Gerbode Foundation | Foundation Profile
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EIN: 94-6065226
Foundation Overview
Based in Berkeley, CA, Gerbode Foundation has awarded 295 grants totaling $14,958,700 to organizations in California, New York and 3 other states across the US. Individual grants range from $1,000 to $2,645,200, with a median award of $25,000.
Latest Tax Year
2024
Total Giving (all years)
$14,958,700
Total Assets
$37,432,172
Median Grant (all grants)
$25,000
Latest Form 990-PF Snapshot
Total Grants
43
Median Grant
$25,000
% No Significant Change
0%
(vs previous year)
Data extracted from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Last filing year:
March 2026
Foundation Intelligence
Advanced analytics and strategic insights to help nonprofit organizations assess grant opportunities and optimize their application strategies
New Applicant Friendliness
Balanced Approach: 40%
17 of 43 recipients (40%) were new grantees. Foundation maintains loyal partnerships while remaining open to qualified new applicants with strong proposals.
Geographic Focus
California
86% of all grants are concentrated in California, demonstrating highly focused geographic giving. This foundation prioritizes deep community impact in its primary service area. Within California, funding concentrates in San Francisco (52%), Oakland (24%), Berkeley (7%).
Funding Trajectory
-49%
Declining funding trend with 49% decrease over 8 years may indicate reduced grant opportunities or shifting foundation priorities. This trajectory suggests more competitive application environment.
Program Areas
Community Projects + 3 others
Diversified giving across multiple program areas with primary emphasis on community projects (56%). This broad approach suggests openness to various causes and innovative cross-sector solutions.
Where is The Money Going?
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Grants & Funding
Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into Gerbode Foundation's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.
| Name | Amount | Location | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | $50,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Coleman Advocates For Children Yout | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Fresh Approach | $75,000 | Concord, CA, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Grantmakers In The Arts | $5,000 | New York, NY, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Transgender Law Center | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Cubacaribe | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Commission And Production Of A New Dance Work By Shefali Shah. | 2024 |
| Alliance For Girls | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Its Sf Bay Area Work | 2024 |
| Communities For A Better Environmen | $30,000 | Huntington Park, CA, US | Support Of Its Northern California Work | 2024 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Arts Loan Fund | 2024 |
| Center For Applied Research Solutio | $30,000 | Santa Rosa, CA, US | California Mentoring Partnership's Racial Justice In Mentoring Initiative | 2024 |
| Chinese For Affirmative Action | $30,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Lavender Phoenix's Work In The Bay Area | 2024 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Musical Traditions | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Music Project By Liza Mezzacappa | 2024 |
| Dance Brigade | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Dance Work By Adia Whitaker | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | $60,000 | Washington, DC, US | Support Of Its Media & Democracy Program In California | 2024 |
| Oakland Theater Project | $25,000 | Oakland, CA, US | New Theater Work By Lisa Ramirez | 2024 |
| Magic Theatre Inc | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Commission And Production Of A New Dance Work By Sammay Peaflor Dizon. | 2024 |
| Center For Media Justice | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Chinese For Affirmative Action | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Lavender Phoenix's Work In The Bay Area | 2024 |
| Dancers' Group | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Duniya Dance And Drum Company's Commission And Production Of A New Work By Joti Singh. | 2024 |
| Greenbelt Alliance | $100,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Its Solano Together Coalition. | 2024 |
| Independent Arts Media | $50,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of El Timpano's Work. | 2024 |
| Mahea Uchiyama Center For Intl Danc | $15,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Support Of A Touring Grant. | 2024 |
| Sozo Impact Inc | $25,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Its Commission And Production Of A New Work By Babatunji Johnson. | 2024 |
| Audium Incorporated | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Work By Tossi Long. | 2024 |
| Flyaway Productions | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Work By Xoa Asa. | 2024 |
| Manilatown Heritage Foundation | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Work By Caroline Cabading. | 2024 |
| Anne Bluethenthal And Dancers | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Commission And Production Of A New Dance Work By Sarah Crowell. | 2024 |
| Diamano Coura West African Dance Co | $25,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Its Commission And Production Of A New Dance Work By Ibrahima Ouseynou Diouf. | 2024 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of The Goals Of The Fund For California's Future. | 2024 |
