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The Bockus Brown Family Foundation: 21 grants to organizations, $360,200 (tax year ended December 2024)
The Bockus Brown Family Foundation, a private foundation in Palo Alto, CA, paid 21 grants to organizations totaling $360,200 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 22, 2025. The largest was $105,000 to Thousand Islands Land Trust in Clayton, NY for contribution to the donee to acquire, establish, and conserve wildlife habitats and natural land for public use.
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- EIN
- 261539629
- Based in
- Palo Alto, CA
- Assets
- $8,244,981
- Grants paid
- $360,200
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 22, 2025, IRS object ID 202521429349100817. It reported $360,200 in grants paid; 21 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Islands Land Trust | Clayton, NY | Contribution to the donee to acquire, establish, and conserve wildlife habitats and natural land for public use | Environment | $105,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berklee College of Music | Boston, MA | Contribution to donnee to provide musical education | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | Chicago, IL | Contribution to the donee for cleaning and protecting the great lakes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Red Cross | San Francisco, CA | Contribution to the donee to prevent and alleviate human suffeering in the face of emergencies | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for A New American Security | Washington, DC | Contribution to the donee for developing national security and defense policies | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Security and Technology | Oakland, CA | Contribution to the donee to unite technology and policy leaders to create solutions | Science and technology | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Palo Alto Community Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | Contribution to the donee for gifts to local organizations that positively impact quality of life for palo alto, east palo alto, and menlo park community members | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | Contribution to donee to provide education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kqed | San Francisco, CA | Contribution to the donee to provide community-supported television, radio, digital media and educational services | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Council On Foreign Relations | New York, NY | Contribution to the donee to create better understanding of the world and the foreign policy choices facing the united states and other countries | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative | Washington, DC | Contributionn to the donee to reduce nuclear and biological threats to humanity | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eastside Preparatory School | East Palo Alto, CA | Contribution to the donee for providing private high school education focused on readying first-generation students from low-income families for college | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Glide | San Francisco, CA | Contribution to donee to fight systemic injustice, create pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transform lives | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Save the River | Clayton, NY | Contribution to the donee for preserving and protecting the ecological integrity of the upper st lawrence river | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peninsula Arts Guild | Menlo Park, CA | Contribution to the donee to broaden cultural and artisitic offerings in the peninsula region | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | Contribution to the donee to protect open spaces on the sf bay peninsula | Environment | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Country Public Radio | Canton, NY | Contribution to the donee to provide public radio to st lawrence valley and adirondacks | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Music in the Schools Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | Contribution to the donee for providing music instruction to pre-k-8th grade students in east palo alto, east menlo park, and redwood city | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Canopy | Palo Alto, CA | Contribution to the donee for planting and caring for trees and advocating for eco-friendly policies | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Epatt | Palo Alto, CA | Contribution to the donee for providing academic support and tennis/fitness programs for under-resourced youth | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| KDFC Radio | San Francisco, CA | Contribution to the donee to provide classical music in the bay area | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $113,500 |
| Education | $50,000 |
| Science and technology | $25,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $20,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $14,200 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $128,700 |
| New York | $121,500 |
| Massachusetts | $50,000 |
| District of Columbia | $35,000 |
| Illinois | $25,000 |
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Updated May 22, 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.