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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-3215541

Gaia Fund

A private foundation in Berkeley, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 84 grants and $1.6 million paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Third Plateau
127 University Avenue
San Francisco, CA 947101616
(510) 841-4193
[email protected]
Form and materials
See Statement 15
Deadlines
See Statement 15
Restrictions
See Statement 15

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,597,500

    Grants listed
    84
    Assets, end of year
    $42,772,953

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,104,000

    Grants listed
    83
    Assets, end of year
    $41,296,106

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,989,000

    Grants listed
    86
    Assets, end of year
    $39,879,573

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,158,750

    Grants listed
    84
    Assets, end of year
    $44,345,058

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,364,200

    Grants listed
    92
    Assets, end of year
    $42,684,175

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,754,700

    Grants listed
    72
    Assets, end of year
    $43,040,015

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,855,500

    Grants listed
    72
    Assets, end of year
    $39,485,766

Grants paid in 2024

84 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Working America Education FundWashington, DC

    General Support

    $100,000
  2. Accelerate Change IncBoston, MA

    General Support

    $100,000
  3. Workmoney Foundation IncMilwaukee, WI

    General Support

    $100,000
  4. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Trusted Elections Fund

    $90,000
  5. Voto Latino FoundationWashington, DC

    General Support

    $75,000
  6. Real Organic ProjectEast Thetford, VT

    General Support

    $75,000
  7. Organic Farming Research FdnSanta Cruz, CA

    General Support

    $60,000
  8. Community Alliance With Family FarmDavis, CA

    Ecological Farming: Growing Pathways to Organic

    $50,000
  9. Cornucopia InstituteCornucopia, WI

    To support expansion efforts in California

    $50,000
  10. Contemporary Jewish MuseumSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $50,000
  11. Individual

    General Support

    $50,000
  12. Regents of the University of CABerkeley, CA

    Sustainable Farming Workforce Developmet thru UCSC Farm LDP

    $50,000
  13. NEO PhilanthropyNew York, NY

    Students Learn Students Vote Coalition

    $50,000
  14. Tides FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Charitable purposes of Movement Voter Fund

    $50,000
  15. Nonprofit VOTE IncSomerville, MA

    General Support

    $50,000
  16. Southern Vision AllianceDurham, NC

    Movement Labs

    $50,000
  17. Wilderness TorahBerkeley, CA

    General Support

    $40,000
  18. Individual

    General Support

    $40,000
  19. National Organic Coalition IncArlington, MA

    General Support

    $40,000
  20. Urban AdamahBerkeley, CA

    General Support

    $30,000
  21. Ag Land-Based Training AssnSalinas, CA

    General Support

    $25,000
  22. RebootLongmeadow, MA

    General Support

    $25,000
  23. New Israel FundNew York, NY

    General Support

    $25,000
  24. Rodale InstituteKutztown, PA

    Organic Farmers Association

    $25,000
  25. California FarmLinkAptos, CA

    For general support of the Equity and Conservation on Working Lands Efforts

    $25,000
  26. Individual

    General Support for Bay Area Programming

    $25,000
  27. Heartland FundWashington, DC

    General Support

    $25,000
  28. Voto Latino FoundationWashington, DC

    General Support

    $25,000
  29. Jewish Community Center of SFSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $10,000
  30. ACLU of South Carolina Foundation ICharleston, SC

    General Support

    $10,000
  31. Individual

    GrowFood [individual] & Charleston Region Projects

    $7,000
  32. Individual

    General Support

    $7,000
  33. ACLU Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General Support

    $5,500
  34. Human Rights Campaign FoundationWashington, DC

    General Support

    $5,500
  35. Individual

    General Support

    $5,500
  36. National Network of Abortion FundsBeaverton, OR

    General Support

    $5,500
  37. Individual

    General Support

    $5,000
  38. Individual

    General Support

    $5,000
  39. Individual

    Clean Energy Work

    $5,000
  40. KqedSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $5,000
  41. Sonoma Valley Hospital FoundationSonoma, CA

    General Support

    $5,000
  42. Jewish Film InstituteSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $5,000
  43. Edisto Island Open Land Trust IncEdisto Island, SC