| Filipino-american Development Found | $15,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Pin@y Educational Partnerships Touring Grant For Pat Cruzs Art Of Work Dance Film | 2024 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | $25,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | Support Of Its Hookele Non-profit Leadership Awards. | 2024 |
| Hawaii Peoples Fund | $40,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Hoi Hoi Ea | $25,000 | Kaneohe, HI, US | Support Of Its Aloha ? | 2024 |
| Hoiwai Fund | $2,500 | Honolulu, HI, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Ka Ala Farm Inc | $25,000 | Waianae, HI, US | Support Of Its Aloha ? | 2024 |
| Malama Makua | $50,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | Support Of Its Aloha ? | 2024 |
| New Breath Foundation | $50,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2024 |
| Parents And Children Together | $10,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | Support Of Ryan Kusumoto's 2023 Ho'okele Award. | 2024 |
| San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Comp | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Commission And Production Of A New Dance Work By Tania Santiago. | 2024 |
| Shawl-anderson Modern Dance Center | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Support Of Its Commission And Production Of A New Dance Work By Suhaila Salimpour. | 2024 |
| Theatre Bay Area | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Ca$h Sustains Program. | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | Washington, DC, US | Support Of Its Rapid Response Field Kitchen Program. | 2024 |
| Grantmakers Con With Immigrants Ref | $5,000 | Petaluma, CA, US | General Support | 2023 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2023 |
| Magic Theatre Inc | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Theater Production By Christopher Chen | 2023 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Campo Santo's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work | 2023 |
| Commonwealth Club Of California | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Climate One Project | 2023 |
| Community Music Center | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2023 |
| Fresh Approach | $100,000 | Concord, CA, US | General Support | 2023 |
| Transgender Law Center | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2023 |
| Trust For Public Land | $50,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | Support For Work In Hawaii | 2023 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Arts Loan Fund | 2023 |
| Ella Baker Center For Human Rights | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2023 |
| Kua'aina Ulu Auamo | $15,000 | Kaneohe, HI, US | General Support | 2023 |
| Jess Curtis Gravity Inc | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of A New Dance Work By Jose Esteban Abad | 2023 |
| Artists In Motion Bay Area | $25,000 | Daly City, CA, US | Support Of A New Dance Work By Patrick Cruz | 2023 |
| Noorani Dance | $25,000 | Menlo Park, CA, US | New Dance Work By Farah Yasmeen Shaikh | 2023 |
| Sonoma Ecology Center | $40,000 | Eldridge, CA, US | Sonoma Valley Collaborative Project | 2023 |
| Justice Funders Inc | $2,500 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2023 |
| Center For Empowered Politics Educa | $50,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Its Bay Rising Project | 2023 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | $60,000 | Washington, DC, US | Support Of Its Media & Democracy Program In California | 2023 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Living Word Project | 2023 |
| Bindlestiff Studio | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Theater Work By Golda Sargento | 2023 |
| Golden Thread Productions | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Theater Work By Adam Ashraf Elsayigh. | 2023 |
| Brava Theater Center | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Kat Evasco. (2 Of 2 Pymts.) | 2023 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Eye Zen's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Marvin K. White. (2 Of 2) | 2023 |
| Greenbelt Alliance | $75,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2023 |
| Independent Arts Media | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of El Timpano's Work. | 2023 |
| Audium Incorporated | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Work By Tossi Long. | 2023 |
| Flyaway Productions | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Work By Xoa Asa. | 2023 |
| Mahea Uchiyama Center For Intl Danc | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Work By Mahealani Uchiyama. | 2023 |
| Manilatown Heritage Foundation | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Work By Caroline Cabading. | 2023 |
| New Performance Traditions | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Work By Van-ahn Vo. | 2023 |
| Oaklash | $25,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Work By Obsidienne Obsurd And Paul Wiancko. | 2023 |
| Sozo Impact Inc | $25,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Alphabet Rockers' Commission And Production Of A New Work By Kaitlin Mcgaw & Tommy Soulati Shepherd. | 2023 |
| Womens Audio Mission | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Commission And Production Of A New Work By Diana Gameros. | 2023 |
| Asian Pacific Fund | $10,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Grantmakers Con With Immigrants Ref | $5,000 | Petaluma, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Root Rebound | $100,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latina | $25,000 | San Jose, CA, US | New Theater Production By Lisa Marie Rollins | 2022 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | $100,000 | Washington, DC, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Coleman Children And Youth Services | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Crowded Fire Theater Company | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Theater Work By Anna Moench | 2022 |
