Adobe Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 26-0233808. Reported 142 grants totalling $83.2M to 72 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Adobe Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Adobe Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 3 grants totalling $1,250,000 to them. That is 2% of the $70.1M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Miami Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Florida | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Tipping Point Community | grantmaking organization | California | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $200,000 and $1,000,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $2,112,220.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | $7,000,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum | London, London | $6,326,107 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $4,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $3,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | $3,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Outright Action International | New York, NY | $3,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bowie State University Foundation | Bowie, MD | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Equality Now Inc | New York, NY | $3,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| NAMI National | Arlington, VA | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University | San Jose, CA | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Winston-Salem State University Foundation Incorpor | Winston Salem, NC | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Disability Rights Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $2,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $1,896,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,795,842 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hispanic Heritage Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fun | Los Angeles, CA | $1,750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Service Organizations Inc | Washington, DC | $1,750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vetsintech | San Francisco, CA | $1,750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,700,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus | San Francisco, CA | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Asian Law Caucus | San Francisco, CA | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Homefirst Services of Santa Clara County | Milpitas, CA | $1,300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American National Red Cross | San Francisco, CA | $1,160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Destination Home Sv | Mountain View, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Disability Rights Fund Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Rescue Committee | Oakland, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Jed Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The London Community Foundation | London, England | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Khan Academy Inc | Mountain View, CA | $995,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Jose Downtown Foundation | San Jose, CA | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cinequest Inc | San Jose, CA | $600,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Kelsey | San Francisco, CA | $600,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Tech Interactive | San Jose, CA | $550,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Independent Administrative Institution National of | Chiyodaku, Tokyo | $503,178 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Braven Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easter Seals Southern California Inc | Irvine, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equality Now Inc | Boston, MA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Justice for Migrant Women | Fremont, OH | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Jose Museum of Art Association | San Jose, CA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Actors Fund of America | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Miami Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The San Jose Public Library Foundation | San Jose, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Local Color | San Jose, CA | $400,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy Northwest | Seattle, WA | $360,116 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Guadalupe River Park Conservancy | San Jose, CA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Jose Childrens Discovery Museum | San Jose, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American India Foundation | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Associacao Cultural Ciccillo Matarazzo - Accim | Sao Paulo, Sao Paolo | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Emerging Technology Fund | Concord, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Centrepoint Soho | London | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Code Org | Seattle, WA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Screenskills Limited | London | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Secours Populaire Francais | Paris | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tafel Deutschland Ev | Berlin | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Akshaya Patra Foundation | Bengaluru, Karnataka | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Trussell Trust | Oxford | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tipping Point Community | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United for Global Mental Health | London, England | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | Geneva | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| King Baudouin Foundation United States Inc | New York, NY | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of San Jose | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minnesota Street Project Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reporters Without Borders Incorporated | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Working Partnerships USA | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asmp Foundation | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
35 of 72 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 42%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Adobe Creative Residency Program - Museum of Modern Art
Expansion of MoMA's Catalyst Program - Human Rights Watch Inc
General support and participation in EAI cohort activities - NAMI National
research project and general operating support - Destination Home Sv
General operating support to end homelessness in Santa Clara County - Bowie State University Foundation
to support the work of BSUF
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 106 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23 | $12.6M | $500,000 |
| 2021 | 18 | $13.2M | $897,921 |
| 2022 | 30 | $15.0M | $225,000 |
| 2023 | 42 | $28.6M | $500,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $13.9M | $300,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
31% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Adobe Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 26-0233808 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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