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The Brandenburg Family Foundation: 87 grants to organizations, $1 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Brandenburg Family Foundation, a private foundation in San Jose, CA, paid 87 grants to organizations totaling $1,041,721 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 14, 2025. The largest was $252,000 to The Forgotten International in San Francisco, CA for support programs that help alleviate poverty and the suffering associated with poverty both in the united states and worldwide, in particular, that experienced by women and children..
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- EIN
- 770444869
- Based in
- San Jose, CA
- Assets
- $8,957
- Grants paid
- $1,121,721
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202533189349103643. It reported $1,121,721 in grants paid; 87 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Forgotten International | San Francisco, CA | Support programs that help alleviate poverty and the suffering associated with poverty both in the united states and worldwide, in particular, that experienced by women and children. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $252,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cristo Rey San Jose High School | San Jose, CA | Support programs which empower students from underserved communities in san jose to be prepared to complete college. | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Symphony San Jose | San Jose, CA | Support programs that provide orchestral music performances, educational services, and arts advocacy programs to the greater silicon valley region. | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Jose Police Foundation | San Jose, CA | Support programs to further enhance public safety for people in this community. | Crime and legal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bellarmine College Prepatory | San Jose, CA | Support programs that helps prepare students for college. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cinquest Inc | San Jose, CA | Support programs to promote independent film makers. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council | San Jose, CA | Support programs that prepare young people to make ethical choices by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and scout law. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Sjsu Foundation | San Jose, CA | Support activities for the san jose state men's golf team. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| YMCA of Silicon Valley | Santa Clara, CA | Support programs that strengthen our community by improving the quality of life and inspiring indviduals and families to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind and body. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arthouse Studio Inc | San Jose, CA | Support programs that services schools in the california bay area and beyond. | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rotary Club of San Jose Foundation | San Jose, CA | Support programs to engage san jose leaders in meaningful service within our community and humantiarian projects. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shanti Bhavan | Jamaica, NY | Support programs that fully develop the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children of india's lowest caste by providing them world class education and globally shared values to enable them to aspire t | Religion-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stroke Awareness Foundation | Campbell, CA | Support stroke care and awareness to improve the outcome for stroke victims. | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Always Dream Foundation | Danville, CA | Support the mission to ensure children from low-income families have access to high-quality books in the home enviroment and extensive family engagement support. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Montalvo Arts Center | Saratoga, CA | Support programs to meet the needs of artists at montalvo. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Jose Parks Foundation | San Jose, CA | Support programs dedicated to advocating for san jose's parks and trails and the programs within them. | Recreation and sports | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gardens at Unity Village | Lees Summit, MO | Support programs that be an expression of abundance, spiritual connection and stewardship a community of people committed to growing healthy food and sustaining a prosperous green model for generation | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal | San Jose, CA | Support programs to address the unfulfilled educational needs of foster youth. | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cancer Carepoint Inc | Atlanta, GA | Support cancer patients, families and caregivers in silicon valley. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eating Disorders Resource Center | Campbell, CA | Support programs that create awareness, promote recovery and advocate for treatment of eating disorders. | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Free Speech TV | Denver, CO | Support programs that inspires viewers to become civically engaged to build a more just, equitable and sustainable society | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ncga Foundation | Pebble Beach, CA | Support programs for providing youth access to life changing opportunities through golf. | Recreation and sports | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Notable Music and Art | San Jose, CA | Support program that promote a better understanding, and enrichment of various cultures and countries in artistic fields. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Jose Fire Museum | San Jose, CA | To acquire, restore, catalogue, preserve and display historic fire apparatus, tools and equipment and memorabilia and to educate the public on the history of the san jose fire department. | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tibet Fund | New York, NY | Support health, education, refugee rehabilitation, cultural preservation and economic development programs in tibet. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Triton Museum of Art | Santa Clara, CA | Support program that provides accessible exhibition and education programs, which promote a broad range of contemporary california art. | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | Support programs that provide fresh, nourishing meals for communities around the world | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Jose Sports Authority | San Jose, CA | Support the mission of improving the quality of life in greater san jose by increasing the city's economic development, visibility and civic pride through sports. | $8,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yavneh Day School | Los Gatos, CA | Support programs that commit to academic excellece in general and jewish studies within a strong, vibrant community | Education | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yosemite Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | Support programs and projects that preserve yosemite and enrich the visitor experience. | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lucious Bateman Foundation | San Jose, CA | Support programs to provide life changing opportunities to deserving youth through the game of golf. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel | Redwood City, CA | Support program that achieves the highest possible academic achievementfor students at all learning levels. | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| First Tee - Silicon Valley | Santa Clara, CA | Support programs that develops youth through golf to enable kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Almaden Valley Womens' Club | San Jose, CA | Support the mission to stimulate, by the active participation of each member, interest in the social, civic, and cultural improvement of our community. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cystic Fibrosis Research Inc | Palo Alto, CA | Support program that helps innovative cystic fibrosis (cf) research and offers education, advocacy and psychosocial support programs and services to those with cf. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Downtown Streets Team | San Jose, CA | Support community programs to help end homelessness. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Good Karma Bikes | San Jose, CA | Support programs that empower people and build community though bikes. | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Happy Hollow Foundation | San Jose, CA | Suppport program that is to support the happy hollow park and zoo. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Campaign for Tibet | Washington, DC | Support programs that works to promote human rights and democratic freedoms for the people of tibet | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kqed | San Francisco, CA | Support the mission of providing consistently high quality public media that informs, educates, entertains, and engages our communities from a northern california perspective. | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | San Jose, CA | Support program that provides a range of reproductive and general health services. | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rasur Foundation International | Gilroy, CA | Support programs that empower champions of youth to transform turmoil into caring connection with themselves and others through the connection practice. