Laural Foundation
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-2417772. Reported 224 grants totalling $42.2M to 77 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". Laural 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 Laural Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 5 grants totalling $1,500,000 to them. That is 4% of the $39.5M 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Humboldt Area Foundation | community foundation | California | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 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 $100,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $250,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,250,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $6,500,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $3,000,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parks California | Sacramento, CA | $2,425,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Sur Land Trust | Monterey, CA | $2,300,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Conservation | San Francisco, CA | $1,925,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | New York, NY | $1,800,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,350,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Land Trust Alliance | Washington, DC | $1,300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Watershed Solutions Network | Sacramento, CA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save the Redwoods League | San Francisco, CA | $975,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Naturebridge | San Francisco, CA | $875,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York City, NY | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $710,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| John Muir Land Trust | Martinez, CA | $675,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Monterey, CA | $575,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $560,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $550,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coro Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Head Royce School | Oakland, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| One Earth Philanthropy | Culver City, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Environmental Voters Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $425,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $412,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Idaho Conservation League Inc | Boise, ID | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thacher School Inc | Ojai, CA | $350,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Policy Institute of California | San Francisco, CA | $310,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | Englewood, CO | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crystal Springs Uplands School | Hillsborough, CA | $295,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $285,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Rangeland Trust | Sacramento, CA | $267,777 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Climate and Energy Solution | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humboldt Area Foundation | Bayside, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Disaster Search Dog Foundation Inc | Santa Paula, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Commonwealth Club | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Commonwealth Club of California | San Francisco, CA | $225,000 | 4 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Policy Institute of California (ppic) | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ten Strands | San Rafael, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Four Winds Inc | Deer Harbor, WA | $130,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Cambridge, MA | $125,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John Muir Health Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marin Health Foundation | Greenbrae, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $62,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Catalina School | Monterey, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wood River Land Trust | Hailey, ID | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Francisco Park Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marin Country Day School | Corte Madera, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Santa Lucia Conservancy | Carmel By the Sea, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Luke's Wood River Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marin General Hospital Foundation | Greenbrae, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Clara College | Santa Clara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kukio Hoomana Fund | Kailua Kona, HI | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Four Winds Westward Ho | Deer Harbor, WA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church | Sun Valley, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association of Fundraising Professional - Golden Gate | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Childrens Health | Palo Alto, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Preserve Community Foundation | Carmel, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ketchum-Sun Valley Volunteer Associates Inc | Ketchum, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marin Agricultural Land Trust | Point Reyes Station, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marin Agricultural Land Trust (malt) | Point Reyes Station, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Anselmo Montessori School | San Anselmo, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Free Clinic | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail Council | Berkeley, CA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
45 of 77 (58%) 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 71%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Water Foundation
TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE WATER POLICIES FOR COMMUNITIES, ECONOMIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. - National Park Foundation
TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO INCREASE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND PARK PARTNERS. - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
SUPPORTING AMERICAN WEST WATER SUPPLY - Nature Conservancy
SUPPORT FOR THE POINT REYES CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN - New Venture Fund
COLORADO RIVER SUSTAINABILITY CAMPAIGN - Big Sur Land Trust
TO SUPPORT THE CARR LAKE'S NEIGHBORHOOD PARK CONSTRUCTION.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 177 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 | 28 | $3,815,500 | $100,000 |
| 2022 | 54 | $8,475,500 | $87,500 |
| 2023 | 58 | $11.4M | $100,000 |
| 2024 | 84 | $18.6M | $100,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Laural Foundation has 43 of them, worth $27.1M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | New York City, NY | $2,000,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 |
| Water Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $2,000,000 |
| Water Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $2,000,000 |
| Parks California | Sacramento, CA | $1,000,000 |
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000,000 |
| Coro Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Monterey, CA | $750,000 |
| John Muir Land Trust | Martinez, CA | $750,000 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | $750,000 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $750,000 |
| Parks California | Sacramento, CA | $670,000 |
| Save the Redwoods League | San Francisco, CA | $600,000 |
Where its money goes
66% 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 Laural 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: Po Box 193809, San Francisco, CA, 94119. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 94-2417772 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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