Dare Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · EIN 83-1471194. Reported 182 grants totalling $3,143,289 to 120 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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". Dare 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
5 of the organizations Dare Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 7 grants totalling $201,916 to them. That is 11% of the $1,798,545 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Funders Network | grantmaking organization | New York | $140,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | federated giving programme | New York | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Communal Fund | federated giving programme | New York | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | federated giving programme | California | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Community Federation of San | federated giving programme | California | $1,116 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $16,500; the smallest was $30 and the largest $400,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | New York, NY | $410,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dare Donor Advised Fund | Palo Alto, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $140,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maps | San Jose, CA | $135,270 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sorek | Berkeley, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pef Fund #129 the Ldan Fund | New York, NY | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | San Francisco, CA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Horizons Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $66,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Abraham Initiatives | Great Neek, NY | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oshman Family Jcc | Palo Alto, CA | $63,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Leadareship | Palo Alto, CA | $55,240 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chakara | Accord, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dare Daf | Palo Alto, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Inc | San Jose, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shalom Hartman Institute | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Federations of North America | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Burning Man Project | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Glide | San Francisco, CA | $38,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Black Burner Burning Man Project | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Icon - Israeli Collaboration Network | Palo Alto, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of I D C | New York, NY | $32,450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heroic Hearts Project | New Smyrna Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Israel Democracy Fund | Washington, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pef - Bridging Insights Project | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | Palo Alto, CA | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Acluf | New York, NY | $20,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Ramah in Northern California | Foster City, CA | $20,033 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 50-50 Startups | Brookline, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jcrc | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival | Sunnyvale, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eden Village West | Richmond, CA | $19,565 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leadareship at Kellogg - Recanati Program | Tel Aviv | $18,350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Onetable | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Moreshet | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heroic Hearts Project | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Opera Association | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Second Harvest | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ofjcc | Palo Alto, CA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Federation | Palo Alto, CA | $11,116 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hillel of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $10,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Far Away Projects | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Insight Meditation Society | Barre, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Israaid | Palo Alto, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Israel Aid | Palo Alto, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jfi | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mei Middle East Regional Initiatives | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palestinian Internship Program Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sacred Heart Community Service | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Tel Aviv University | New York, NY | $8,950 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Tawonga | San Francisco, CA | $8,317 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Israeli Philharmonic | Los Angeles, CA | $7,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs | Cambridge, MA | $6,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center | Woodacare, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Theatre Works | Palo Alto, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Theatre Works Silicon Valley | Palo Alto, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Contemporary Jewish Museum | San Francisco, CA | $5,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Israel Policy Forum | New York, NY | $5,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Batsheva Dance Company | Forest Hills, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Givat Haviva Education Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Icon | Bettendorf, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Foundation | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Film Institute | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regional Art Collaboration | Tel Aviv-Yafo | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Opera | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union of Reform Judaism Camp Newman | Santa Rosa, CA | $4,875 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Services | San Francisco, CA | $4,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Polyphony Via Pef | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Encounter Programs Inc | New York, NY | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gideon Hausner Day School | Palo Alto, CA | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Team | San Jose, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Children's Services | Phoenix, AZ | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kqed | San Francisco, CA | $2,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amit Amoota to Citizen Fornes Tzio | Ness Ziona | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Wider Bridge | San Francisco, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Contemporary Jewish Muesum | San Francisco, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Palo Alto, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israeli Policy Forum | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nclr | Sacramento, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Akroninio Ltd | Akron, OH | $1,780 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sf Jazz | San Francisco, CA | $1,450 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arelekin Players Theatre | Needham, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spirit Rock | Woodacare, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nmaahc | Washington, DC | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mazon a Jewish Response to Hunger | Los Angeles, CA | $720 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Jewish News | San Francisco, CA | $639 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Kol Emeth | Palo Alto, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nmai | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Jewish Community Publications | San Francisco, CA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Ari Fuld Project | New York, NY | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Museum of the American Indian | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Musuem of African American History and Culture | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samaritan House | San Mateo, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Performances | San Francisco, CA | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $220 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California State Parks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United States Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Parks Foundation | Washington, DC | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Act | San Francisco, CA | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Forward Association | New York, NY | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museum | San Francisco, CA | $119 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Parks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Isreal Philharmonic Orchestra | New York, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shefa Jewish Psychedelic Support | Berkeley, CA | $30 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
39 of 120 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 33%, across 3 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | $527,405 | $4,937 |
| 2022 | 46 | $889,505 | $6,500 |
| 2023 | 39 | $788,965 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 45 | $937,414 | $4,000 |
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
51% 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 Dare Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 83-1471194 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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