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The Skoll Foundation: 157 grants to organizations, $44.9 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Skoll Foundation, a private foundation in Palo Alto, CA, paid 157 grants to organizations totaling $44,853,705 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $7,021,950 to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for novel bio-therapeutics research.
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- EIN
- 113659133
- Based in
- Palo Alto, CA
- Assets
- $846,865,174
- Grants paid
- $44,853,705
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202543219349107604. It reported $44,853,705 in grants paid; 157 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | Novel bio-therapeutics research | Health care | $7,021,950 | apps.irs.gov |
| Global Fund To Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria | Geneva, SZ | Africa frontline first catalytic fund | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford, UK | Skoll centre for social entrepreneurship | $1,562,621 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Buildus fund | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| 2X Global Limited | London, UK | Climate gender equity fund | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mpedigree Network Limited | Amsterdam, NL | Improve traceability and prevent fraudulent supply chain inputs in tanzania. | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | Creation of ending pandemics academy and establishing an ending pandemics endowed chair position | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freethink Media Inc | Washington, DC | "rethinking possible" content series | $918,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Avina Americas Inc | Washington, DC | Mapbiomas | International, foreign affairs and national security | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Food for Education Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | General operating support | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Food for Education Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | General operating support | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Social Finance Israel LTD (CC) | Tel Aviv, IS | Social finance innovations in israel | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Reach Digital Health NPC | Johannesburg, SF | Ecosystem support and general operating support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Reach Digital Health NPC | Johannesburg, SF | Ecosystem support and general operating support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| World Resources Institute | Washington, DC | Restore local program | International, foreign affairs and national security | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ted Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Audacious project | Community improvement and capacity building | $650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Khushi Baby Inc | El Dorado Hills, CA | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $613,005 | apps.irs.gov |
| Redeemer's University Ltdgte | Ede, NI | Sentinel | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Last Mile Health | Boston, MA | General operating support | Health care | $550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Last Mile Health | Boston, MA | General operating support | Health care | $537,416 | apps.irs.gov |
| Swasti | Bangalore, IN | Precision public health response platform | $528,775 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Witness | London, UK | General operating support | $525,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Camfed International | Cambridge, UK | General operating support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | The wellbeing project: social innovators support and global network expansion | International, foreign affairs and national security | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Global Witness | London, UK | General operating support | $450,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Technology and Civic Life | Chicago, IL | General operating support | Public and societal benefit | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Technology and Civic Life | Chicago, IL | General operating support | Public and societal benefit | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Technology and Civic Life | Chicago, IL | General operating support | Public and societal benefit | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Code for America Labs Inc | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Health Initiative Inc | Concord, MA | General operating support | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Living Goods | Oakland, CA | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute for Responsive Government Inc | Kansas City, MO | General operating support | $360,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Khushi Baby Inc | El Dorado Hills, CA | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $306,502 | apps.irs.gov |
| 2X Global Limited | London, UK | Climate gender equity fund | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Amani Global Works | New York, NY | General operating support | Health care | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institut Pasteur de Dakar | Dakar, SG | General operating support | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nossas Cidades | Rio de Janeiro, BR | Core support | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nossas Cidades | Rio de Janeiro, BR | Support for amazonia de pe | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | Community health impact coalition | International, foreign affairs and national security | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Decolonizing wealth project | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Instituto Conexoes Sustentaveis | Rio de Janeiro, BR | Conexsus usaid brazil | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yayasan Auriga Nusantara | Bogor, ID | General operating support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Perkumpulan Lingkar Temu Kabupaten Lestari | Cipete Selatan, ID | General operating support | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc | New York City, NY | Round 3 systems change grants | $220,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Opendream Co LTD | Bangkok, TH | Metagenomic onehealth outbreak prevention system (moops) | $211,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Koalisi Ekonomi Membumi | Dki Jakarta, ID | Strengthening value chain collaboration for forest-based responsible bioeconomy in indonesia | $202,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Sustainable Business Institute Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Living Goods | Oakland, CA | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nossas Cidades | Rio de Janeiro, BR | General operating support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Palestine Childrens