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Stephen M Silberstein Foundation: 47 grants to organizations, $8.5 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Stephen M Silberstein Foundation, a private foundation in Belvedere, CA, paid 47 grants to organizations totaling $8,537,600 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $4,000,000 to MCF Donor Advised Fund in Novato, CA for umbrella organization for many local nonprofit orgs..
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- EIN
- 911852739
- Based in
- Belvedere, CA
- Assets
- $204,434,432
- Grants paid
- $8,537,600
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202503219349103570. It reported $8,537,600 in grants paid; 47 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCF Donor Advised Fund | Novato, CA | Umbrella organization for many local nonprofit orgs. | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Media Matters for America | Washington, DC | Educational radio broadcasting | Education | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Defend & preserve individual right & liberties | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Vote at Home Institute | Washington, DC | Ensure the security of our elections and puting voter's needs first | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Propublica | New York, NY | Investigative reporting | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Democracy Now | New York, NY | Support public radio journalism | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Washington, DC | To dismantle unfair electoral maps and create a redistricting system based on democratic values | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood Foundation | New York, NY | Deliver health care services, sex educucation | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sierra Club Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Protect wild places & responsible resource use | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | Support research & education in economics | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Common Cause | Washington, DC | Vehicle for citizens to make voices heard in political process & hold elected leaders accountable | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | Think tank to broaden discussion of economic issues to include lower/middle class | Social science | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute for Policy Studies | Washington, DC | Building a more equitable, ecologically sustainable, and peaceful society by turning ideas into action. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute for Research On Presidental Elections | Los Altos, CA | Educate the public, community leaders, opinion leaders, and policy makers with regard to the manner by which we elect the president of the united states | $140,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | Oakland, CA | Food distribution to those in need. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Independent Foundation | Washington, DC | Fund independent journalism that increases public awareness of progressive issues | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Political Accountability | Washington, DC | Supports political accountability and disclosure | Public and societal benefit | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greenbelt Alliance | San Francisco, CA | Advocate, provide expertise on, and build support behind public policy and planning that supports open space conservation and smart growth. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| One Fair Wage | New York, NY | To end all subminimum wages in the united states and raise wages and working conditions in the service sector in particular. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Public Citizen Foundation | Washington, DC | Serves as the people's voice in the nation's capital. | Public and societal benefit | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Save the Bay | Oakland, CA | Works to protect & restore the san francisco bay | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Outdoor Afro | Oakland, CA | Inspire and promote african american connections and leadership in nature | Environment | $97,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pardee Historic Home Museum Inc | Oakland, CA | To encourage learning, understanding, and appreciation of oakland's early history, the contributions of three generations of the pardee family to the city of oakland and the state of california | Arts, culture and humanities | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cityside Journalism Institute | Oakland, CA | To help people feel more engaged with their city and with one another | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Green Science Policy Institute | Berkeley, CA | Create a sustainable relationship among one another | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute On Taxation & Economic Policy | Washington, DC | Ensures that elected officials, media, and the general public have access to accurate, timely, and straightforward information on current and proposed tax policies. | Public and societal benefit | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Patriotic Millionaires | Washington, DC | Committed to building a more prosperous, stable, and inclusive nation through economic policies and political process policies | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Calmatters | Sacramento, CA | Inform californians through meaningful journalism about the players, politics, and interests that shape the issues that affect their lives | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Good Jobs First | Washington, DC | Promoting accountability in economic development | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John Burton Foundationcommunity Initiatives | San Francisco, CA | Promotes values of nurturing children and youth who are less fortunate | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marin County Bicycle Coalition | Fairfax, CA | Improving our country's roads, multi-use pathways, and off-road facilities for cyclists and pedestrians. | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Military Religious Freedom Foundation | Albuquerque, NM | Protect constitutionally mandated religious freedom | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | San Francisco, CA | Addressing the greatest threats to the sf bay. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Mime Troupe | San Francisco, CA | Creates and produces theater that presents a working-class analysis of the vents that shape our society, expose social and economic injustice, and demands revolutionary change. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association | San Francisco, CA | Use research, education, and advocacy to promote good planning and government in the san francisco bay area | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Voices for Progress | Santa Monica, CA | Advocates for the public interest on topics such as the climate, income inequality, and a fair democracy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | Defend & preserve individual rights & liberties | International, foreign affairs and national security | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 10000 Degrees | San Rafael, CA | To achieve educational equity and to support students from low-income backgrounds to and thorugh college to realize their full potential and positvely impact their communities and the world. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amigos de Las Americas - East Bay Chapter | Oakland, CA | Promote youth leadership across the americas | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | Raise awareness for a two-state solution | Religion-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Science Friday | New York, NY | Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, science friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Living New Deal | Berkeley, CA | Aims to preserve new deal art and architecture from destruction or privatization as well as helping communities rediscover their heritage | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Budget & Policy Center | Sacramento, CA | Access to useful analyses of state budget to improve public policies and well-being of californians | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rainforest Action Network | San Francisco, CA | Campaigns for forests | Environment | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Seacology | Berkeley, CA | Protect island habitats and assist local communities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alaska Wilderness League | Anchorage, AK | Promote and protect america's public lands in alaska | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Native Plant Society | Sacramento, CA | Conserving california native plants and their natural habitats | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $650,000 |
| Education | $490,000 |
| Environment | $297,600 |
| Public and societal benefit | $275,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $180,000 |
| Social science | $150,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $80,000 |
| Religion-related | $25,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $5,747,600 |
| District of Columbia | $1,925,000 |
| New York | $805,000 |
| New Mexico | $50,000 |
| Alaska | $10,000 |
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Updated November 17, 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.