| Fresh Approach | $100,000 | Concord, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Grantmakers In The Arts | $5,000 | New York, NY, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Hawaii Appleseed Center For Law | $40,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | General Support | 2022 |
| People For Open Space Incgreenbelt | $50,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| The Working Group | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Tides Center | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Building Blocks For Kids Program | 2022 |
| Urban Habitat Program | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Alliance For Girls | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Center For Applied Research Solutio | $40,000 | Santa Rosa, CA, US | California Mentoring Partnership's Racial Justice In Mentoring Initiative | 2022 |
| Ella Baker Center For Human Rights | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Foodcorps Inc | $40,000 | Portland, OR, US | Support Of Its Work In San Francisco | 2022 |
| Hawaii Alliance Of Progressive Acti | $25,000 | Kapaa, HI, US | General Support | 2022 |
| The Lab Sf | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Dance Work By Indira Allegra | 2022 |
| Mahea Uchiyama Center For Intl Danc | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | New Dance Work By Meridith Kawekiu Aki | 2022 |
| Zaccho Sf | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Dance Work By Veronica Blair | 2022 |
| Social Justice Collaborative | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Justice Funders Inc | $2,500 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Center For Empowered Politics Educa | $50,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Its Bay Rising Project | 2022 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | $35,000 | Washington, DC, US | Support Of Its Media & Democracy Program In California | 2022 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Eye Zen's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Marvin K. White | 2022 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Campo Santo's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Marc Anthony Thompson | 2022 |
| Oakland Theater Project | $25,000 | Oakland, CA, US | New Theater Work By Lisa Ramirez | 2022 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Eugenie Chan Theater Project's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work | 2022 |
| Magic Theatre Inc | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By A.m. Smiley | 2022 |
| Golden Thread Productions | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Adam Ashraf Elsayigh. (2 Of 2) | 2022 |
| Brava Theater Center | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of A New Theater Work By Kat Evasco | 2022 |
| Bindlestiff Studio | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Golda Sargento. (2 Of 2 Pymts.) | 2022 |
| National Center For Family Philanth | $10,000 | Washington, DC, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Eugenie Chan Theater Project's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work | 2022 |
| Center For Media Justice | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| The Center For Cultural Innovation | $40,000 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Support Of The East Bay Individuals In The Arts Relief Fund For Individuals In The Arts | 2022 |
| Baykeeper | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Chinese For Affirmative Action | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Lavender Phoenix's Work In The Bay Area | 2022 |
| The Watershed Project | $25,000 | Richmond, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Dancers' Group | $32,500 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Mud Water Theatre's Commission And Production Of A New Work By My-linh Le | 2022 |
| Maplight | $50,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Asian American Futures | $100,000 | Irvine, CA, US | Support Of Activate California's Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Narrative And Power Project | 2022 |
| Asian Pacific Fund | $10,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Grantmakers Con With Immigrants Ref | $5,000 | Petaluma, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Root Rebound | $100,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latina | $25,000 | San Jose, CA, US | New Theater Production By Lisa Marie Rollins | 2022 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | $100,000 | Washington, DC, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Coleman Children And Youth Services | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Crowded Fire Theater Company | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Theater Work By Anna Moench | 2022 |
| Fresh Approach | $100,000 | Concord, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Grantmakers In The Arts | $5,000 | New York, NY, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Hawaii Appleseed Center For Law | $40,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | General Support | 2022 |
| People For Open Space Incgreenbelt | $50,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| The Working Group | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Tides Center | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Building Blocks For Kids Program | 2022 |
| Urban Habitat Program | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Alliance For Girls | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Center For Applied Research Solutio | $40,000 | Santa Rosa, CA, US | California Mentoring Partnership's Racial Justice In Mentoring Initiative | 2022 |
