Playground towers, slides and climbing frames in a park

Grant recipient EIN 47-2414936Youth development

Who funds Scientific Adventures?

11 private foundations gave Scientific Adventures in Oakland, CA $273,839 across 25 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

25 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Ross Stores FoundationDublin, CA 2025

    Youth program

    $30,000
  2. Kla FoundationAnn Arbor, MI 2025

    Wise us event in milpitas assembling science lessons for local youth

    $10,750
  3. Ross Stores FoundationDublin, CA 2024

    Youth program

    $30,000
  4. Akamai Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2024

    Scientific Adventures for Girls in TK-6th Grade: San Francisco East Bay Afterschool STEM Programs

    $25,000
  5. nVent FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    STEM Education Program Support

    $15,000
  6. nVent FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    STEM Education Program Support

    $15,000
  7. Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA 2024

    One year of general operating support to provide afterschool STEM programs to TK-6TH grade students, with a special focus on girls of color in oakland. This is a one-time grant in partnership with the uc berkeley strategic philanthropy class

    $5,000
  8. Cohn Sadie & Louis Char TUWSaint Louis, MO 2024

    General operating

    $1,500
  9. Akamai Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  10. Akamai Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2023

    Scientific Adventures for Girls in K-6th Grade: San Francisco East Bay Afterschool STEM Programs 2023-2024

    $20,000
  11. nVent FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    Support STEM Education

    $15,000
  12. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $92
  13. Analog Devices FoundationBoston, MA 2023

    General support

    $21
  14. Ross Stores FoundationDublin, CA 2022

    Youth program

    $30,000
  15. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $39
  16. Ross Stores FoundationDublin, CA 2021

    Youth program

    $30,000
  17. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2021

    Supporting Effective Innovation in Education

    $5,000
  18. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $20
  19. Ross Stores FoundationDublin, CA 2020

    Youth program

    $30,000
  20. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2020

    Supporting effective innovation in education

    $4,500
  21. Doris S and Charles F Michaels FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To support the operations of the organization.

    $1,000
  22. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $17
  23. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2019

    Supporting effective innovation in education

    $2,500
  24. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2019

    Matching Gifts

    $400
  25. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2018

    Supporting effective innovation in education

    $2,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other youth development organizations in Oakland, CA and are not among Scientific Adventures’s funders above.

  1. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 64 grants Preselected only $3,971,918 to similar organizations
  2. The California Wellness FoundationLos Angeles, CA 16 grants Accepts applications $1,026,604 to similar organizations
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 48 grants Accepts applications $28,250 to similar organizations
  4. Stupski FoundationSan Francisco, CA 16 grants Preselected only $2,115,000 to similar organizations
  5. Quest FoundationDanville, CA 20 grants Preselected only $740,745 to similar organizations
  6. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 13 grants Accepts applications $720,000 to similar organizations
  7. The Banks Family FoundationOakland, CA 9 grants Preselected only $90,000 to similar organizations
  8. The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLos Altos, CA 12 grants Accepts applications $793,448 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 47-2414936 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.