Greenbridge Family Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 82-3458443 · since 2018greenbridge.foundation·Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, San Francisco County, San Mateo Coun…·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$2.1M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$10,000 to $75,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$25,000

Typical grant (median)

50 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

Greenbridge Family Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to preselected organisations, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered.
Its stated geographic priority is the Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and 6 more counties in California.
Its themes are Empowering Women & Children, Criminal Justice, Environment, Mental Health, Education & Opportunity, Democracy and Diverse Emerging Managers, so work outside these is unlikely to fit.
Most grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $10,000 and $75,000, which is typical rather than a ceiling, and half are $25,000 or less.
Repeat giving is strong, with 53% of grant dollars in its latest filing going to organisations it had funded in earlier filings, so a newcomer competes for a smaller share of the money.

Overview

Greenbridge Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in San Francisco, CA.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

Greenbridge Family Foundation makes grants to mission-aligned organisations across its stated portfolio areas. It supports empowering women and children through education, job opportunities, and social, political and psychological support; criminal-justice alternatives and second-chance employment; environmental interventions using science, policy and market-driven innovation; early-stage mental-health interventions for young people; education and career opportunities; stronger American democracy; and diverse emerging investors. It prioritises low-income youth and first-generation college students in education, while its women-and-children grantees operate locally, nationally and internationally. It seeks transformative programmes with systemic impact, ethical and results-driven leaders, measurable outcomes and a path to self-sustainability, preferring programmes ambitious enough to achieve impact at scale. Additional partners work in senior dog rescue, Effective Altruism and the broader philanthropic community.

Themes

Empowering Women & Children
Criminal Justice
Environment
Mental Health
Education & Opportunity
Democracy
Diverse Emerging Managers

Geographic Focus

Priority: Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and 6 more counties in California; United States.

How to apply

It makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no submission route.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 53% 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 156 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

It seeks organisations led by ethical, hard-working people with innovative, strategic, ambitious, learning-oriented and results-driven teams.
It looks for transformative programming with meaningful systemic impact and prefers programmes ambitious enough to have impact at scale.
It seeks organisations that regularly evaluate outcomes, track measurable results and take risks to increase impact.
It looks for organisations with a path to self-sustainability and big impact.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

California42%

New York11%

District of Columbia10%

Colorado7%

Massachusetts6%

Texas4%

6 other states: 11%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 8%

The largest single recipient received 5% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 53% of grant dollars went to organisations Greenbridge Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
3% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (United Kingdom).
11% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

50 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $25,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 50 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$1k–$2.5k4%

$2.5k–$5k2%

$5k–$10k2%

$10k–$25k10%

$25k–$50k48%

$50k–$100k22%

$100k–$250k10%

$250k–$500k2%

Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Join Freeworld · To support the increase of diversity in tech and engineering fields
$250,0002024 tax year
Recidiviz · To help americans save money, tackle nationwide emissions goals, improve health, and build the next generation of the clean energy workforce
$125,0002024 tax year
Protect Democracy Project · To support reducing incarceration, safely, equitably, and at scale using modern data tools
$100,0002024 tax year
Humanitix USA · To support working toward a healthy biosphere and thriving human society
$100,0002024 tax year
SD Foundation · To support low-inocme women from countries restoring peace with the education, leadership skills, and network connections needed to become leaders who change their nations and the world
$100,0002024 tax year
FWD.us Education Fund · To support formerly incarcerated individuals to reenter society
$100,0002024 tax year
Inseparable · To end generational poverty and recidivism
$75,0002024 tax year
Fast Forward · To support education services by opening libraries in prison cellblocks.
$72,5002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Ann Green — Treasurer
Jason Green — President & Director

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$2,410,237	$2,074,225	$34,169,096	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$2,126,640	$1,612,900	$42,110,160	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$2,610,455	$2,055,000	$44,425,882	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.