Grants
The world's oldest and largest library association comprised of 57,000 libraries and library professionals. It provides programmatic and financial support, as well as education, publications, and professional development to member libraries. With this support, libraries provide their communities an inclusive space to connect and build empathy, breaking down institutional and cultural barriers.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$2,000,000 |
2021 |
COVID-19 responsive regranting program for libraries |
| Areas of Exploration |
$150,000 |
2021 |
general support, $150,000 in 2021 and $200,000 in 2022 (payment one of two, total grant amount $350,000) |
| Responsive |
$1,000,000 |
2020 |
COVID-19 responsive regranting program for libraries |
| Areas of Exploration |
$150,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Areas of Exploration |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| Areas of Exploration |
$50,000 |
2019 |
Great Stories Club (GSC) |
| Areas of Exploration |
$50,000 |
2018 |
Great Stories Club (GSC) |
A New York City theater company that amplifies unheard voices and engages communities with creative workshops, original performances, and post-show discussions. The company is grounded in the belief that one’s life reflected onstage affirms the dignity and humanity of all citizens, thereby enriching communities by allowing people to better understand themselves and others.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stories |
$25,000 |
2021 |
general support, $25,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $75,000) |
| Responsive |
$25,000 |
2020 |
a pivot to podcasting, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Stories |
$25,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Areas of Exploration |
$50,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| Stories |
$60,000 |
2018 |
general support |
| Stories |
$60,000 |
2017 |
De Novo |
| Stories |
$50,000 |
2016 |
gUN COUNTRY |
An educational and cultural institution based in Jonesborough, TN. It advocates for the value of storytelling nationwide by providing the knowledge, experience, and tools to help individuals, organizations, and communities tap into the power of their own voices. In conjunction with Harvard Graduate School of Education, it is developing research on the value of storytelling in building communities, furthering education, and resolving conflict.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stories |
$75,000 |
2021 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| Responsive |
$35,000 |
2020 |
general support, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Stories |
$75,000 |
2020 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| Stories |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| Stories |
$75,000 |
2018 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| Stories |
$75,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| Stories |
$75,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A nonprofit organization focused on bridging divides through conversation. It develops and disperses materials to create conversational bridges across issues that divide and separate us. By providing self-guided conversation toolkits, it helps participants build relationships, generate understanding , and enable collaborative problem-solving.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stories |
$25,000 |
2021 |
Living Room Conversations, $25,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $50,000) |
| Stories |
$15,000 |
2020 |
Living Room Conversations |
| Responsive |
$15,000 |
2020 |
Living Room Conversations, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Areas of Exploration |
$10,000 |
2019 |
Living Room Conversations |
| Stories |
$10,000 |
2018 |
Living Room Conversations |
An ocean wildlife conservation nonprofit. It provides free education programs for more than 80,000 students and educators each year, working to inspire conservation of the ocean. In addition to giving voice to urgent ocean issues and vulnerable ocean species, it also conducts scientific research and runs conservation and education programs involving threatened species, including sea otters, tuna, and sharks.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$2,000,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$250,000 |
2021 |
general support, $250,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $750,000) |
| Board Directed |
$100,000 |
2021 |
David Packard Award event |
| Responsive |
$1,507,000 |
2020 |
Special Fund for the Aquarium, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Animal Connection |
$200,000 |
2020 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| Board Directed |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$1,000,000 |
2020 |
Special Fund for the Aquarium, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| One Time Gifts |
$1,000,000 |
2019 |
2019-2024 Comprehensive Campaign |
| Board Directed |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$200,000 |
2019 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| Board Directed |
$100,000 |
2018 |
general support, Tegan Acton MBA board gift |
| Animal Connection |
$200,000 |
2018 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| One Time Gifts |
$2,000,000 |
2017 |
capital campaign for the new Animal Care Center |
| Animal Connection |
$200,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A no-kill animal organization in the Bay Area. It rescues dogs and cats from public kill shelters and finds them new homes. In an effort to reduce and ultimately end pet homelessness, it provides free spay and neuter services to the pets of any California resident. It provides mobile surgical and veterinary care to communities with high rates of chronic animal homelessness and abandonment.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Giving |
$20,000 |
2021 |
general support, $20,000 in 2021, $15,000 in 2022, and $10,000 in 2023 (payment one of three, total grant amount $45,000) |
| Responsive |
$10,000 |
2020 |
Emergency Assistance Program, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Family Giving |
$25,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| One Time Gifts |
$25,000 |
2019 |
Palo Alto shelter transition costs |
| Family Giving |
$25,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$75,000 |
2018 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$75,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$50,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A coalition of national arts grantmakers that created an emergency initiative offering financial and informational resources to U.S. artists during the COVID-19 crisis.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$50,000 |
2021 |
Artist Relief Fund, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Responsive |
$50,000 |
2020 |
Artist Relief Fund, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
A global animal welfare organization. Its goal is to end needless animal suffering. Its programs are specific and varied, including working to end the culling of stray dogs by encouraging sterilization of companion animals; offering support in disaster zones by treating ill and injured animals; and helping local communities create plans to save their animals in the case of a natural disaster.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$50,000 |
2020 |
Emergency Elephant Funding, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Animal Connection |
$75,000 |
2020 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$75,000 |
2018 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$75,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$75,000 |
2016 |
general support |
