Open Foundations · California

Skoll Foundation

San Francisco, California · EIN 113659133. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $41.5M across 146 grants in 2024, a median of $100K each.

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$41.5M
paid in 2024
146
grants paid
$100K
median grant
17%
to first-time recipients
$846.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
APP INFO FOUND AT WWWSKOLLORG
Address
250 UNIVERSITY AVENUE SUITE 200, PALO ALTO, CA, 94301
Phone
6503311031
Form the request should take
APPLICATION INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.SKOLL.ORG
Submission deadline
APPLICATION INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.SKOLL.ORG
Restrictions on awards
APPLICATION INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.SKOLL.ORG

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543219349107604. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

membership

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 146 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Mayo ClinicMN$7,021,950NOVEL BIO-THERAPEUTICS RESEARCH
2Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malarian/a$3,000,000AFRICA FRONTLINE FIRST CATALYTIC FUND
3Protect Democracy ProjectDC$2,000,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
4Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxfordn/a$1,562,621SKOLL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
5Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC$1,500,000BUILDUS FUND
62x Global Limitedn/a$1,200,000CLIMATE GENDER EQUITY FUND
7Mpedigree Network Limitedn/a$1,000,000IMPROVE TRACEABILITY AND PREVENT FRAUDULENT SUPPLY CHAIN INPUTS IN TANZANIA.
8University of Arizona FoundationAZ$1,000,000CREATION OF ENDING PANDEMICS ACADEMY AND ESTABLISHING AN ENDING PANDEMICS ENDOWED CHAIR POSITION
9Freethink Media IncDC$918,750"RETHINKING POSSIBLE" CONTENT SERIES
10Avina Americas IncDC$800,000MAPBIOMAS
11Food for Education Foundation IncWI$800,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
12Social Finance Israel Ltd (cc)n/a$800,000SOCIAL FINANCE INNOVATIONS IN ISRAEL
13Reach Digital Health Npcn/a$750,000ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
14World Resources InstituteDC$750,000RESTORE LOCAL PROGRAM
15Ted Foundation IncNY$650,000AUDACIOUS PROJECT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020229$112.3M
2021281$96.1M
2022346$107.1M
2023170$55.7M
2024146$41.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
??30%
District of Columbia19%
California13%
New York10%
Massachusetts6%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Bruce LowrySECRETARY · 2024
Cheryl DorseyDIRECTOR · 2024
Debbie SantosTREASURER · 2024
Donald GipsDIRECTOR AND CEO · 2024
James Gb Demartini IiiCHAIR · 2024
James MwangiDIRECTOR · 2024
Lindsey SpindleDIRECTOR · 2024
Marla BlowPRESIDENT AND COO · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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