A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 47-4149554Arts and culture

Who funds Transit Books?

5 private foundations gave Transit Books in Berkeley, CA $59,120 across 5 grants, in tax years 2023 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2023 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

5 grants

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

  1. Paul L Wattis FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2025

    To support the organization's project to develop a book from initial concept through final publication

    $20,000
  2. Distracted Globe FoundationNew York, NY 2025

    General support

    $5,000
  3. Hawthornden FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Literary arts support.

    $25,000
  4. The Miner Anderson Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  5. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2023

    Matching gift of staff and board members

    $4,120

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Berkeley, CA and are not among Transit Books’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 216 grants Preselected only $14,877 to similar organizations
  2. Kenneth Rainin FoundationOakland, CA 30 grants Preselected only $584,092 to similar organizations
  3. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 43 grants Accepts applications $422,200 to similar organizations
  4. Phyllis C Wattis FoundationSan Francisco, CA 32 grants Accepts applications $533,775 to similar organizations
  5. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 35 grants Accepts applications $170,791 to similar organizations
  6. Fleishhacker FoundationSan Francisco, CA 16 grants Accepts applications $138,000 to similar organizations
  7. The Bernard Osher FoundationSan Francisco, CA 27 grants Accepts applications $452,250 to similar organizations
  8. Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA 14 grants Accepts applications $435,810 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 47-4149554 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.