The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated areas are protecting the planet, alleviating poverty, promoting equity and improving healthcare, and its filing also records grants for land restoration, marine ecological work, wind and solar power, genomics, and food and education organisations, so a request should sit clearly within those areas.
- It is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold approach is unlikely to be considered, and in its most recent filing 87% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had funded in earlier filings, so building a relationship first is the realistic route.
- About 8 in 10 of its 35 grants to organisations fall between $500,000 and $20,000,000, and half are $2,000,000 or less, so a request near $2,000,000 sits at its median grant, though that typical band is not a ceiling because its largest grant was $275,000,000.
- No geographic focus is stated, so location alone should not decide whether to approach it.
Overview
The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation is a US private foundation based in Palo Alto, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Its filings describe grants for donor-advised fund grantmaking alongside project work aimed at protecting the planet, alleviating poverty, promoting equity and improving healthcare. Other project purposes include land restoration, ecological work identified by marine scientists, and the transition to wind and solar power. The grants record also includes support for genomics research and for food and education organisations. Recipient types include grantmaking intermediaries, environmental bodies, a university foundation and education-focused charities; grants are described as both general or operating support and project support. The filing says contributions go only to preselected charitable organisations.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants spread across the United States.
How to apply
Contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations; the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 87% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 35 grants to organisations were $2,000,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
3 other states: <1%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 4%
- The largest single recipient received 61% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 87% of grant dollars went to organisations The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 96% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 17 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $2M (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- National Philanthropic Trust · General grant-making support for a donor-advised fund$235,000,0002024 tax year
- Climate Breakthrough · General operating support$10,000,0002024 tax year
- Food for Education Foundation · General operating support$8,000,0002024 tax year
- Windward Fund · Project support for an interdisciplinary network to create and advance developments in the energy, agriculture, and waste sectors$6,000,0002024 tax year
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · Project support to provide funding for projects carrying out ecological priorities identified by marine scientists$6,000,0002024 tax year
- World Resources Institute · Project support for land restoration$4,750,0002024 tax year
- Global Fishing Watch · General Support$3,000,0002024 tax year
- European Climate Foundation · Project support to help expand availability of wind and solar power$2,150,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- P Wayne Osborne — Secretary
- Lucinda Southworth — Director & CFO
- Lawrence Page — Director, Chairman & President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $309,013,185 | $276,017,372 | $4,992,012,019 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $315,831,379 | $285,596,584 | $6,290,938,902 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $321,993,373 | $285,312,880 | $7,193,124,690 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Palo Alto, CA