Private foundation (trust)EIN 943215541Est. 1997-04

Gaia Fund

Berkeley, CA 94710

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$42.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

84

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$19K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$100K

Typical

Deadlines

See Statement 15

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.4M

Total Expenses

$2.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$2.0M

Distributable Amount

$2.0M

Min. Investment Return

$2.1M

Payout rate 95%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.95%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

84 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $5K to maximum $100K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $2.4M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

345 grants

American Promise
$850K
3 grants
Congregation Emanu-El
$810K
5 grants
New Venture Fund
$490K
5 grants
NEO Philanthropy
$333K
5 grants
Tides Foundation
$330K
5 grants
Jewish Community Federation
$200K
4 grants
Common Cause Education Fund
$200K
3 grants
Organic Farming Research Fdn
$185K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

345 grants

<$10K
230
grants
$10–50K
80
grants
$50–250K
34
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

15 states

California
$3.9M
49% of total
Massachusetts
$1.4M
17% of total
District of Columbia
$1.2M
15% of total
New York
$493K
6% of total
Wisconsin
$245K
3% of total
South Carolina
$184K
2% of total
Vermont
$155K
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$125K
2% of total
North Carolina
$100K
1% of total
Illinois
$100K
1% of total

+5 more states

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