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Sand Hill Foundation: 99 grants to organizations, $10.9 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Sand Hill Foundation, a private foundation in Menlo Park, CA, paid 99 grants to organizations totaling $10,925,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 13, 2025. The largest was $5,000,000 to Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health in Palo Alto, CA for endowment for obstetrician in chief.
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- EIN
- 943219107
- Based in
- Menlo Park, CA
- Assets
- $92,857,846
- Grants paid
- $10,925,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 13, 2025, IRS object ID 202513179349102816. It reported $10,925,000 in grants paid; 99 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CA | Endowment for obstetrician in chief | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | Susan ford dorsey family donor advised fund | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | New York, NY | General support | Environment | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Health Council Inc | Palo Alto, CA | 70th anniversary campaign - programmatic initiatives with a particular focus on subsidized services | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | New York, NY | General support | Environment | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Health Council Inc | Palo Alto, CA | Ravenswood wellness partnership | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends for Youth Inc | Palo Alto, CA | Why (whole health for youth) initiative | Youth development | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jefferson Union High School District | Daly City, CA | For the charitable purpose of daly city youth health center's north county wellness partnership collaborative | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lifemoves | Santa Clara, CA | Engaging homeless youth and parents in behavioral health and wellness services | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Save the Bay | Oakland, CA | The campaign for save the bay | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula | Menlo Park, CA | North county expansion | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peninsula Bridge Program | San Mateo, CA | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Puente de La Costa Sur | Pescadero, CA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Resilient Communities | Palo Alto, CA | General support | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jefferson Union High School District | Daly City, CA | For the charitable purpose of daly city youth health center | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County | Redwood City, CA | Homesavers: preserving affordable housing | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center | San Mateo, CA | General support for north san mateo county | Crime and legal-related | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pie Ranch | Pescadero, CA | General operating support | Employment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center | San Francisco, CA | San mateo county entrepreneurship program | Community improvement and capacity building | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Adolescent Counseling Services | Redwood City, CA | Mental health access for youth initiative | Mental health and crisis intervention | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Life Counseling Center | San Carlos, CA | General support for mental health access & early intervention for at-risk youth | Mental health and crisis intervention | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Coastal Quest | Berkeley, CA | For the charitable purpose of rise south city's climate resilience through community leadership | Environment | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Counseling and Support Services for Youth | Milpitas, CA | School based mental health counseling for ravenswood city school district and north fair oaks | Health care | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| El Concilio of San Mateo County | Redwood City, CA | North san mateo county expansion | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Faith in Action Bay Area | Redwood City, CA | Daly city tenant rights project | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Human Investment Project Inc | San Mateo, CA | Self sufficiency program | Housing and shelter | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ten Strands | San Rafael, CA | Environmental solutionary teacher fellowship 10.0 | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside | Half Moon Bay, CA | College access and completion pilot program | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Canopy | Palo Alto, CA | General support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Citizen Film Inc | San Francisco, CA | American creed | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto | East Palo Alto, CA | Coastside legal services | Crime and legal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring | Palo Alto, CA | Epatt college and career readiness center | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Green Foothills Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | Green foothills leadership program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jefferson Union High School District | Daly City, CA | For the charitable purpose of daly city youth health center's capacity building for behavioral health services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jobtrain Inc | Menlo Park, CA | General support | Employment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation - Ucla | Los Angeles, CA | Ovarian cancer research under the direction of dr. gottfried konecny | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kara | Palo Alto, CA | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Monterey, CA | General support | Animal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto | East Palo Alto, CA | Expanding environmental justice for north fair oaks & redwood city | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rebuilding Together Peninsula | Redwood City, CA | Safe at home | Housing and shelter | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Thrive Alliance | Redwood City, CA | United for youth vision 2030 nonprofit engagement | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Upward Scholars | Redwood City, CA | General support | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates (casa) of San Mateo County | Redwood City, CA | Mental health and academic support programs | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Abode Services | Fremont, CA | Half moon bay families | Housing and shelter | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cora Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse | San Mateo, CA | Family centered mental health program | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CA | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peninsula College Fund | Milpitas, CA | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Bruno Mountain Watch | Brisbane, CA | Promoting healing on san bruno mountain: offering opportunities for the internal restoration of vulnerable communities and a quarry | Environment | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Mateo County Health Foundation | San Mateo, CA | Healing our healthcare heroes | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | Capital campaign | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vida Verde Nature Education | San Gregorio, CA | General support | Environment | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Upward Scholars | Redwood City, CA | Upward scholars strategic planning | Education | $36,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| East Palo Alto Youth Arts & Music Center | East Palo Alto, CA | General support | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund | Redwood City, CA | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | Stanford women's cancer center | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| East Palo Alto Academy Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | Promoting student mental health and community wellness | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Familias Tomando Accion - Families Taking Action | South San Francisco, CA | General support for start-up | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation for Regional Transit | Palo Alto, CA | For the charitable purpose of menlo together's equitable, sustainable transit program for san mateo county | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Starvista | Burlingame, CA | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eastside College Preparatory School | East Palo Alto, CA | General support | Education | $21,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| League To Save Lake Tahoe | South Lake Tahoe, CA | Keep tahoe blue programs | Religion-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Mateo County Office of Education | Redwood City, CA | Yeee! south san francisco pilot program | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | Donor circle for the environment | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northern California Grantmakers | San Francisco, CA | Environmental education funders collaborative | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $16,300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northern California Grantmakers | San Francisco, CA | Environmental education funders collaborative | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $16,300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Presbyterian Church USA | Portola Valley, CA | General support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General support | Religion-related | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | General support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Withall | Saint Louis Park, MN | General support | Mental health and crisis intervention | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Riekes Center for Human Enhancement | Menlo Park, CA | General support | Education | $11,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | Part the cloud | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Calmatters | Sacramento, CA | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Desert Community Foundation | Palm Desert, CA | The reserve employee scholarship fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | New York, NY | Blue sky funders forum | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Open Goal Project | Washington, DC | General support | Recreation and sports | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Health Council Inc | Palo Alto, CA | Team wellness grant | $8,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative | Daly City, CA | Team wellness grant | Human services | $8,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends for Youth Inc | Palo Alto, CA | Team wellness grant | Youth development | $8,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Anything Is Everything | San Francisco, CA | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | New York, NY | Blue sky funders forum membership | Environment | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eastside College Preparatory School | East Palo Alto, CA | General support | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | Boston, MA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kara | Palo Alto, CA | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mindful Philanthropy | Philadelphia, PA | Mental health road show sponsorship | Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mission Asset Fund | San Francisco, CA | General support | Community improvement and capacity building | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pal Center | Redwood City, CA | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Thrive Alliance | Redwood City, CA | Climate summit for san mateo county | Community improvement and capacity building | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Open Roads Academy Inc | Santa Monica, CA | General support | Education | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicana Foundation of Northern California | Burlingame, CA | General support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Justice Outside | Oakland, CA | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Presbyterian Church USA | San Carlos, CA | General support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Villages of San Mateo County | San Carlos, CA | General support | Public and societal benefit | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Grantmakers for Education | Portland, OR | Membership | Education | $1,900 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sing for America Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Young Musicians Choral Orchestra | Berkeley, CA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CA | General support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City of Redwood City | Redwood City, CA | For the charitable purpose of redwood city together | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Innovate Public Schools | San Jose, CA | General support | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Upward Scholars | Redwood City, CA | General support | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $1,180,500 |
| Youth development | $258,500 |
| Education | $228,400 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $157,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $150,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $135,000 |
| Human services | $133,500 |
| Crime and legal-related | $125,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $10,015,600 |
| New York | $865,500 |
| Minnesota | $12,000 |
| Illinois | $10,000 |
| District of Columbia | $10,000 |
| Massachusetts | $5,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $5,000 |
| Oregon | $1,900 |
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Updated November 13, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.