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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-3653488

UCSF Discovery Fellows Fund

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $5.2 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $5,150,502

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $138,925,794
  • Tax year 2023

    $5,205,217

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $124,545,473
  • Tax year 2022

    $5,874,166

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $111,371,671
  • Tax year 2021

    $3,771,003

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $126,411,609
  • Tax year 2020

    $2,656,723

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $94,729,995
  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $41,085,613
  • Tax year 2018

    $2,448,555

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $34,920,824

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

    Provide funding for PHD education programs in the basic sciences

    $5,150,502

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $5,150,502100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $5,150,502

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Michael MortizPRESIDENT/CFO Hours 1Pay $0
  • Harriet HeymanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Melissa NarulaASSISTANT SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gretchen SelfridgeAUDIT CHAIR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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