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Who does The Silver Lining Foundation fund?

The Silver Lining Foundation has awarded $15 million across 210 grants to 95 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $5,000 and $100,000.

Total awarded
$14.8M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
95
Grants
210
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

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

95 of 95 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
The California Education Partners $4.2M52020–20242024CA
Children Now $875K52020–20242024CA
Occidental College $840K52020–20242024CA
Borealis Philanthropy $750K52020–20242024MN
A American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences $750K52020–20242024— —
R Regents of the University of Michigan $550K22020–20222022MI
I Individual recipient $500K22020–20212021— —
Edsource INC $500K52020–20242024CA
Parent Teacher Home Visits $475K42020–20232023CA
U Urban Ed Academy INC $300K32021–20232023CA
Learning Policy Institute $250K22020–20222022CA
S San Francisco Department of Children Youth & Families $250K120202020— —
Power California $225K32022–20242024CA
E Educare California at Silicon Valley $200K22020–20212021— —
Sobrato Early Academic Language Program $200K120222022CA
I Individual recipient $200K22023–20242024— —
T The Regents of University of California Berkeley $200K120212021— —
Brown University of Providence $178K22020–20212021RI
U University of Washington $150K32022–20242024WA
O Oakland Unified School District $150K120222022— —
C Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation $150K22020–20212021— —
Planned Parenthood Federation of America INC $150K32022–20242024NY
W Wested $142K22020–20212021— —
T Trellis $100K120202020— —
Planned Parenthood $100K22020–20212021TX
San Francisco Education Fund $100K120202020CA
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta INC $100K42021–20242024GA
E Ecsv (educare California at Silicon Valley) $100K120222022— —
I Individual recipient $100K120212021— —
Reading Partners $100K22022–20232023CA
Catholic Legal Immigration Network INC $100K120202020MD
San Francisco Jazz Organization $95K52020–20242024CA
Giants Community Fund $80K42020–20242024CA
A Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles $75K32022–20242024— —
G Groundswell $75K120202020— —
Hopewell Fund $75K120242024DC
A Accelerate Change INC $75K120242024— —
Tides Center $52K22023–20242024CA
A Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus $50K22021–20222022— —
A Asian Americans Advancing Justice Asian Law Caucus $50K22023–20242024— —
California State University Foundation $50K120222022CA
M Make the Road Pennsylvania $50K120242024— —
California Community Foundation $50K120212021CA
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence $50K120202020DC
Pittsburgh United $50K120242024PA
E Eastside College Preparatory School INC $50K120202020— —
M Michigan Organizing Project $50K120242024MI
Teaching Lab $50K120242024DC
Voces De La Frontera INC $50K120242024WI
University of Chicago $40K42021–20242024IL
Spark Sf Public Schools $35K22020–20212021CA
Crohns & Colitis Foundation INC $31K52020–20242024NY
President and Fellows of Harvard College $30K32020–20222022MA
482 Forward $25K120242024MI
International Refugee Assistance Project INC $25K120202020NY
Groww Education INC $25K120242024WI
S Stanford University $25K120202020— —
Muckrock Foundation Incorporated $25K120242024MA
1 Vote Counts $25K120242024PA
Asheville School Incorporated $25K52020–20242024NC
Natural Resources Defense Council INC $25K120202020NY
Catchlight $25K52020–20242024CA
Leaders Igniting Transformation Education Fund INC $25K120242024WI
Hamilton Families $25K120202020CA
Family Connections Center INC $25K120212021SD
A Asian Americans Adv Justice Los Angeles $25K120212021— —
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund $25K120202020CA
Northern California Grantmakers $22K42021–20242024CA
Council of the Great City Schools $22K120222022DC
I Individual recipient $20K42020–20242024— —
Common Sense Media $20K42020–20232023CA
H Harvard Business School $20K22023–20242024— —
T The Medical Foundation of North Carolina $15K32020–20232023— —
G Giant Community Fund $15K120222022— —
The Madeira School $15K52020–20242024VA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art $15K32021–20232023CA
The Oakland Public Education Fund $10K22022–20232023CA
C California Calls Education Fund $10K120202020CA
Unc Health Foundation INC $10K22022–20242024NC
Kqed INC $8K52020–20242024CA
I Individual recipient $5K120222022— —
M Mount Tamalpais College $5K120242024— —
T The Century Foundation INC $5K120242024— —
T The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals $5K120222022— —
Narrative Magazine INC $5K52020–20242024CA
Los Amigos De Manzanita Seed $4K22022–20232023CA
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco $4K42021–20242024CA
L Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability $3K120222022— —
T Trinity Lutheran Church $3K120222022— —
J Jewish Community Federation $2K22023–20242024— —
J Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonma C $2K22020–20212021— —
Katherine Delmar Burke School $2K42021–20242024CA
S St Ignatius College Preparatory $2K120222022— —
I Individual recipient $1K120222022— —
J Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma $1K120222022— —

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