Grants awarded
Who does Sharon & Bob Ford Foundation fund?
Sharon & Bob Ford Foundation has awarded $643,000 across 203 grants to 78 organizations between 2022 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $2,000, with most between $750 and $3,000.
Total awarded
$643K
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
78
Grants
203
Years
2022–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| S Stanford University | $93K | 10 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Village Enterprise Fund INC
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$45K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$27K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$27K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Peninsula Open Space Trust
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$23K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Center for Reproductive Rights | $20K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation | $20K | 5 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Diabetes Action Research & Education Fdn | $20K | 5 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W World Central Kitchen INC | $20K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
World Central Kitchen Incorporated
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| A ACLU Foundation of Northern California | $15K | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $15K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S San Francisco Symphony | $13K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Peninsula Open Space Trust | $12K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
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$11K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| Y Yosemite Foundation | $10K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Center for Reproductive Rights INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Oceana INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
American Heart Association INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| P Prevent Cancer Foundation | $10K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oceana | $10K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Heart Association | $10K | 3 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Prevent Cancer Foundation Aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | VA | |
World Wildlife Fund INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| W World Wildlife Fund | $9K | 3 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Cazadero Performing Arts Camp INC
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$7K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $7K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Defenders of Wildlife | $6K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wildlife Conservation Network | $6K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Nature Conservancy | $6K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Action Against Hunger USA
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$6K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| R Regents of the University of California | $6K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Village Enterprise Fund | $6K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Earth Enable | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Reading Partners | $5K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Common Sense Media | $5K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Action Against Hunger USA | $5K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
National Park Foundation
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| N Nyclu Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity International INC | $5K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Regents of the University of California - Uc Davis School of Veterinary Med | $4K | 6 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity International | $4K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Nature Conservancy
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$4K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| C Coral Reef Alliance | $4K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International | $4K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
California Academy of Sciences
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$4K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA INC
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$4K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$4K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T Tufts University | $4K | 5 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Healthy Cities Tutoring INC | $3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Ocean Conservancy INC
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$3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| S Samaritan House | $3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Cazadero Performance Arts Camp INC | $3K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Coral Reef Alliance
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$3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Sempervirens Fund
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$3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T The Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation | $3K | 7 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Donorschoose | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Kqed INC
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$2K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C California Academy of Sciences | $2K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA | $2K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy | $2K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Acvs Foundation | $2K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kqed INC | $2K | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Healthy Cities Tutoring INC | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund | $2K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| B Businesses United in Investing Lending and Development | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Animal Medical Center | $1K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
San Carlos Educational Foundation
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$1K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T Travelingwiki Foundation | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
St Jude Children's Research Hospital INC
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$500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| R Regents of the University of California - Uc Davis | $375 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S San Carlos Education Foundation | $250 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$100 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| I Ignatian Corporation Saint Ignatius High School | $93 | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Ignatian Corporation Saint Ignatius High School | $48 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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