    General Support

    $5,000
  44. Fields to FamiliesCharleston, SC

    General Support

    $5,000
  45. Green Heart Project IncCharleston, SC

    General Support

    $5,000
  46. Sierra Club FoundationOakland, CA

    General Support

    $5,000
  47. EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $5,000
  48. Lowcountry Land TrustCharleston, SC

    General Support

    $5,000
  49. The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    Work in California

    $4,000
  50. Save the BayOakland, CA

    General Support

    $4,000
  51. Earth Island InstituteBerkeley, CA

    General Support

    $3,500
  52. ClimateWorks FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $3,500
  53. Center for Reproductive Rights IncNew York, NY

    General Support

    $3,000
  54. Rocky Mountain InstituteBoulder, CO

    General Support

    $3,000
  55. Wild Farm AllianceAromas, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  56. Ecological Farming AssociationSanta Cruz, CA

    Scholarships

    $2,500
  57. Marin Agricultural Land TrustPoint Reyes Station, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  58. Friends Fdn of SF Public LibrarySan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  59. Sonoma Ecology CenterEldridge, CA

    Sonoma Garden Park

    $2,500
  60. Individual

    General Support

    $2,500
  61. Sonoma Community CenterSonoma, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  62. Sonoma League for Historic PreservaSonoma, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  63. Valley of the Moon Natural HistoryGlen Ellen, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  64. Yerba Buena Center for the ArtsSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  65. Union of Concerned ScientistsCambridge, MA

    General Support

    $2,500
  66. ACLU Foundation of Northern CaliforSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  67. Sonoma County Regional Parks FoundaSanta Rosa, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  68. San Francisco Food BankSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  69. Individual

    General Support for KSVY Project

    $2,500
  70. Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters AssocSonoma, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  71. Farm to PantryHealdsburg, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  72. Individual

    General Support

    $2,500
  73. Friends in Sonoma HelpingSonoma, CA

    General Support

    $2,500
  74. ExtraFoodKentfield, CA

    Food Runners Program

    $2,500
  75. Fresh Future Farm IncCharleston, SC

    General Support

    $2,000
  76. Sonoma Valley Museum of ArtSonoma, CA

    General Support

    $1,000
  77. ACLU of South Carolina Foundation ICharleston, SC

    General Support

    $1,000
  78. Individual

    General Support

    $1,000
  79. Brigid AllianceNew York, NY

    General Support

    $1,000
  80. ClimateWorks FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $1,000
  81. Lowcountry Land TrustCharleston, SC

    General Support

    $1,000
  82. Rocky Mountain InstituteBoulder, CO

    General Support

    $1,000
  83. Individual

    General Support

    $1,000
  84. Mission Local SFSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $500

Approved for future payment

6 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. National Organic Coalition IncArlington, MA

    General Support

    $80,000
  2. Individual

    General Support

    $80,000
  3. Contemporary Jewish MuseumSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $50,000
  4. Regents of the University of CalBerkeley, CA

    Regents of the University of California

    $50,000
  5. RebootLongmeadow, MA

    General Support

    $50,000
  6. Ag Land-Based Training AssnSalinas, CA

    General Support

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment16 grants $281,50027% of the total
  2. Civil rights6 grants $214,00021% of the total
  3. Education2 grants $125,00012% of the total
  4. Human services5 grants $111,00011% of the total
  5. Public affairs2 grants $100,00010% of the total
  6. Food and agriculture7 grants $77,0007% of the total
  7. 5 other causes12 grants $126,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California37 grants $468,500
  2. District of Columbia6 grants $320,500
  3. Massachusetts5 grants $217,500
  4. Wisconsin2 grants $150,000
  5. Vermont1 grant $75,000
  6. New York4 grants $59,500
  7. North Carolina1 grant $50,000
  8. Pennsylvania2 grants $50,000
  9. South Carolina8 grants $34,000
  10. Oregon1 grant $5,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Christine H RussellDir/Pres Hours 2Pay $0
  • Mark L SchlesingerDir/CFO/Sec Hours 20Pay $0

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