Grants
A wildlife conservation organization based in Kenya. Through collaborating closely with local communities, partner NGOs, national parks, and government agencies, it apprehends wildlife criminals, helps compensate herders for predator attacks, teaches humane methods to protect crops, and conducts conservation workshops. To help eliminate lion hunting from the Maasai culture, it partnered with the local Maasai to create the first-ever Maasai Olympics: the hunt for medals, not lions.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Gifts |
$500,000 |
2021 |
land subdivision mapping and conservation work |
| Animal Connection |
$50,000 |
2021 |
general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $150,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$50,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$50,000 |
2019 |
general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$50,000 |
2018 |
general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$50,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$50,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A chimpanzee sanctuary in Louisiana. It provides a home to over 300 chimpanzees, most from government biomedical research centers. In addition to promoting best care practices as a permanent sanctuary, it offers educational outreach programs and works to inspire action for the species on a global scale.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2021 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| One Time Gifts |
$500,000 |
2020 |
Habitat Expansion Campaign |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| One Time Gifts |
$200,000 |
2018 |
Expansion Campaign |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2018 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2016 |
general support |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Gifts |
$500,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Areas of Exploration |
$200,000 |
2021 |
"Alma's Way" |
A scientific research center based at UC Berkeley. It sponsors groundbreaking scientific research on social and emotional well-being, and helps the public apply this research to their personal and professional lives. In addition to its studies on the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, its website, programs, and podcasts provide research-based tools and training to foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Gifts |
$100,000 |
2021 |
Greater Good Science Center, capacity building |
| Areas of Exploration |
$75,000 |
2021 |
Greater Good Science Center, $75,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| Responsive |
$25,000 |
2020 |
Greater Good Science Center, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Areas of Exploration |
$50,000 |
2020 |
Greater Good Science Center, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
| Areas of Exploration |
$50,000 |
2019 |
Greater Good Science Center, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
| Areas of Exploration |
$12,500 |
2018 |
Greater Good Science Center's empathy research |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Gifts |
$25,000 |
2021 |
Monumental Reckoning |
| Good Fight Grants |
$25,000 |
2021 |
Monumental Reckoning |
An incubator and presenter of independent films. It partners with filmmakers to bring untold stories to public television and communities around the world. It encourages independent artists to take creative risks and tell complex, character-driven stories that uplift underrepresented voices in order to kindle empathy, combat negative stereotyping, and promote understanding and positive social change.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Gifts |
$500,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2021 |
general support, $500,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $1,500,000) |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2020 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2019 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2018 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2017 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| Stories |
$250,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A documentary photography organization in New York City. Grounded in the premise that stories transform how we see the world, it supports a global network of social justice and human rights focused photographers, fostering diverse visual storytelling projects as a means to raise awareness, awaken empathy, mobilize action, and strengthen society.
| 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) |
| One Time Gifts |
$65,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| 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 senior canine compassionate care organization in the Bay Area. It works to improve the lives of dogs ages 7 and older who are at a high risk for euthanasia at shelters. It rescues, cares for, and connects senior dogs with loving families for the remainder of their lives or provides hospice care for the dogs' final days.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Gifts |
$50,000 |
2021 |
capital campaign |
| Family Giving |
$5,000 |
2021 |
general support, $5,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $10,000) |
| Family Giving |
$5,000 |
2020 |
general support, $5,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $10,000) |
| Family Giving |
$5,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$40,000 |
2018 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$40,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$40,000 |
2016 |
general support |
An American public broadcasting organization and media content distributor comprised of hundreds of member stations and a monthly reach of over 100 million people through television and digital platforms. It provides public access to educational experiences; to hear diverse viewpoints; and to take front row seats to world-class drama and performances. Its educational media helps prepare children for success in school and opens up the world to them in an age-appropriate way.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Areas of Exploration |
$200,000 |
2021 |
Carl the Collector programming and the New Voices, New Approaches initiative |
| One Time Gifts |
$1,000,000 |
2020 |
PBS Capital Campaign to fund PBS KIDS Content |
| Animal Connection |
$200,000 |
2019 |
Wild Kratts programming, $200,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $400,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$200,000 |
2018 |
Wild Kratts programming, $200,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $400,000) |
A nationwide champion of writers and freedom of expression. Recognizing the written word as a tool of great power and great change, it brings together novelists, journalists, essayists, poets, translators, and more to create a network of advocates to inspire change in America and the world. It encourages discourse, diversity, and the spread of ideas with a focus on ensuring that everyone has the freedom to create, express, share, and access literature.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Gifts |
$500,000 |
2021 |
capital campaign to bolster programmatic expansion and capacity |
| Stories |
$125,000 |
2021 |
general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
