Open Foundations · California

Sobrato Family Foundation

Mountain View, California · EIN 770348912. 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 $64.2M across 508 grants in 2024, a median of $75K each.

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$64.2M
paid in 2024
508
grants paid
$75K
median grant
14%
to first-time recipients
$886.3M
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
2A APPLICATIONS ARE SENT OUT DIRECT
Address
599 CASTRO ST 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 94041
Phone
6508767010
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
2B. TO APPLY FOR FOUNDATION FUNDING A NONPROFIT SHOULD VISIT WWW.SOBRATO.ORG. A FORM IS AVAILABLE ONLINE TO FILL OUT TO THEN RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE FOUNDATION REGARDING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
Submission deadline
2C. SEE 2B ABOVE
Restrictions on awards
2D. THE SOBRATO FAMILY FOUNDATION'S INVESTMENTS ARE TARGETED TOWARD STRONG COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE SELF RELIANCE AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE, AND POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ECONOMICALLY, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGED INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT SILICON VALLEY.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523219349105832. 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.

employee matchingeducationcaliforniaenglish

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 508 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA$5,000,000GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE RESONANCE PHILANTHROPIES DAF #4176
2Impactassets IncMD$3,000,000TO SUPPORT IMPACT INVESTMENTS
3Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA$2,000,000$1,000,000.00 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE JOHN M. SOBRATO AND TIMI SOBRATO FUND (DAF #5360) AND $1,000,000.00 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE JOHN M. SOBRATO FUND (DAF #3764)
4Impactassets IncMD$1,500,000TO SUPPORT THE RESONANCE IMPACT FUND
5Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA$1,500,000$750,000 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE JOHN M. SOBRATO AND TIMI SOBRATO FUND (SVCF DAF #5360); $750,000 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE JOHN M. SOBRATO FUND (SVCF DAF #3764)
6County of San MateoCA$1,000,000TO ADVANCE THE PRODUCTION OF 47 HOUSING UNITS FOCUSED ON LOW-INCOME FARMWORKERS IN HALF MOON BAY AND SUPPORT AN INNOVATIVE HOME-OWNERSHIP MODEL BACKED BY PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
7Impactassets IncMD$1,000,000GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE RESONANCE IMPACT FUND # 49413
8Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA$1,000,000GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE RESONANCE PHILANTHROPIES FUND #4176
9Global ImpactVA$875,000TO SUPPORT THE EMERGING BILINGUAL COLLABORATIVE
10Destination HomeCA$660,000TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
11Abode ServicesCA$500,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR ABODES CORE OPERATIONS, AND PROJECT SUPPORT FOR ABODES GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM AND RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL.
12Sunnyvale Community ServicesCA$500,000TRANSITION GRANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. AND FUNDING FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING.
13The Tower Foundation of San Jose State UniversityCA$500,00024-50128 - TO PROVIDE PROJECT SUPPORT.
14Valley Health FoundationCA$500,000TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS IN EAST AND DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE AND GILROY DEVELOP, ENHANCE, OR EXPAND SCHOOL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WELLNESS CENTERS.
15Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA$482,000GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE ABBY SOBRATO SCHOLARSHIP FUND (FROM I53-8 TO SVCF DAF #5115)

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020344$124.8M
2021331$56.2M
2022422$51.2M
2023417$59.8M
2024508$64.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
California86%
New York4%
District of Columbia2%
Massachusetts2%
Illinois2%

Who decides

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

Alexa Cortes CullwellCHIEF IMPACT OFFICER & PRESIDENT · 2024
Bryan PolsterDIRECTOR · 2024
Carol LarsonDIRECTOR · 2024
Christy RichardsonCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER · 2024
D ValentineCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER · 2024
Greg AvisDIRECTOR · 2024
Jeff SobratoDIRECTOR · 2024
John M SobratoSECRETARY · 2024
John a SobratoCHAIR EMERITUS · 2024
Jose QuinonezDIRECTOR · 2024
Lisa SonsiniBOARD CHAIR · 2024
Tamara LewisCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER · 2024
Tony MestresCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER · 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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