Rosenberg Foundation
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-1186182. Reported 224 grants totalling $9,418,665 to 107 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". Rosenberg 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
9 of the organizations Rosenberg Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 38 grants totalling $1,124,000 to them. That is 17% of the $6,628,916 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $405,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $290,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | community foundation | California | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| California Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Solidaire Network Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Grantmakers Concerned With | grantmaking organization | California | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Northern California Grantmakers | federated giving programme | California | $12,500 | 8 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Southern California Grantmakers | grantmaking organization | California | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $50,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $350,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Safety and Justice | Oakland, CA | $840,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $830,000 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grace | Pasadena, CA | $557,499 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anti Police-Terror Project | Oakland, CA | $530,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Forward Change | San Francisco, CA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Media Justice | Oakland, CA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Women's Freedom Center | San Francisco, CA | $436,667 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chaney Turner (leading Edge Fellowship Grant to Invidual) | Oakland, CA | $416,667 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aria Sa-Id (leading Edge Fellowship Grant to Individual) | Oakland, CA | $416,666 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brandon Anderson (leading Edge Fellowship Grant to Individual) | Oakland, CA | $416,666 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $405,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $290,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mexican American Legal Defense & Ed Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Al Otro Lado | San Ysidro, CA | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $155,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Freefrom | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Todec Legal Center | Perris, CA | $97,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance San Diego | San Diego, CA | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative | Fresno, CA | $91,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Bay Jobs With Justice | Santa Rosa, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management | Sacramento, CA | $80,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Advocacy | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Farm Worker Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Support for Advocacy Efforts in Sf and Sacramento | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Transgender Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education | Berkeley, CA | $56,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Oakland, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ai Otro Lado | San Ysidro, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of La | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Epidarius - Amity Foundation of California | Tucson, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| General Support to End Child Poverty in California | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Warehouse Workers Resouce Center | Ontario, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Valley Immigrant Integration | Fresno, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action - Support for Advocacy Efforts in Sf and Sac | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| General Support for the Southern Border Communities Coalition | San Diego, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| USC - Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Warehouse Worker Resource Center | Ontario, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equal Justice Society | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Farmworker Justice | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Migration Dialogue | Davis, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Solidaire Network Inc | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Immigrant Policy Center | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Indigenous Justice | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Initiate Justice | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Martin Luther King JR Freedom Center | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Starting Over Inc | Riverside, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Health Foundation Dba Heluna Health | City of Industry, CA | $13,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees | Petaluma, CA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern California Grantmakers | San Francisco, CA | $12,500 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asian American Federation Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chaney Turner LLC | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Headstones From the Heart | Winchester, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nafasi Fund | Huntsville, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Next River | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Springs Section 14 Survivors | Riverside, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pico California | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockeffeler Philanthropy Advisors | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sierra Health Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| W Hayward Burns Institute | Beaverton, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Legal Services for Prisoners With Children | Oakland, CA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Allied Media Projects | Detroit, MI | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Association of Black Foundation Executives | New York, NY | $5,750 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cope | San Berardino, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Federation of Sf | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Milpa | Salinas, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Universal Wisom and Leadership Institute | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pacific Juvenile Defender Center | Pacifica, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parent Voices Oakland | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pillars of the Community | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Power California | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $2,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brotherhood of Elders Network | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Calls Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| For the People | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inquiring Systems | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nonprofit Finance Fund | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Candid (formerly Foundation Center) | New York, NY | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Funders for Lgbtq Issues | New York, NY | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peak Grantmaking (formerly Grants Managers Network) | Washington, DC | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asian Americanspacific Islanders in Philantropy | Oakland, CA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Build Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Live Free USA | Oakland, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Resource Impact | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asian Americans Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighourhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peak Grantmaking | Washington, DC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asian Americans | Oakland, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of Black Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Founders for Lgbtq Issues | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Committee for Responsive | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
49 of 107 (46%) 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 53%, 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 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.
- Alliance for Safety and Justice
SUPPORT FOR CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE - Silicon Valley Community Foundation
CALIFORNIA BLACK FREEDOM FUND SUPPORT FOR HELPING OTHERS PURSUE EXCELLENCE (HOPE) IN FRESNO - Grace
SUPPORT FOR FORUM, BABY BONDS IN ACTION: FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE NATION'S CAPITAL - Tides Foundation
SMART JUSTICE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION FUND - Alliance San Diego
SUPPORT FOR SOUTHERN BORDERS COMMUNITIES COALITION - Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative
SUPPORT FOR IT CONSULTING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 141 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 | 62 | $3,852,250 | $17,500 |
| 2022 | 52 | $2,734,000 | $18,000 |
| 2023 | 59 | $1,787,082 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 51 | $1,045,333 | $10,000 |
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. Rosenberg Foundation has 48 of them, worth $3,321,722. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| California Black Power Network | Long Beach, CA | $268,409 |
| Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno | Fresno, CA | $268,409 |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action | San Francisco, CA | $268,409 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | Oakland, CA | $268,409 |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Oakland, CA | $268,409 |
| Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice | San Bernardino, CA | $268,409 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $268,409 |
| Young Women's Freedom Center | San Francisco, CA | $268,409 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $200,000 |
| North Bay Jobs With Justice | Santa Rosa, CA | $120,000 |
| UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education | Berkeley, CA | $80,000 |
| Tides Advocacy | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 |
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | Washington, DC | $70,000 |
| Tides Advocacy | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 |
Where its money goes
96% 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 Rosenberg 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: 131 Steuart Street 650, San Francisco, CA, 94105. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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