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Private foundation (trust)EIN 113659133Est. 2003-10

THE SKOLL FOUNDATION

Palo Alto, CA 94301

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Total Assets

$807.1M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$58.2M

FY 2023

Grants Made

177

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$329K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$112–$8.2M

Typical

Deadlines

App info at www skoll org

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$9.8M

Activities related to the production of the annual Skoll World Forum.

Program 2

$4.2M

The Foundation performs all strategic and programmatic activities for the Skoll Fund, a supporting organization associated with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, including grantee selection, grant negotiation and management, grantee impact evaluation and all other aspects of generating impact from grants disbursed by the Skoll Fund.

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$35.3M

Total Expenses

$72.9M

Qualifying Distributions

$83.0M

Distributable Amount

$39.4M

Min. Investment Return

$39.8M

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

177 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $112 through median $150K to maximum $8.2M, 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

2 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2023. Peak $109.8M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

Mayo Clinic
$19.7M
2 grants
New Venture Fund
$7.5M
10 grants
The ONE Campaign
$6M
2 grants
Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria
$4M
2 grants
THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION
$4M
1 grant
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford
$3.5M
3 grants
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$3.4M
7 grants
Panorama Global
$3.2M
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
100
grants
$10–50K
119
grants
$50–250K
127
grants
$250K–1M
121
grants
$1–5M
31
grants
$5M+
2
grants

Geographic Focus

28 states

District of Columbia
$40.7M
30% of total
California
$21.2M
16% of total
New York
$21.0M
16% of total
Minnesota
$19.7M
15% of total
Massachusetts
$8.1M
6% of total
Washington
$5.5M
4% of total
Arizona
$2.9M
2% of total
Georgia
$2.4M
2% of total
Illinois
$2.3M
2% of total
South Dakota
$1.6M
1% of total

+18 more states

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