Relief Fund | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Palestine Red Crescent Society | Albireh, IS | General operating support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partners in Health A Nonprofit Corporation | Boston, MA | Advocating and accompanying: ending the pandemic and reimagining global health systems | Health care | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ploughshares Fund Inc | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Secure Democracy Foundation | Washington, DC | General operating support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Taproot Earth | Tulsa, OK | General operating support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment | London, UK | G20/cop30 brazil orchestration support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | The heartland fund | Environment | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Equis Institute | Washington, DC | Digital democracy institute of the americas | Arts, culture and humanities | $187,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bridgespan Group Inc | Boston, MA | Field building towards equitable systems change | Community improvement and capacity building | $187,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bridgespan Group Inc | Boston, MA | Field building towards equitable systems change | Community improvement and capacity building | $187,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yayasan Lembaga Penelitian Kaleka Indonesia | Denpasar Selatan, ID | General operating support | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Canopy Planet Society | Vancouver, CA | General operating support | $166,666 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Canopy Planet Society | Vancouver, CA | General operating support | $166,666 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dasra | Houston, TX | Social compact | International, foreign affairs and national security | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (drasa) Health Trust Ltdgte | Yaba, NI | Institutionalizing drasa health champions | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Internationella Insamlingsstiftelsen FR Mark Och Skogrttigheter | Stockholm, SW | General operating support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Internationella Insamlingsstiftelsen FR Mark Och Skogrttigheter | Stockholm, SW | General operating support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Myagro Farms | New York, NY | General operating support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Myagro Farms | New York, NY | General operating support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sitawi | Pinheiros Sao Paulo, BR | Pacto pela democracia | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Axios Media Inc | Arlington, VA | 2025 partnership | $135,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Well Grounded LTD | London, UK | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arts at the Old Fire Station | Oxford, UK | Marmalade festival 2025 | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute of Sustainable Connections | Coral Gables, FL | General operating support | Environment | $105,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crisis Action Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doc Society Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Climate story unit | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dtwo LTD | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ecopeace Middle East Environmental Ngo Forum | Washington, DC | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foreign Policy | Arlington, VA | 2024 partnership | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Noora Health | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Health care | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nossas Cidades | Rio de Janeiro, BR | Support for amazonia de pe | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Omprakash Inc | Seattle, WA | Humanity crew | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Search for Common Ground | Washington, DC | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | 2024 aspen action cohort | Social science | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Impactassets Inc | Bethesda, MD | Sponsorship of socap 2023-2025 | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $93,039 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | Climate disinformation coalition | Environment | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Common Future | San Francisco, CA | Core support | Community improvement and capacity building | $84,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| NDN Collective Inc | Rapid City, SD | Core support | Community improvement and capacity building | $84,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Noora Health | San Francisco, CA | Core support | Health care | $84,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc | Mesa, AZ | Indigenous youth leadership coalition | Youth development | $82,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Corporacion Manos Visibles | Bogota, CO | 2025 skoll world forum delegate support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Results for Development Institute Inc | Washington, DC | 2024 skoll world forum delegate support at international development innovation alliance | International, foreign affairs and national security | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Share Trust Inc | Dover, MA | Local coalition accelerator: bilateral systems change projects | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mozilla Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Mozilla foundation convenings and mozilla festival zambia | Science and technology | $74,120 | apps.irs.gov |
| 2X Global Limited | London, UK | 2024-2026 2x global membership | $73,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Global methane hub | Environment | $66,667 | apps.irs.gov |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Global methane hub | Environment | $66,667 | apps.irs.gov |
| Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas | Washington, DC | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $62,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nossas Cidades | Rio de Janeiro, BR | Core support | $62,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Friends of the Parents Circle - Families Forum | New York, NY | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Asian American-Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Creating Hope International | Dearborn, MI | Afghan institute of learning | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Education for Employment | Washington, DC | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Journalism Development Network Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington, DC | Tribal nations initiative | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Philanthropy Workshop Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dasra | Houston, TX | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peaceworks Network Foundation | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| African Leadership Academy NPC | Honeydew, SF | General operating support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Contina Impact | Berkeley, CA | Membership fees and general operating support for democracy funders network | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lok Swasthya Sewa Trust | Bhadra Ahmedabad, IN | General operating support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Membership support of the program on philanthropy and social innovation | Social science | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Peace Institute Inc | New York, NY | Convenings related to pandemic treaty negotiations | International, foreign affairs and national security | $27,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amref Health Africa | Nairobi, KE | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Anseye Pou Ayiti | Portauprince, HA | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Associacao Internetlab de Pesquisa Em Direito E Tecnologia | Sao Paulo, BR | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Media Impact Funders Inc | Philadelphia, PA | 2024-2026 membership support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Slum Dwellers International NPC | Cape Town, SF | Slum dwellers international npc flooding relief efforts | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Social Work and Research Centre | Ajmer, IN | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Council On Foundations | Washington, DC | 2024-2025 membership support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $24,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Economic Alliance Foundation | Washington, DC | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Reach Digital Health NPC | Johannesburg, SF | General operating support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | Washington, DC | 2025 membership support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $16,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Birzeit University Fund | Walled Lake, MI | Palestine program for health and human rights | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dalberg Catalyst | Washington, DC | Nairobi climate network | International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation for Ecological Security | Anand, IN | General operating support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Instituto Arapyau de Educao E Desenvolvimento Sustentvel | Sao Paulo, BR | Mapbiomas brazil flooding relief efforts | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Instituto Belterra de Inovacao E Sustentabilidade | Rio de Janeiro, BR | General operating support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Instituto Conexoes Sustentaveis | Rio de Janeiro, BR | General operating support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nidan | Patna, IN | Relief efforts for extreme heat waves in india | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nossas Cidades | Rio de Janeiro, BR | General operating support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Riders for Health Nigeria | Abuja, NI | West and central africa flooding relief efforts | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rwanda University of Global Health Equity | Kigali, RW | General operating support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sitawi | Pinheiros Sao Paulo, BR | Pacto pela democracia | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment | London, UK | Din4mo lab | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Avpn Limited | Singapore, SN | 2024-2026 membership support | $13,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peak Grantmaking Inc | Washington, DC | 2025 membership support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $13,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc | Cambridge, MA | Research study: the effects of large, unrestricted gifts on nonprofits | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Candid | New York, NY | 2024 membership support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $11,761 | apps.irs.gov |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | Latimpacto 2024-2026 membership | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | 2025 peace and security funders group membership support | Public and societal benefit | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| McLean Hospital Corporation | Belmont, MA | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mpedigree Network Limited | Amsterdam, NL | Flooding in kenya relief efforts | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mpedigree Network Limited | Amsterdam, NL | West and central africa flooding relief efforts | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | 2024 peace and security funders group membership support | Public and societal benefit | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nidan | Patna, IN | Flooding in india and nepal relief efforts | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Videre Est Credere | London, UK | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Beaumont Health Foundation | Southfield, MI | Max and debra ernst heart center | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coachella Valley Youth Golf Foundation | Palm Desert, CA | First tee club | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Consultative Group On Biological Diversity | San Francisco, CA | 2024 climate and energy funders group membership | Science and technology | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Simply the Basics | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aapi Civic Engagement Fund | Los Angeles, CA | Aapi civic engagement fund gathering dinner | $4,700 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support Inc | Washington, DC | 2024 membership support | $4,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Carter Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | Jimmy carter 100: a celebration of song | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bright Funds Foundation | Alexandria, VA | Employee matching gifts program | $1,400 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Health care | $8,793,366 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $4,839,507 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $2,200,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $1,455,500 |
| Public and societal benefit | $1,220,500 |
| Education | $1,015,000 |
| Environment | $528,334 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $390,050 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $8,089,834 |
| Minnesota | $7,021,950 |
| California | $2,861,327 |
| New York | $2,379,761 |
| Massachusetts | $2,159,416 |
| Wisconsin | $1,600,000 |
| Illinois | $1,200,000 |
| Arizona | $1,082,500 |
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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.