Crankstart Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 94-3377099 · Headquarters: San Jose, CA 95124-0000
NTEE code: T22 · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $989,520,305.00 (2020–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 1648 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($749,481,869.00); $240,038,436.00 across 421 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $138,700,000.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $12,300,000.00 | FY2023 | 202433199349103403 |
| Merit America | Washington, DC | $10,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543179349103724 |
| San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233189349106953 |
| San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202433199349103403 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $10,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202333189349101528 |
| Arc Research Institute | Palo Alto, CA | $10,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543179349103724 |
| Arc Research Institute | Palo Alto, CA | $7,500,000.00 | FY2022 | 202333189349101528 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | $7,500,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133169349102813 |
| Arc Research Institute | Palo Alto, CA | $6,900,000.00 | FY2022 | 202333189349101528 |
| Mercy Housing California | Denver, CO | $6,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202333189349101528 |
| San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133169349102813 |
| San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543179349103724 |
| Pro Publica Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202433199349103403 |
| Pro Publica Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543179349103724 |
| Tipping Point Community | San Francisco, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202433199349103403 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233189349106953 |
| Bay Area Community Services Inc. | Oakland, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133169349102813 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233189349106953 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $4,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233189349106953 |
| Together Sf | San Francisco, CA | $4,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202433199349103403 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $138,700,000.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $205,766,680.00 | qualifying_distributions | 435 | 354 | 81 | $37,399,356.00 |
| FY2023 | $206,431,448.00 | qualifying_distributions | 424 | 351 | 73 | $29,270,528.00 |
| FY2022 | $201,271,069.00 | qualifying_distributions | 429 | 335 | 94 | $52,411,096.00 |
| FY2021 | $255,894,139.00 | qualifying_distributions | 483 | 377 | 106 | $91,227,438.00 |
| FY2020 | $120,156,969.00 | qualifying_distributions | 298 | 231 | 67 | $29,730,018.00 |
| All years on file | $989,520,305.00 | 2069 | 1648 | 421 | $240,038,436.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/623c6dca-4520-494e-913e-17a29a5a6d87
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 94-3377099.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).