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Private foundation (trust)EIN 943303273Est. 1999-04

The Gifford Foundation Inc

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Total Assets

$9.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$878K

FY 2024

Grants Made

16

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$55K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$100–$500K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$463K

Total Expenses

$952K

Qualifying Distributions

$878K

Distributable Amount

$471K

Min. Investment Return

$476K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

16 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100 through median $14K to maximum $500K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

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Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $1.6M in 2018. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

87 grants

UCLA Foundation
$1.4M
3 grants
East Palo Alto Tennis Tutoring
$568K
5 grants
Leland Stanford Junior University
$500K
1 grant
UCLA
$267K
2 grants
UC Berkeley
$260K
2 grants
One Mind
$207K
2 grants
Firstmark Services
$151K
1 grant
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
$87K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

87 grants

<$10K
43
grants
$10–50K
30
grants
$50–250K
11
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

12 states

California
$3.6M
86% of total
Pennsylvania
$244K
6% of total
Nebraska
$151K
4% of total
Utah
$56K
1% of total
Arizona
$54K
1% of total
Missouri
$35K
1% of total
Nevada
$24K
1% of total
Colorado
$16K
0% of total
Hawaii
$10K
0% of total
Texas
$3K
0% of total

+2 more states

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