The Bernard Osher Foundation

EIN 942506257 Private Foundation

Larkspur, CA 94939 |(415) 677-5922

https://http://WWW.OSHERFOUNDATION.ORG/
Total Given 2016–2023
$51.2M
317 grants · $6.4M avg/year
based on 8 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$25K
typical mid grants · $8K–$50K
grant size
57%
supporter · 110/193 multi-year
repeat
$29.9M
Assets (2023)
193
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Arts & Culture

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals Unknown
Contact Person JEANIE HIROKANE
Phone (415) 677-5922
Deadlines NONE
How to Apply THERE IS NO REQUIRED FORMAT, HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT MUST SHOW FINANCIAL NEED AND INDICATE THAT THEY ARE A QUALIFIED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
Restrictions NONE
Visit funder website

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 $4.8M $43.1M $4.1M 5
2017 $4.1M $43.8M $4.0M 6
2018 $12.4M $27.8M $2.5M 4
2019 N/A $42.5M $31.9M N/A
2020 $7.1M $73.3M $37.3M 3
2022 $9.3M $33.1M $1.7M 137
2023 $13.5M $29.9M $9.4M 162

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 317 grants on record

Minimum
$2K
25th Pctl
$8K
Median
$25K
Average
$162K
75th Pctl
$50K
Maximum
$8.3M

Geographic Distribution

Texas Counties Served

1.6% of US grants · Rank #2 of 26 states $1.2M across 5 grants 4 of 254 counties

Top 4 counties

  1. 1 Travis 1 grant · $1.1M
  2. 2 Denton 2 grants · $50K
  3. 3 Harris 1 grant · $50K
  4. 4 El Paso 1 grant · $25K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (317 total)

Purpose
Education San Francisco, CA $8,279,000 EDUCATION 2018
Education San Francisco, CA $4,409,750 EDUCATION 2020
Arts and Humanities Grants San Francisco, CA $3,838,250 ARTS AND HUMANITIES GRANTS 2018
Northwestern University Chicago, IL $3,150,000 OSHER ONLINE ENDOWMENT 2023
Arts and Humanities Grants San Francisco, CA $2,213,500 ARTS AND HUMANITIES GRANTS 2020
Arts and Humanities Grants San Francisco, CA $2,110,750 ARTS AND HUMANITIES GRANTS 2016
Arts and Humanities Grants San Francisco, CA $2,060,250 ARTS AND HUMANITIES GRANTS 2017
OLLI Grants San Francisco, CA $1,699,649 OLLI GRANTS 2016
Education San Francisco, CA $1,655,685 EDUCATION 2017
University of Dayton Dayton, OH $1,050,000 REENTRY SCHOLARSHIPS 2022
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX $1,050,000 REENTRY SCHOLARSHIPS 2022
UC Merced Foundation Mercd, CA $1,050,000 REENTRY SCHOLARSHIPS 2022
Bismarck State College Bismarck, ND $1,050,000 LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTES 2022
Drake University DES Moines, IA $1,050,000 LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTES 2022
Alcorn State University Lorman, MS $1,050,000 REENTRY SCHOLARSHIPS 2023
Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA $1,050,000 REENTRY SCHOLARSHIPS 2023
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL $1,050,000 REENTRY SCHOLARSHIPS 2023
North Carolina A&T University Greensboro, NC $1,050,000 REENTRY SCHOLARSHIPS 2023
University of Missouri-St Louis St Louis, MO $1,050,000 REENTRY SCHOLARSHIPS 2023
Medicine and Social Services San Francisco, CA $503,500 SOCIAL SERVICES 2020
Education San Francisco, CA $401,250 EDUCATION 2016
Charitable San Francisco, CA $370,000 CHARITABLE 2016
Northwestern University Evanston, IL $250,000 OSHER NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2022
Northwestern University Chicago, IL $250,000 OSHER NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2023
Integrative Medicine San Francisco, CA $230,000 INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE 2016

Looking for more funders like The Bernard Osher Foundation? Open the free Texas funder database and search 178,000+ foundations by state, type, and giving size.

Want to compare open opportunities instead? Open the free Texas grant database for active grants from federal, state, foundation, and corporate funders.