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rubin Museum of Art | New York, NY | Support programs to support the ideas, cultures and art of himalayan asia. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sacred Heart Community Service | San Jose, CA | Support programs that change lives and impact poverty by providing essential services, offering tools for self-sufficiency, and ministering with dignity, compassion and respect | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | Support programs to meet human needs without discrimination. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | San Jose, CA | Support programs to ensure that anyone who needs a healthy meal can get one. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sempervirens Fund | San Mateo, CA | Support program that protect and permanently preserve redwood, forests, wildlife habitat, watersheds, and other important natural and scenic features of santa cruz mountains. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shop With A Cop | San Jose, CA | Support programs that take needy children in the community shopping with a police officer. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tibetan Nuns Project | Seattle, WA | Support programs that educate and empower nuns of the tibetan buddhist tradition as teachers and leaders. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Giants Community Fund | San Francisco, CA | Support education through baseball programs. | $4,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Homefirst | Milpitas, CA | Support programs that provide shelter for the homeless and those at risk. | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | Support programs that helps animals. | Animal-related | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hayward Area Historical Society | Hayward, CA | Support program that connects people, experiences, and stories. | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Loaves and Fishes Family Center | San Jose, CA | Support programs that aims to remove the barriers to hunger relief in the bay area. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Martha's Kitchen | San Jose, CA | Support programs to feed the hungry | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Next Door Solutions To Domestic | San Jose, CA | Support program that end domestic violence in the moment and for all time. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pacific Clinics | Los Gatos, CA | Support programs that advance health equity and mental well-being for children, adults and families | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Jose Stage Company | San Jose, CA | Support live theatre for the benefit of actors, directors, and the public. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Santa Visits Alviso Foundation | Alviso, CA | Support educational opportunities to the community of alviso. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Valley Health Foundation | San Jose, CA | Supports programs to enhance community health and human needs. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hope Homestart | San Jose, CA | Support development programs that provide support and services to children with developmental disabilities and their families. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wreaths Acrosss America | Columbia Falls, ME | Support programs that remember the fallen, honor those who serve,and teach the next generation the value of freedom | $1,700 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Poetry Center San Jose | San Jose, CA | Support program that nurtures and promotes diverse literary expression in the community. | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Special Olympics of Northern California | Pleasant Hill, CA | Support programs that provide year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. | Recreation and sports | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | Support programs which educate youth on private business. | $1,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Cancer Society | Atlanta, GA | Support programs that improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent and detect. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bobby Nichols - Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation | Ft Myers, FL | Support programs for abused and at risk children. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cityteam Ministries | San Jose, CA | Support programs that share christ's unconditional and redemptive love, meet immediate needs and enable lasting solutions | Religion-related | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Jose State University | San Jose, CA | Support programs that providing benefits to students and faculty at unviersity | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Spca for Monterey County | Salinas, CA | Support program that provides loving shelter, skilled veterinary care, and treatment learning and compassion program to homeless animals. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unity World Headquarters | Unity Village, MO | Support programs that serve people around the world to offer free, compassionate support and spiritual encouragement | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Village Enterprise Fund | San Carlos, CA | Support programs that help individuals in extreme poverty with resources to create sustainable businesses. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | Support program that develops and delivers innovative solutions that protect communities, wildlife, and the places in which they live. | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bee Conservancy | New York, NY | Support pograms that protect bees. | $930 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Independence Day Celebration Inc | Morgan Hill, CA | Support the morgan hill 4th of july celebrations. | Arts, culture and humanities | $550 | apps.irs.gov |
| Del Monte Forest Property Owners | Pebble Beach, CA | To support programs which serve the community interests of property owners in the forest. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute of Heartmath | Boulder Creek, CA | Support programs that create a kinder, more compassionate world by conducting interconnectivity research and providing heart-based, science - proven tools for raising humanity's baseline consciousness | Mental health and crisis intervention | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nine Lives Foundation | Redwood City, CA | Support programs that provides lifelines for at-risk cats and kittens | Animal-related | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Jose Childrens Musical Theater | San Jose, CA | Support programs that educate youth through musical theater to set and achieve high artistic and personal goals | Arts, culture and humanities | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sierra Club | Oakland, CA | Support program that protect environment. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sourisseau Academy | San Jose, CA | To support research, educational programs, and pulications that promote local history. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hunter Lopez Memorial Foundation | Indio, CA | Support programs for those who serve and protect our country. | $257 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | Milpitas, CA | Support programs that save lives, keep families together and create a better future for pets and their people | Animal-related | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | San Jose, CA | Support programs that aid to needy members and their families. | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ohlone Humane Society Inc | Fremont, CA | Support programs that inspire respect and compassion for all animals | Animal-related | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tunnel To Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | Support programs that help america's heros by providing mortgage-free homes | $169 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marine Corps Association Foundation | Quantico, VA | Support programs to support the marine corps. | Arts, culture and humanities | $165 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $283,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $148,715 |
| Education | $108,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $50,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $30,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $26,500 |
| Religion-related | $21,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $12,500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $940,257 |
| New York | $36,099 |
| District of Columbia | $16,000 |
| Missouri | $13,000 |
| Georgia | $11,000 |
| Colorado | $10,000 |
| Virginia | $5,165 |
| Washington | $5,000 |
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Updated November 14, 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.