Foundation | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (drasa) Health Trust Ltdgte | Yaba, Lagos | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Freedom Voices Network | Paris | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Internationella Insamlingsstiftelsen Fr Mark Och Skogrttigheter | Stockholm | $300,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| If Not US Then Who | Venice, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lifebank Technology and Logistics Services Limited | Lagos | $300,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Share Trust Inc | Dover, MA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Unrwa USA National Committee Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $283,900 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Giving Back Fund Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $280,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eyelliance Inc | New York, NY | $275,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Imazon - Instituto Do Homem E Meio Ambiente Da Amazonia | Belem, Para | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Instituto Conexao Povos Da Floresta | So Paulo, So Paulo | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sevalink Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $267,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blue Ventures Conservation | Bristol | $265,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Center for Transitional Justice | New York, NY | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Council on Strategic Risks | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| German Marshall Fund of the US | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Riders for Health Nigeria | Gwarimpa Estate | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Thomson Reuters Foundation | London | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thomson Reuters Foundation | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Well Grounded Ltd | London, Yaounde | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yayasan Auriga Nusantara | Bogor, Jawa Barat | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College for Social Innovation Inc | Boston, MA | $240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
243 of 621 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 47%, across 4 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.
- Mayo Clinic
NOVEL BIO-THERAPEUTICS RESEARCH - National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc
CALIFORNIA COVID-19 PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS - Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
COVID-19 RAPID TESTING PILOTS AND EXPANSION OF TESTING TECHNOLOGIES - New Venture Fund
CO-IMPACT: ROUND 2 SYSTEMS CHANGE GRANTS - Thorn
ELIMINATE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE FROM THE INTERNET - Sokoine University of Agriculture
STRENGTHENING SACIDS AND REGIONAL COVID-19 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 808 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 230 | $112.8M | $100,000 |
| 2021 | 282 | $96.1M | $75,000 |
| 2022 | 349 | $109.9M | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 177 | $58.2M | $150,000 |
| 2024 | 157 | $44.9M | $100,000 |
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 Skoll Foundation has 224 of them, worth $138.1M. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $21.1M |
| Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria | Geneva | $8,000,000 |
| The Alliance for Climate Protection | Washington, DC | $4,000,000 |
| Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team United States Inc | Washington, DC | $3,750,000 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Cary, NC | $3,466,350 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $3,248,000 |
| Redeemer's University | Ede | $3,200,000 |
| Nossas Cidades | Rio De Janeiro | $2,250,000 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 |
| Amref Health Africa | Nairobi | $2,000,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $2,000,000 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 |
| Ndn Collective Inc | Rapid City, SD | $1,700,000 |
| Muso Inc | San Francisco, CA | $1,600,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 26% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund283 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc238 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc237 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust202 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program196 shared recipientsSilicon Valley Community Foundation186 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $100,000. 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 District of Columbia.
- 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 Skoll Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 250 University Avenue 200, Palo Alto, CA, 94301. 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.
EIN 11-3659133 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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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