Music Concourse Community Partnership

Elman Legacy Foundation

Park City, UT

W L Lyons Brown Foundation

Louisville, KY

The W L Lyons Brown Foundation’s 2025 grants supported varied charitable work, with 66% of grant dollars going to Kentucky and 33% to Tennessee; its reported grants ranged from $2,000 to $11.38 million, with a median of $12,000, though totals included large distributions during dissolution. It gave only to preselected organizations, did not accept unsolicited requests, and its final filing indicates it has wound down and stopped grantmaking.

Kelson Foundation

San Francisco, CA

Kelson Foundation supports organizations serving overlooked and underserved people, with grants in areas including democracy, women’s civic leadership, education, and trail stewardship. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $1 million, with a median of $50,000, and went to recipients in multiple states and Washington, DC, especially DC, NY, and CA. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums

San Francisco, CA

The Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums (COFAM) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation formed in 1987 responsible to operate the de young museum and the legion of honor and to raise and maintain funds for the museums' support. COFAM conducts this work on behalf of the fine arts museum of san francisco (FAMSF), which is a charitable trust department of the CITY and county of san francisco (CITY). The CITY owns the land and buildings in which the museums operate, and most of the collections, and provides partial operating support through an annual appropriation for their care and maintenance. COFAM accomplishes the mission of FAMSF through exhibition of the permanent collections, special exhibitions, scholarly publications, education programs, care and research of the collections, and public programs.

The W Richard Bingham and Winifred W

Saratoga Springs, NY

The San Simeon Fund Inc

San Francisco, CA

Green Grand Foundation

Sunnyvale, CA

John Pritzker Family Fund

Redwood City, CA

The John Pritzker Family Fund supports mental health and healthcare, democracy and civic health, Jewish life, and the arts, with a focus on strengthening communities and expanding access to care and opportunity. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,500 to $5 million, with a median of $30,000; funding was concentrated in California and New York, including the San Francisco Bay Area. It does not accept unsolicited requests and funds preselected organizations only.

ZH Family Foundation

Cupertino, CA

John and Marcia Goldman Foundation

San Francisco, CA

The John and Marcia Goldman Foundation primarily funds youth development in Mid-Peninsula communities and health research and services related to autism and autoimmune diseases, with additional support for arts, civic projects, emergency response, social services, and Jewish affairs. Its 2024 grants ranged from $100 to $1,655,000, with a median of $15,000, and most grant dollars went to California. It accepts unsolicited Letters of Inquiry for youth programs and projects serving young people and families in the Mid-Peninsula; other requests are by invitation only.

Change Happens Foundation

Urbandale, IA

Change Happens Foundation funds environmental science, education, and human services, including sustainable environmental solutions, early education and STEM, and nutrition and community health. Its 2024 grants ranged from $250 to $50,000, with a median of $17,500; it supports national or global work and local initiatives primarily in Iowa, with occasional funding in the San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Barbara County, and Puget Sound. It accepts online letters of inquiry and invites selected applicants to submit a full proposal.

The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation

New York, NY

The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation supports education, child protection, anti-trafficking, and labor and environmental justice organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,000 to $400,000, with a median of $25,500, and went mainly to recipients in California, New Jersey, Washington, DC, and New York. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.