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Click
on a foundation name below for guidelines, annual reports, and board information.
Please review the current guidelines for each foundation carefully because
they are periodically revised.
If you determine that none
of these foundations is a good fit for your organization or program, you
can do additional research at the Foundation Center by visiting their
website, www.fdncenter.org.
There, you will also be able to find the locations of the Foundation Center's
libraries and cooperating collections, where you can have free access
to their database of foundation information.

Click on a circle for
foundation's website
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Bella Vista
Foundation funds in the area of early childhood development
in Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, and
environmental restoration projects in certain watersheds in California
and Oregon. The foundation accepts proposals. Please click on
the foundation’s icon to the left for annual reports, detailed
grantmaking guidelines, application procedures and other important
information about the foundation.
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The Bothin Foundation
makes grants for capital, building, and equipment needs to organizations
providing direct services to low-income, at-risk children, youth
and families, the elderly and disabled in San Francisco, Marin,
Sonoma, and San Mateo Counties. The foundation accepts proposals.
Please click on the foundation’s icon to the left for annual
reports, detailed grantmaking guidelines, application procedures,
and other important information about the foundation.
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Cleo Foundation
makes grants in education, outdoor education, and hospice care
in San Francisco and Mendocino counties. The foundation accepts
proposals. Please click on the foundation’s icon to the
left for annual reports, detailed grantmaking guidelines, application
procedures and other important information about the foundation.
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The
Farese Family
Foundation supports
programs in San Francisco and Marin Counties that provide innovation
and reform in public education, and after-school programs. The foundation
accepts proposals. Please click on the foundation’s icon to
the left for annual reports, detailed grantmaking guidelines, application
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The
Gamble Foundation makes grants in youth development, agricultural/environmental
education, vocational training, and substance abuse and teen violence
prevention in San Francisco, Marin and Napa counties. The foundation
accepts proposals. Please click on the foundation’s icon to
the left for annual reports, detailed grantmaking guidelines, application
procedures, and other important information about the foundation. |
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GGS
Foundation makes grants in literacy, youth development, and
substance abuse treatment in San Francisco and Marin Counties. The
foundation accepts proposals. Please click on the foundation’s
icon to the left for annual reports, detailed grantmaking guidelines,
application procedures, and other important information about the
foundation. |
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The
Kimball Foundation makes grants
in support of youth development and programs that serve the working
poor in San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Sonoma Counties, and
to a limited extent Santa Clara County, as far south as Palo Alto.
The foundation accepts proposals. Please click on the foundation’s
icon to the left for annual reports, detailed grantmaking guidelines,
application procedures, and other important information about the
foundation. |
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The Michelson
Foundation is creating new guidelines, and is not currently
accepting proposals. |
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The Morris
Stulsaft Foundation is dedicated to the well-being of children
and youth, and grants are made to organizations in Alameda, Contra
Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo counties, and in northern Santa
Clara county. The foundation accepts proposals. Please click on the
foundation’s icon to the left for annual reports, detailed grantmaking
guidelines, application procedures and other important information
about the foundation. |
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The W.L.S.
Spencer Foundation makes grants in education and the arts in
the United States. It may make a grant to a program outside the
U.S., but only if that program has 501(c)(3) status in the U.S.
The foundation accepts letters of inquiry. Please click on the foundation’s
icon to the left for annual reports, detailed grantmaking guidelines,
application procedures and other important information about the
foundation. |
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