| Stories |
$125,000 |
2020 |
general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
| Responsive |
$5,000 |
2020 |
Writers' Emergency Fund, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Stories |
$125,000 |
2019 |
general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
| Stories |
$125,000 |
2018 |
general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
| Stories |
$125,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| Stories |
$75,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A companion animal protection organization in San Francisco. The 4th oldest humane society in the nation and the founder of the No-Kill movement, its role at the forefront of animal welfare is evidenced by the fact that San Francisco has the lowest euthanasia rate of any major city in the nation. It analyzes statewide trends in companion animal welfare (live release, euthanasia, and intake) and uses that data to choose shelters to support with trainings and collaborations.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Gifts |
$200,000 |
2021 |
capital campaign for community clinic |
| Animal Connection |
$75,000 |
2018 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A national storytelling organization. It preserves and shares humanity’s stories in order to build connections and create a more just and compassionate world. It provides people across the country the opportunity to record interviews about their lives, pass wisdom from one generation to the next, and leave a legacy for future generations in its archive at the Library of Congress. Through "One Small Step," it asks people with different political viewpoints to record interviews with each other to help people get to know each other as human beings and remember our common humanity.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2021 |
general support, $500,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $1,500,000) |
| One Time Gifts |
$1,000,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2020 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2019 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2018 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2017 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| Stories |
$500,000 |
2016 |
general support |
An institute dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences from the United States and around the world. It connects film, television, new media, and theater artists with audiences to present original voices, inspire new ideas, and create community around independent storytelling. Through mentorship, outreach, community-building, and research to investigate barriers and opportunities for diverse artists, it aims to reach the widest possible array of projects for support across its programs.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stories |
$750,000 |
2021 |
general support, $750,000 in 2021, $500,000 in 2022, and $500,000 in 2023 (payment one of three, total grant amount $1,750,000) |
| One Time Gifts |
$1,500,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Stories |
$750,000 |
2020 |
general support, $750,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,500,000) |
| Stories |
$750,000 |
2019 |
general support, $750,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,500,000) |
| Stories |
$1,000,000 |
2018 |
general support, $1,000,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $2,000,000) |
| Stories |
$1,000,000 |
2017 |
general support, $1,000,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $2,000,000) |
| Stories |
$1,000,000 |
2016 |
general support |
An historical museum based in New York City. It preserves and interprets the history of immigration through the personal experiences of generations who settled in and built lives on Manhattan's Lower East Side, America's iconic immigrant neighborhood. The Museum forges emotional connections between visitors and immigrants past and present; and enhances appreciation for the profound role immigration has played and continues to play in shaping America's evolving national identity.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stories |
$50,000 |
2021 |
general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $150,000) |
| One Time Gifts |
$500,000 |
2020 |
97 Orchard Street stabilization project / Joseph Moore exhibit expansion |
| Stories |
$50,000 |
2020 |
general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $150,000) |
| Responsive |
$150,000 |
2020 |
general support, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| Areas of Exploration |
$25,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| Stories |
$15,000 |
2018 |
general support |
A global community conservation organization that advances the vision and work of Dr. Jane Goodall. It leads a movement of conservation for the common good—one that builds on our connections to each other, our fellow species, and the natural world we all share. Across its programs and reach, JGI works to inspire individual action to protect the world, humans and animals alike.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2021 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| One Time Gifts |
$500,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2018 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Animal Connection |
$100,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A nonprofit devoted to the art and craft of storytelling. Built on the principle that sharing personal experiences prompts us to see each other's storied complexity, it inspires a worldwide community of courageous storytellers and connects them to compassionate listeners. It uncovers and elevates stories that are often overlooked, reinforcing our shared humanity.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stories |
$150,000 |
2021 |
general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $450,000) |
| One Time Gifts |
$100,000 |
2020 |
Mobility from Poverty |
| Stories |
$150,000 |
2020 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Stories |
$150,000 |
2019 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Stories |
$70,000 |
2019 |
Pop Up Porch Pilot |
| Stories |
$150,000 |
2018 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Stories |
$150,000 |
2017 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Stories |
$150,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A San Francisco-based youth storytelling and empowerment organization. It creates spaces, both in person and virtually, that challenge youth to find and present their voices through arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and artistic presentations. It produces local and national poetry slams, festivals, and readings, alongside a slate of arts-in-education programs.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Gifts |
$100,000 |
2021 |
capital campaign to purchase building |
| Stories |
$125,000 |
2021 |
general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
| Stories |
$125,000 |
2020 |
general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
| Stories |
$125,000 |
2019 |
general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
| Stories |
$125,000 |
2018 |
general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
| Stories |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support |
