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Who does The Bernard Osher Foundation fund?

The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded $56 million across 563 grants to 271 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $18,500, with most between $8,000 and $37,500.

Total awarded
$55.5M
Typical grant
$18K
Grantees
271
Grants
563
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 271 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Northwestern University $5.9M62021–20242024IL
O Osher Collaborative $5.2M120212021— —
Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California $4.4M120202020CA
N Northwestern University - Nrc $3.3M32021–20242024— —
A Arts and Humanities Grants $2.2M120202020— —
University of Miami $2.1M120212021FL
U University of Washington $2.1M120212021WA
Vanderbilt University $2.1M120212021TN
Drake University $1.2M32021–20232023IA
B Bismarck State College $1.2M32021–20232023— —
A Alcorn State University $1.1M32021–20232023— —
Clark Atlanta University INC $1.1M32021–20232023GA
University of Missouri at St Louis Alumni Association $1.1M32021–20232023MO
University of Dayton $1.1M22021–20222022OH
F Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University $1.1M22022–20232023— —
M Montana State University $1.1M22021–20232023— —
W Washington University of St Louis $1.1M120212021— —
T The University of Texas at Austin $1.1M120222022— —
N North Carolina A&t University $1.1M120232023— —
C Columbia University $1.1M120212021— —
U Uc Merced Foundation $1.1M120222022— —
M Medicine and Social Services $504K120202020— —
San Francisco Symphony $345K32021–20242024CA
The Contemporary Jewish Museum $325K42021–20242024CA
S San Francisco Ballet $300K32021–20242024— —
Kqed INC $300K32021–20242024CA
Oakland Museum of California $300K42021–20242024CA
California Academy of Sciences $300K32021–20242024CA
Summer Search $255K22021–20242024CA
A Asian Art Museum $250K32021–20242024— —
Human Rights Watch INC $225K42021–20242024NY
S Sfmoma $200K120212021— —
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art $200K22023–20242024CA
San Francisco Performances INC $191K42021–20242024CA
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Period Instrument Trust $175K32021–20232023CA
R Regents of University of California Berkeley $175K220242024— —
A Academic Consortium for Integrative Health Medicine and Health $150K22022–20242024— —
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund $150K32022–20242024CA
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums $150K22022–20232023CA
San Francisco Food Bank $150K32022–20242024CA
California Film Institute $150K32022–20242024CA
Berkeley Repertory Theatre $150K22021–20242024CA
City Arts and Lectures INC $140K42021–20242024CA
Bay Area Discovery Museum $135K42021–20242024CA
M Margaret Jenkins Dance Company $126K32022–20242024— —
F Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco $125K120212021— —
R Regents Cal Performances $125K120222022— —
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California $120K22023–20242024CA
Merola Opera Program $112K42021–20242024CA
S San Francisco Shakespeare Festival $112K42021–20242024— —
Stern Grove Festival Association $105K32022–20242024CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts $105K32021–20232023CA
Ringling College of Art and Design INC $100K42021–20242024FL
U Ucsf Community Care $100K120222022— —
U Ucsf Community Care Fund $100K120242024— —
F Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco $100K120242024— —
T The Exploratorium $100K120242024— —
B Bampfa $100K120232023— —
P Pacific Film Archive $100K120212021— —
N North Carolina A&t $100K22021–20222022— —
E Exploratorium $100K120212021— —
U University of Oklahoma $100K42021–20242024— —
U Ucsf Foundation $100K120222022— —
Magic Theatre INC $99K42021–20242024CA
O Oakland Symphony $92K22023–20242024— —
C Community Music Center $90K42021–20242024— —
S Smuin Ballet $88K32021–20232023— —
K Kala Art Institute $81K42021–20242024— —
L Let the Right One in $75K120232023— —
University of California Berkeley Foundation $75K120232023CA
Bread & Roses Presents $75K32022–20242024CA
S San Francisco and Marin Food Bank $75K120212021— —
C Cal Performances $75K120212021— —
C Conservation Society of California DBA Oakland Zoo $75K32022–20242024— —
A American Conservatory Theatre $75K120222022— —
San Francisco Jazz Organization $75K32022–20242024CA
U University of Texas at El Paso $75K32021–20242024— —
A American Conservatory Theater $75K120242024— —
826 Valencia $72K42021–20242024CA
University of Southern California $70K22022–20242024CA
San Francisco Playhouse $68K42021–20242024CA
Marine Mammal Center $68K42021–20242024CA
San Francisco Girls Chorus INC $68K42021–20242024CA
S St Vincent De Paul Society of San Francisco $66K22021–20222022— —
M Margaret Jenkins Dance Co $63K120212021— —
Headlands Center for the Arts $58K42021–20242024CA
San Francisco Film Society $58K42021–20242024CA
Curiodyssey $57K42021–20242024CA
California Jazz Conservatory INC $56K42021–20242024CA
Alonzo King Lines Ballet $56K32022–20242024CA
K Kdfc $52K120212021— —
Marin Theatre Company $52K32021–20242024CA
S Stern Grove Festival $52K120212021— —
Brandeis University $50K22021–20232023MA
West Virginia University Research Corporation $50K22021–20232023WV
U Uc Merced $50K120212021— —
I Indiana State University $50K22021–20242024IN
Colorado State University Foundation $50K22022–20242024CO
U University of North Texas $50K22021–20232023— —
University of North Texas Foundation INC $50K22022–20242024TX

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