The Violich Family Foundation
The Violich Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Kentfield, California. In its 2025 filing, it reported 20 grants totaling $1,458,800, including grants to California universities, health and arts organizations, and other charitable organizations.
The Violich Family Foundation at a glance
In short: The Violich Family Foundation gave $1.5M across 20 grants in 2025 (avg $73K), mostly in California. 30% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,458,800
- +27.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 20
- +42.9% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $72,940
- -10.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $11,796,468
- +14.5% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 30% first-time grantees (6 of 20, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- California (96% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to The Violich Family Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Its filing lists the foundation as the contact for how to apply.
- Contact
Application contact: The Violich Family Foundation
Mailing address: 1177 Magnolia, Larkspur, CA 94939
Phone: (415) 454-4266
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who The Violich Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Stanford Univ Women's Softball ($550K). Together the top 10 received $1.4M.
Grant Size Distribution
62 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 46 grants of 62 (74%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In 2025, 96% of grant dollars went to recipients in California, 2% to Colorado, and 1% each to Wisconsin and Virginia; the listed share for New Jersey was 0%.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 20 itemized grants.
Cities
Is The Violich Family Foundation open to new grantees?
30%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 6 of 20 grantees (30%) were first-time recipients. With only 20 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $28K; repeat grants $92K. How we count
Medians: $11K first-time, $10K repeat.
- 40% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 115% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 94% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF 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 $678K (2022) to $1.5M (2025). In 2025 it made 20 grants totaling $1.5M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford Univ Women's Softball Stanford, CA | Pav's Women's Softball Head Coachfund | $550,000 |
| Marin Health Foundation Greenbrae, CA | Contribution | $310,000 |
| Uc Berkeley Foundation Berkeley, CA | The carla soracco and donna fong field hockey scholarship | $250,000 |
| San Francisco Ballet San Francisco, CA | Contribution | $100,000 |
| Cofam San Francisco, CA | Contribution | $100,000 |
| Marin Catholic High School Foundati Kentfield, CA | MC Lacrosse Wallpresident's Discretionary Fund | $30,000 |
| USA Cycling Foundation Colorado Springs, CO | Wyatt Weisel High Performance Grant Fund | $25,000 |
| San Francisco Symphony San Francisco, CA | Contribution | $15,000 |
| The Memory Project Middleton, WI | Contribution | $11,600 |
| Enloe Foundation Chico, CA | Contribution | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $11,796,468 | $2,957,317 | $1,465,143 | $1,458,800 | 20 | $1,458,800 | $2,894,097 | $1,553,043 |
| 2024 | $10,304,294 | $2,882,862 | $1,165,146 | $1,142,750 | 14 | $1,142,750 | $2,793,886 | $1,372,488 |
| 2023 | $8,586,578 | $807,753 | $1,146,081 | $1,139,750 | 13 | $1,139,750 | $797,471 | $1,155,934 |
| 2022 | $8,924,906 | $239,298 | $694,596 | $678,000 | 8 | $1,097,322 | $371,115 | $1,120,971 |
| 2021 | $9,380,204 | $820,295 | $881,713 | $867,500 | 7 | $867,500 | $776,082 | $1,126,234 |
| 2020 | $10,737,370 | $507,746 | $744,876 | $740,500 | 10 | — | $503,144 | $838,658 |
| 2019 | $10,974,500 | $176,366 | $694,239 | $690,068 | 8 | — | $225,904 | $745,437 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, The Violich Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $1.6M for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No foundation mission statement is provided. Its listed 2025 grants show support for universities and athletic programs, health, arts and cultural organizations, and other charitable organizations. Among its grantees, the San Francisco Symphony says it serves audiences and communities through musical performance; The Memory Project says it coordinates exchanges of children’s artwork to promote international kindness, understanding, and friendship; the Navy SEAL Foundation says it supports warriors, veterans, and families of Naval Special Warfare; and the Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust says its purpose is to help people in times of need.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation gave $1,458,800 through 20 grants. Grant amounts ranged from $1,000 to $550,000, with a median of $10,000.
Largest listed 2025 grants included $550,000 to Stanford University Women’s Softball for the PAV’s Women’s Softball Head Coach Fund; $310,000 to Marin Health Foundation; $250,000 to UC Berkeley Foundation for the Carla Soracco and Donna Fong Field Hockey Scholarship; and $100,000 each to San Francisco Ballet and COFAM. Other listed grants included $30,000 to Marin Catholic High School Foundation, $25,000 to USA Cycling Foundation, and $15,000 to San Francisco Symphony.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Paul A Violich as Director and Adam Violich as CEO.
The Violich Family Foundation is led by Adam Violich, CEO on every filing since 2019; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Adam Violich
CEO
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul A. Violich
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
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.
Frequently asked questions about The Violich Family Foundation
How much does The Violich Family Foundation give each year?
The Violich Family Foundation gave $1.5M across 20 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $1.1M across 14 grants.
What is The Violich Family Foundation's typical grant size?
The Violich Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $72,940, across 20 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from The Violich Family Foundation that year got $28K on average.
Where does The Violich Family Foundation give grants?
The Violich Family Foundation gives mostly in California: 96% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were San Francisco, CA (4 grants), Stanford, CA (3 grants) and Kentfield, CA (3 grants).
Does The Violich Family Foundation give general operating support?
Occasionally: 5% of The Violich Family Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (1 of 20) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Recurring purposes include "Contribution" (13 grants).
Who are The Violich Family Foundation's largest grantees?
The Violich Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Stanford Univ Women's Softball ($550,000), Marin Health Foundation ($310,000) and Uc Berkeley Foundation ($250,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 76% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is The Violich Family Foundation?
The Violich Family Foundation reported $11.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $1.5M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $1.6M (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does The Violich Family Foundation fund?
No foundation mission statement is provided. Its listed 2025 grants show support for universities and athletic programs, health, arts and cultural organizations, and other charitable organizations. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from The Violich Family Foundation?
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is The Violich Family Foundation's EIN?
The Violich Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-3270861. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does The Violich Family Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 28, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 1, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 7, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 31, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 14, 2024)
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Grantable. (2026). The Violich Family Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 5, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/the-violich-family-foundation-morg_4215b8837237467f837dc60881ef2f50
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