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Severns Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 77-0235139 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $1.5M
- Grants reported
- 46
- Median grant
- $17.5K
- Future commitments
- None reported
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24 | $720K |
| 2023 | 22 | $730K |
Where Severns Family Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teach For America - Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | Education | 2023 | $90K |
| Benetech | Palo Alto, CA | Education | 2024 | $85K |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | Education | 2024 | $80K |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | Milpitas, CA | Animal Welfare | 2023 | $80K |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | Education | 2023 | $80K |
| Second Harvest | San Jose, CA | Capital Campaign | 2023 | $75K |
| Second Harvest | San Jose, CA | Food Bank | 2024 | $75K |
| Tipping Point Community | San Francisco, CA | Poverty Prevention | 2024 | $55K |
| Pangea Legal Services | San Francisco, CA | Social Justice | 2024 | $50K |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | Milpitas, CA | Animal Welfare | 2024 | $50K |
| 826 Valencia | San Francisco, CA | Education | 2024 | $50K |
| Groundswell Network | Brooklyn, NY | Education | 2023 | $50K |
| 826 Valencia | San Francisco, CA | In School Literacy Program | 2023 | $50K |
| ACE Public Schools Network | San Jose, CA | Education | 2023 | $50K |
| Second Harvest | San Jose, CA | Food Bank | 2023 | $50K |
| Teach For America - Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | Education | 2024 | $50K |
| 826 Valencia | San Francisco, CA | Capital Campaign | 2023 | $40K |
| NorCal Resist | Sacramento, CA | Social Justice | 2024 | $40K |
| Sunnyvale Community Services | Sunnyvale, CA | Community Programs | 2024 | $30K |
| Sunnyvale Community Services | Sunnyvale, CA | Community Programs | 2023 | $30K |
| WWRAP - Womens Repro Rights Assist | Santa Monica, CA | Reproductive Rights | 2024 | $25K |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | Social Justice | 2023 | $20K |
| SPARC - Shakespeare's Associates | Livermore, CA | Education | 2023 | $20K |
| Jewish Family Community Services-EB | Berkeley, CA | Human Rights | 2023 | $15K |
| NAACP Legal Defense Education Fund | New York, NY | Social Justice | 2023 | $15K |
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Severns Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.