| Ella Baker Center For Human Rights | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Foodcorps Inc | $40,000 | Portland, OR, US | Support Of Its Work In San Francisco | 2022 |
| Hawaii Alliance Of Progressive Acti | $25,000 | Kapaa, HI, US | General Support | 2022 |
| The Lab Sf | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Dance Work By Indira Allegra | 2022 |
| Mahea Uchiyama Center For Intl Danc | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | New Dance Work By Meridith Kawekiu Aki | 2022 |
| Zaccho Sf | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Dance Work By Veronica Blair | 2022 |
| Social Justice Collaborative | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Justice Funders Inc | $2,500 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Center For Empowered Politics Educa | $50,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Its Bay Rising Project | 2022 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | $35,000 | Washington, DC, US | Support Of Its Media & Democracy Program In California | 2022 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Eye Zen's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Marvin K. White | 2022 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Campo Santo's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Marc Anthony Thompson | 2022 |
| Oakland Theater Project | $25,000 | Oakland, CA, US | New Theater Work By Lisa Ramirez | 2022 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Eugenie Chan Theater Project's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work | 2022 |
| Magic Theatre Inc | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By A.m. Smiley | 2022 |
| Golden Thread Productions | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Adam Ashraf Elsayigh. (2 Of 2) | 2022 |
| Brava Theater Center | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of A New Theater Work By Kat Evasco | 2022 |
| Bindlestiff Studio | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of The Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work By Golda Sargento. (2 Of 2 Pymts.) | 2022 |
| National Center For Family Philanth | $10,000 | Washington, DC, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Eugenie Chan Theater Project's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work | 2022 |
| Center For Media Justice | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| The Center For Cultural Innovation | $40,000 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Support Of The East Bay Individuals In The Arts Relief Fund For Individuals In The Arts | 2022 |
| Baykeeper | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Chinese For Affirmative Action | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Lavender Phoenix's Work In The Bay Area | 2022 |
| The Watershed Project | $25,000 | Richmond, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Dancers' Group | $32,500 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Mud Water Theatre's Commission And Production Of A New Work By My-linh Le | 2022 |
| Maplight | $50,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | General Support | 2022 |
| Asian American Futures | $100,000 | Irvine, CA, US | Support Of Activate California's Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Narrative And Power Project | 2022 |
| Ashby Village | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Gateway Program | 2021 |
| Asian Pacific Fund | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Grantmakers Con With Immigrants Ref | $5,000 | Petaluma, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Magic Theatre Inc | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Theater Production By Christopher Chen | 2021 |
| Magic Theatre Inc | $30,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Executive Transition | 2021 |
| Chinese For Affirmative Action | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Api Equality | 2021 |
| Coleman Children And Youth Services | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Commonwealth Club Of California | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Climate One Project | 2021 |
| Community Music Center | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Fresh Approach | $100,000 | Concord, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Grantmakers In The Arts | $5,000 | New York, NY, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Hawaii Appleseed | $40,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Maplight | $100,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Support Of Its Digital Deception Solutions Project | 2021 |
| Movement Strategy Center | $2,500 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| People For Open Space Incgreenbelt | $50,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| The Working Group | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Tides Center | $20,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its California Coalition For Reproductive Freedom's Executive Transition. | 2021 |
| Tides Center | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Building Blocks For Kids Collaborative Project | 2021 |
| Transgender Law Center | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Trust For Public Land | $50,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Next Generation Of Land Protection Program | 2021 |
| Urban Habitat Program | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Asian American-pacific Islanders In | $1,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Alliance For Girls | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Root Rebound | $100,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Communities For A Better Environmen | $30,000 | Richmond, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| California Association Of Nonprofit | $10,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| The Watershed Project | $25,000 | Richmond, CA, US | North Richmond Urban Greening Master Plan | 2021 |
