Lakeshore Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Lakeshore Foundation is a US private foundation based in Redwood City, CA, with no stated geographic focus, though its grants have mainly gone to organisations in New York, Massachusetts, Alabama, California and the District of Columbia.
- Its funding has mainly supported legal and advocacy organisations, including innocence-project and immigrant-rights groups, as well as civil-rights, global development, energy, health information, investigative reporting, ecology and forensic science organisations, so a project in one of these fields may fit well.
- A realistic request would be modest relative to its largest grants: about eight in ten of its 63 grants fell between $105,000 and $3,000,000, with a median grant of $500,000, and half of its 63 grants were $500,000 or less.
- All of its grant dollars to organisations in its latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in the two prior filings, suggesting it is relationship-led and favours organisations with an existing track record with it; there are no application deadlines, applications should be submitted electronically with proof of IRC section 501(c)(3) status, and the foundation warns that unsolicited requests may not receive acknowledgement.
Overview
Lakeshore Foundation is a US private foundation based in Redwood City, 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 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's filings do not name a specific funding field: its grants are recorded for general purposes. Its recorded giving went mainly to legal and advocacy organisations, including innocence-project and immigrant-rights organisations, as well as civil-rights groups. Recipients also included organisations concerned with global development, energy, health information, investigative reporting, ecology and forensic science. Its application information asks for electronic submissions and proof of IRC section 501(c)(3) status; it also warns that unsolicited requests may not receive acknowledgement. The grant rows show this breadth across several kinds of charitable organisation.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Massachusetts, Alabama, California and District of Columbia.
How to apply
Applications should be submitted electronically and include proof of IRC section 501(c)(3) status. Unsolicited requests may not receive acknowledgement.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% 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 63 grants to organisations were $500,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 9%
- The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Lakeshore Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 7% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 18 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $750k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Southern Poverty Law Center · General$3,000,0002024 tax year
- Oxfam America · General$3,000,0002024 tax year
- Brennan Center for Justice · General$3,000,0002024 tax year
- Center for Global Development · General$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Innocence Project · General$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Florence Immigrant & Refugees Rights Project · General$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Immigrant Justice Corps · General$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Justice for Migrant Women · General$1,000,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Hadley G Williams — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $23,374,658 | $20,660,000 | $410,828,946 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $25,419,553 | $20,790,000 | $440,266,311 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $26,603,873 | $21,655,000 | $407,547,808 | 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.
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- Redwood City, CA
Applying to Lakeshore Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (510) 612-1207
- Redwood City, CA