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Webb Family Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 20-0864199. Reported 48 grants totalling $5,936,500 to 25 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. Webb 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $117,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $100,000 and $150,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $339,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP Bay Area Schools | Oakland, CA | $1,029,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of San Francisco Foundation - Moasser Lab | San Francisco, CA | $526,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| College Track - Northern California (bay Area) | Oakland, CA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Washington Foundation - Cancer Vaccine Institute (dr Disis) | Seattle, WA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Elakha Alliance | Siletz, OR | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elkhorn Slough Foundation | Royal Oaks, CA | $285,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| KIPP Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $268,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Revive & Restore - Wild Genomics Kelp Ecosystem Project | Sausalito, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust - Monterey Road Feasibility Study | Palo Alto, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Chick Mission Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Network - the California Wildlife Program | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Chick Mission Inc - the Hope Fund and Collegiate Awareness Program | New York, NY | $183,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest Foodbank | Nazareth, PA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College Track | Oakland, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Paulovich Lab | Seattle, WA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Revive & Restore | Sausalito, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foodbank of Nyc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust - Pajaro River Headwaters Project | Palo Alto, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marine Science Institute | Redwood City, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Maker Effect Foundation | Orlando, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bay Area Young Survivors | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA | Burlingame, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
13 of 25 (52%) 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 58%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 25 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $895,500 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 12 | $1,483,000 | $112,500 |
| 2023 | 12 | $1,559,000 | $112,500 |
| 2024 | 13 | $1,999,000 | $150,000 |
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. Webb Family Foundation has 1 of them, worth $25,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KIPP Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | $25,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 73% 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 $117,500. 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 Webb 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: Co Arabella Adv 1828 L St Nw 40, Washington, DC, 20036. 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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