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Good Ventures Foundation

Palo Alto, CA  ·  EIN 461008520  ·  Website ↗  ·  990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$7.9B

Total Giving

$340.6M

Grants on File

312

Average Grant

$1.1M

Giving Radius

Where Good Ventures Foundation Has Given

AK — no grants on file AL — no grants on file AR — no grants on file AZ — $40K across 1 grant CA — $46.0M across 163 grants CO — $3.9M across 4 grants CT — $3.6M across 3 grants DC — $33.3M across 21 grants DE — $3.2M across 2 grants FL — no grants on file GA — $458K across 1 grant HI — no grants on file IA — no grants on file ID — no grants on file IL — $1.1M across 2 grants IN — $3.3M across 2 grants KS — no grants on file KY — no grants on file LA — no grants on file MA — $14.4M across 14 grants MD — $20.0M across 15 grants ME — no grants on file MI — $50K across 1 grant MN — $1.8M across 1 grant MO — $2.8M across 2 grants MS — no grants on file MT — no grants on file NC — $650K across 1 grant ND — no grants on file NE — no grants on file NH — no grants on file NJ — $1.3M across 2 grants NM — no grants on file NV — no grants on file NY — $22.7M across 16 grants OH — no grants on file OK — no grants on file OR — no grants on file PA — $760K across 1 grant RI — no grants on file SC — no grants on file SD — no grants on file TN — no grants on file TX — $433K across 1 grant UT — no grants on file VA — $115K across 2 grants VT — no grants on file WA — $12.8M across 7 grants WI — no grants on file WV — no grants on file WY — no grants on file
Historical grants to 219 recipients across 21 states. Top concentrations: WASHINGTON ($33.3M, 21 grants), NEW YORK ($20.3M, 11 grants), BERKELEY ($13.6M, 9 grants), SEATTLE ($12.8M, 7 grants), PALO ALTO ($10.3M, 130 grants). Plus international giving not shown on this map.

Section I

How to Apply

No application guidelines on file — check the foundation's website directly.

On Unsolicited Proposals no

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient Amount Year
Zhi Tan $109K 2022
Will Henshall $58K 2022
Zachary Shaw $76K 2022
Yang Liu $2K 2022
Zev Goldberg $26K 2022
Stanislav Fort $28K 2022
Toby Bonvoisin $41K 2022
Trevor Levin $30K 2022
Tilman Rauker $10K 2022
Tim Farrelly $10K 2022
Siddharth Karamcheti $93K 2022
Simon Grimm $57K 2022
Shayna Korol $44K 2022
Sophie Rose $53K 2022
Smitha Milli $70K 2022
Rustam Zayanov $15K 2022
Ryan Teo $66K 2022
Salvador Buse $94K 2022
Saumya Mishra $2K 2022
Pratyusha Kalluri $95K 2022
Rebecca Kagan $104K 2022
Remco Zwetsloot $110K 2022
Riley Harris $3K 2022
Riley Baird $24K 2022
Petra Kosonen $22K 2022

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Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year Total Assets Qualifying Distributions Total Revenue Total Expenses
2023 $5.9B $196.8M $2.2B $423.4M
2022 $4.0B $204.4M $627.1M $405.9M
2021 $4.4B $206.0M $449.7M $226.7M
2020 $3.3B $135.0M $1.2B $172.0M
2019 $2.1B $79.5M $642.8M $153.4M
2015 $491.5M $17.5M $232.7M $11.3M
2014 $261.2M $9.6M $229.3M $5.9M
2013 $27.0M $426K $27.8M $90K

Section VII

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