Open Foundations · California

Clif Bar Family Foundation

Saint Helena, California · EIN 204345935. 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 $24.1M across 459 grants in 2024, a median of $20K each.

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$24.1M
paid in 2024
459
grants paid
$20K
median grant
58%
to first-time recipients
$570.8M
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
CLIFFAMILYFOUNDATIONORG
Address
1334 B Vidovich Ave, ST HELENA, CA, 94574
Phone
5105966383
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO WEBSITE, CLIFFAMILYFOUNDATION.ORG
Submission deadline
OPEN CALL
Restrictions on awards
N/A

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543159349102534. 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.

community healthenhance communityfood systemstransform foodrevitalize environment

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 459 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1County of NapaCA$3,000,000Enhance Community Health
2Social & Environmental EntrepreneursCA$625,000Revitalize the Environment
3State Power Fund Dba We Make the FutureOH$400,000Revitalize the Environment
4The Chisholm Legacy ProjectMD$350,000Revitalize the Environment
5Fair Food NetworkMI$310,000Transform Food Systems
6Coalition of Immokalee WorkersFL$300,000Transform Food Systems
7Community PartnersCA$300,000Transform Food Systems
8Greater Kansas Community FoundationMO$300,000Transform Food Systems
9Ndn Collective IncSD$300,000Revitalize the Environment
10Regenerative Agriculture FoundationMN$300,000Transform Food Systems
11Union of Concerned ScientistsMA$300,000Transform Food Systems
12Chicken & Egg Pictures IncNY$250,000Enhance Community Health
13Greenlining InstituteCA$250,000Revitalize the Environment
14Hack FoundationCA$250,000Revitalize the Environment
15Leadership Counsel for Justice & AccountCA$250,000Transform Food Systems

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020483$2.5M
2021493$2.9M
2022398$3.9M
2023451$12.0M
2024459$24.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
California35%
New York7%
Colorado5%
Oregon5%
Illinois4%

Who decides

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

Anne JenningsBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Clayton WardBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Elysa HammondBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Gary J EricksonBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Kate WatsonBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Kathleen F CrawfordBOARD MEMBER · 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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