Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation
Los Altos Mountain View is a public charity based in Los Altos, California. Founded in 1991, it connects local donors, organizations, and community initiatives through grants, scholarships, charitable funds, and fiscal sponsorship, primarily serving Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and Mountain View.
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation at a glance
In short: Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation gave $77.5M across 103 grants in 2025 (avg $752K), mostly in California. 49% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $77,477,072
- +2545.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 103
- +7.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $752,205
- +2366.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,500
- Total assets
- $64,075,959
- +132.8% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 49% first-time grantees (50 of 103, 2025)
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation
- Contact
Mailing address: 183 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone: (650) 949-5908
Website: https://lamvcf.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation
Who Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Ttam Research Institute - Anne Wojcicki Foundation ($75.0M). Together the top 10 received $76.0M.
Grant Size Distribution
499 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 463 grants of 499 (93%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation says its local grantmaking primarily serves Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and Mountain View. It also works with donors and donor-advised fund holders on giving opportunities elsewhere in the greater Bay Area, California, and beyond. All grant dollars reported in the 2025 filing went to recipients in California.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 103 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation open to new grantees?
49%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 50 of 103 grantees (49%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $1.5M; repeat grants $25K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $18K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $829K (2019) to $77.5M (2025). In 2025 it made 103 grants totaling $77.5M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ttam Research Institute - Anne Wojcicki Foundation Los Altos, CA | Operations | $75,000,000 |
| Mountain View CLT Mountain View, CA | Operations | $407,110 |
| Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet Palo Alto, CA | Operations | $150,000 |
| Reach SV Sunnyvale, CA | Operations | $127,298 |
| Community Services Agency Mountain View, CA | Operations | $85,548 |
| National Film Preserve Ltd Berkeley, CA | Operations | $66,000 |
| Hope's Corner Mountain View, CA | Operations | $50,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation Berkeley, CA | Operations | $50,000 |
| Mentor Tutor Connection Mountain View, CA | Operations | $49,285 |
| Day Worker Center of Mountain View Mountain View, CA | Operations | $45,266 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $64,075,959 | $91,849,447 | $82,158,093 | $77,477,072 | 103 | $-388,265 |
| 2024 | $27,519,305 | $7,930,084 | $7,532,676 | $2,928,220 | 96 | $1,063,309 |
| 2023 | $25,699,506 | $7,370,103 | $7,682,734 | $1,521,130 | 80 | $656,640 |
| 2022 | $24,821,882 | $9,736,995 | $6,107,016 | $1,847,066 | 94 | $3,677,889 |
| 2021 | $27,330,021 | $6,047,869 | $5,489,835 | $2,914,371 | 126 | $525,766 |
| 2020 | $21,970,360 | $11,171,672 | $5,771,600 | $3,240,904 | 108 | $366,917 |
| 2019 | $17,257,991 | $8,335,373 | $2,999,883 | $829,252 | 55 | $381,648 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s stated mission is “to grow a vibrant, equitable, and caring community by connecting our neighbors with opportunities to make lasting impact.” Its filing describes grants and scholarships for nonprofits and students, management of donor-advised, designated, and scholarship funds, and programs involving youth philanthropy, community leadership, neighborhood building, and dispute resolution. Its website describes its fiscally sponsored Local Impact Collective projects as working in areas including affordable housing, education, arts, climate change, and social justice.
Its grants have supported organizations with varied missions. For example, Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet says it brings people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet; REACH SV says it addresses academic, food, and housing insecurity in Santa Clara County; and Hope’s Corner says it provides meals to people who are hungry and showers to people who are unhoused.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 103 grants totaling $77,477,072. Grant amounts ranged from $5,500 to $75 million, with a median of $10,500. The largest listed grant was $75 million to TTAM Research Institute - Anne Wojcicki Foundation for operations. Other sizable listed grants included $407,110 to Mountain View CLT, $150,000 to Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet, and $127,298 to REACH SV, each for operations.
