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Private foundation (trust)EIN 366018535Est. 1947-04

GENERAL SERVICE FOUNDATION

SAN RAMON, CA 94583

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Total Assets

$65.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$4.8M

FY 2024

Grants Made

58

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$84K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$310K

Typical

Deadlines

Invited proposals are due october 1st …

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$227K

Total Expenses

$6.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$6.1M

Distributable Amount

$3.3M

Min. Investment Return

$3.3M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

58 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $70K to maximum $310K, 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

6 years

Giving over time from 2019 to 2024. Peak $6.0M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

392 grants

ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS
$2.1M
9 grants
NEW VENTURE FUND
$1.4M
12 grants
GROUNDSWELL FUND
$1.1M
6 grants
NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDERS GROUP
$945K
8 grants
PROTEUS FUND
$945K
12 grants
Amalgamated Foundation
$840K
5 grants
TIDES FOUNDATION
$805K
11 grants
BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY
$775K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

392 grants

<$10K
59
grants
$10–50K
117
grants
$50–250K
211
grants
$250K–1M
5
grants
$1–5M—
$5M+—

Geographic Focus

21 states

California
$7.5M
27% of total
New York
$6.7M
24% of total
District of Columbia
$4.6M
17% of total
Massachusetts
$1.6M
6% of total
Colorado
$1.2M
4% of total
Georgia
$1.1M
4% of total
Illinois
$1.0M
4% of total
Minnesota
$900K
3% of total
Texas
$623K
2% of total
Arizona
$415K
1% of total

+11 more states

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