| Arts For Oakland Kids | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $75,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Youth Power Fund Project | 2021 |
| Foodcorps Inc | $40,000 | Portland, OR, US | Support Of Its Work In San Francisco | 2021 |
| Hawaii Alliance Of Progressive Acti | $25,000 | Kapaa, HI, US | General Support | 2021 |
| East Bay Center For The Performing | $25,000 | Richmond, CA, US | Music Project By Howard Wiley | 2021 |
| Gamelan Sekar Jaya | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Music Project By I Dewa Putu Berata | 2021 |
| Musical Traditions | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Music Project By Liza Mezzacappa | 2021 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Music Project By Ambrose Akinmusire | 2021 |
| The Living Earth Show | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Music Project By Ellen Fullman | 2021 |
| Womens Audio Mission | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Music Project By Lalin St. Juste | 2021 |
| Bay Area Video Coalition | $30,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of "shakti", A Film By Nani Sahra Walker | 2021 |
| Noorani Dance | $25,000 | Menlo Park, CA, US | New Dance Work By Farah Yasmeen Shaikh | 2021 |
| Dance Brigade | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Dance Work By Aida Whitaker | 2021 |
| Zaccho Sf | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Dance Work By Veronica Blair | 2021 |
| The Lab Sf | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Dance Work By Indira Allegra | 2021 |
| Mahea Uchiyama Center For Intl Danc | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | New Dance Work By Meridith Kawekiu Aki | 2021 |
| Mosaic America | $25,000 | Santa Clara, CA, US | New Dance Work By My-linh Le | 2021 |
| Jess Curtis Gravity Inc | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of A New Dance Work By Jose Esteban Abad | 2021 |
| Artists In Motion Bay Area | $25,000 | Daly City, CA, US | Support Of A New Dance Work By Patrick Cruz | 2021 |
| Social Justice Collaborative | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | $100,000 | Washington, DC, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Sonoma Ecology Center | $40,000 | Eldridge, CA, US | Sonoma Valley Collaborative Project | 2021 |
| Council Of Community Housing Organi | $30,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Housing Reporters Education Project | 2021 |
| Dancers' Group | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Ca$h Dance Program | 2021 |
| Life Learning Academy | $50,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Mount Tamalpais College | $100,000 | San Quentin, CA, US | General Support | 2021 |
| Kulintang Arts Inc | $15,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Womens Audio Mission | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Music Project By Lalin St. Juste | 2020 |
| Cubacaribe | $15,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| East Bay Center For The Performing | $25,000 | Richmond, CA, US | Music Project By Howard Wiley | 2020 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $30,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Theater Production "the Living Word Project"& General Support | 2020 |
| Ashby Village | $40,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Berkeley Age-friendly Continuum | 2020 |
| Asian Pacific Fund | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Asian Pacific Islander Summit & Speaker Series | 2020 |
| Grantmakers Con With Immigrants Ref | $5,000 | Petaluma, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Movement Strategy Center | $2,500 | Oakland, CA, US | Bay Area Justice Funders Network | 2020 |
| Aurora Theatre Company | $15,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Crowded Fire Theater Company | $15,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Campo Santo's Commission And Production Of A New Theater Work | 2020 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Dancing Earth | 2020 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | $100,000 | Washington, DC, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Baykeeper | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | In Support Of Communication Efforts | 2020 |
| Center For Media Justice | $30,000 | New York, NY, US | Bay Area Work | 2020 |
| Chinese For Affirmative Action | $15,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Api Equality | 2020 |
| Coleman Children And Youth Services | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Commonwealth Club Of California | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | In Support Of Its Climate One Project | 2020 |
| Community Music Center | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Fresh Approach | $100,000 | Concord, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Grantmakers In The Arts | $5,000 | New York, NY, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Hawaii Appleseed | $35,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | To Support The Hawaii Budget And Policy Center | 2020 |
| Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corp | $40,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Hawaii Women In Filmmaking | $25,000 | Honolulu, HI, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Maplight | $100,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Support Of Its Digital Deception Solutions Project | 2020 |
| Movement Strategy Center | $50,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Its Bay Rising Project | 2020 |