The foundation’s website lists $103,000 in Spring 2025 general operating support grants to six organizations, including $20,000 each to Hope’s Corner, Day Worker Center of Mountain View, and Mentor Tutor Connection. The website also lists a $25,000 award for one selected idea through the Live Where You Work Challenge, which invites residents, nonprofits, students, creatives, employers, and other community members to submit ideas related to the gap between where people work and where they can afford to live.
The website says Community Grants guidelines are being reimagined and updated guidelines will be shared later. Its listed Fall 2023 focus was general operating support; the eligibility information for that cycle included charitable, educational, or community-building purposes, primarily for tax-exempt charitable organizations, with school programs eligible for consideration. The foundation’s filing describes a due-diligence process that includes checking applicant eligibility, monitoring grants, prohibiting use of grant funds for lobbying, and requiring return of funds not used for designated purposes.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The foundation’s website identifies Crysta Krames as CEO. Directors listed on the 2025 filing are Alissa Erogbogbo, Arvind Ven, Cheryl Reinking, Christina Mireles, Cindy Zinn, Clara Roa, Diane Parnes, Eric Mark, Laura Ramirez Berman, and Megan Crissman.
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation is led by Joel Valencia, CEO & Evergreen Collective on every filing since 2024; 3 of 20 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Joel Valencia
CEO & Evergreen Collective
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$168K (2024) → $182K (2025)
Crysta Krames
Executive Director
Director → Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$47K (2025)
Jon Cowan
Board Chair
Director → Board Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diane Parnes
Director
Director → Secretary, 2021
Secretary → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl Reinking
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Ramirez Berman
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shali Sirkay
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Arvind Ven
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christina Mireles
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Mark
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tzipor Ulman
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alissa Erogbogbo
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cindy Zinn
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Clara Roa
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Megan Crissman
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Adin Miller
Past Executive Director
Director → Executive Director, 2020
Executive Director → Past Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$107K (2021) → $136K (2025)
Vivienne Hsu
Past Board Chair
Director → Board Co-Chair, 2022
Board Co-Chair → Past Board Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eileen Eng
Board Vice Chair
Director → Board Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Curtis Cole
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura Schmidt
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (20)
- Former: Dan Barritt (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Laura Teksler (2019–2024) — Board Past-Chair
- Former: Chris Singer (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Alissa Ergobobo (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Renee Rashid (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Reve Warfield (2023–2024) — Director of Development
- Former: Ellen Saliba (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Shobana Gubbi (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Anna Yamamoto (2021–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Cynthia Nakayama (2023) — Cafe Deputy Director
- Former: Harry Price (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jean Limbach (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: John Radford (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Julie Mahowald (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Mike Kasperzak (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Venk Nathamuni (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Brenda Taussig (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Joe Eyre (2019–2020) — Executive Director · Filing note: Ended 1262020
- Former: Robert Kresek (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Marilyn Manning Lonergan (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $182K, to Joel Valencia (CEO, Evergreen Collective). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation
How much does Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation give each year?
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation gave $77.5M across 103 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.9M across 96 grants.
What is Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation's typical grant size?
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $10,500, and its average grant was $752,205, across 103 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation that year got $1.5M on average.
Where does Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation give grants?
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Los Altos, CA (11 grants), San Jose, CA (10 grants), Mountain View, CA (8 grants) and Palo Alto, CA (6 grants).
Does Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 103 grants with a stated purpose on Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Operations" (103 grants).
Who are Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation's largest grantees?
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Ttam Research Institute - Anne Wojcicki Foundation ($75,000,000), Mountain View CLT ($407,110) and Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet ($150,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 98% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation?
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation reported $64.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $91.8M.
What does Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation fund?
The organization’s stated mission is “to grow a vibrant, equitable, and caring community by connecting our neighbors with opportunities to make lasting impact.” See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation?
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check lamvcf.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation's EIN?
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 77-0273721. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 14, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 24, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 18, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 27, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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