| People For Open Space Incgreenbelt | $50,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Regents Of The University Of Califo | $30,000 | Oakland, CA, US | In Support Of Its Professional Program In Fundraising And Volunteer Management | 2020 |
| Social Good Fund | $40,000 | Richmond, CA, US | Support Of Its Safe Return Project | 2020 |
| The Working Group | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Tides Center | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Lift Up Contra Costa Project | 2020 |
| Tides Center | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Support Of Its Building Blocks For Kids Collaborative Project | 2020 |
| Transgender Law Center | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Support Of Its Work In The Bay Area And More Broadly In California | 2020 |
| Trust For Public Land | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Urban Habitat Program | $25,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Cubacaribe | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Dance Composition By Susana Arena Pedroso | 2020 |
| Kulintang Arts Inc | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Dance Composition By Alleluia Panis | 2020 |
| The Center For Cultural Power | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Asian American-pacific Islanders In | $1,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Alliance For Girls | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| The Center For Cultural Innovation | $30,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | East Bay Individuals In The Arts Relief Fund | 2020 |
| Root Rebound | $100,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Communities For A Better Environmen | $30,000 | Richmond, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| San Francisco Information Clearingh | $30,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Housing Reporters Education Project | 2020 |
| California Association Of Nonprofit | $10,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| The Watershed Project | $25,000 | Richmond, CA, US | North Richmond Urban Greening Master Plan | 2020 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Arts Loan Fund | 2020 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Aapis' For Civic Empowerment Education Fund | 2020 |
| Arts For Oakland Kids | $35,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Black Organizing Project Inc | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Center For Applied Research Solutio | $35,000 | Santa Rosa, CA, US | California Mentoring Partnership | 2020 |
| Chinese For Affirmative Action | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Covid-19 Related Hate And Violence Against Asian Americans | 2020 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | $40,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Still We Rise Fund | 2020 |
| Community Partners | $30,000 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Climateplan Program | 2020 |
| Ella Baker Center For Human Rights | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Gamelan Sekar Jaya | $25,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Music Project By I Dewa Putu Berata | 2020 |
| Horizons Foundation | $40,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Lgbtq Covid19 Responsive Emergency Fund | 2020 |
| Musical Traditions | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Music Project By Liza Mezzacappa | 2020 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | $75,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Youth Organizing Power Building Initiative | 2020 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Music Project By Ambrose Akinmusire | 2020 |
| Sew Productions Inc | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| The Living Earth Show | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Music Project By Ellen Fullman | 2020 |
| Transform | $20,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Ed Transition | 2020 |
| Foodcorps Inc | $40,000 | Portland, OR, US | Support Of Its Work In Hawaii | 2020 |
| Hawaii Alliance Of Progressive Acti | $25,000 | Kapaa, HI, US | Kuleana Leadership Training Progarm | 2020 |
| The Kohala Center Inc | $30,000 | Waimea, HI, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Kua'aina Ulu Auamo | $40,000 | Kaneohe, HI, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Intersection For The Arts | $25,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | New Theater Production By Britney Fraizer & Margo Hall | 2020 |
| Community Initiatives | $20,000 | Oakland, CA, US | Renaissance Journalism Emergency Grant Program For Bay Area Nonprofit News Outlets | 2020 |
| See Grant Statement | $1,587,500 | See Grant Statement, CA, US | See Grant Statement | 2018 |
| See Grant Statement | $629,000 | See Grant Statement, CA, US | See Grant Statement | 2017 |
| See Grant Statement | $2,645,200 | See Grant Statement, CA, US | See Grant Statement | 2016 |
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Contact Information
Official contact details for Gerbode Foundation as registered with the IRS. These details are essential for grant applications, correspondence, and due diligence processes.
| EIN | 94-6065226 |
| Website | http://gerbode.org |
| Address | 1791 SOLANO AVENUE F15 Berkeley, CA 94707-2209 |
Key People (5)
Board members, trustees, and key staff who oversee Gerbode Foundation's grant making decisions and strategic direction. Understanding leadership composition can provide insights into foundation priorities and potential networking opportunities.
| Chair | Sharon Gerbode |
|---|---|
| V. Chair/tres | Frank A Gerbode |
| V.chair/sec | Colin Gerbode |
| Director | Ian Gerbode |
| Exec Director | Aimee Sueko Eng |
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