The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedSAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94104The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2024 return.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$4.2M
FY2024 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$89.8M
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$2.8M
FY2024
Expenses
$5.2M
FY2024
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990-PF
$2,809,078
$5,199,680
$4,237,886
$89,798,753
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Environment$5.3M · 40
Philanthropy and grantmaking$1.6M · 25
Animal welfare$1.1M · 10
Education$865K · 21
Arts and culture$547K · 16
Human services$351K · 11
Where recipients are
CA$15.7M · 268
DC$9.1M · 33
VA$5.9M · 22
CO$3.4M · 15
NY$1.1M · 13
WY$1.1M · 8
ID$924K · 21
WA$530K · 28
Based on the 43% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
462 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTINGBERKELEY, CO
CONSERVATION
$500,000
2020
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Elizabeth Raffin
VICE PRESIDENT
2.00
$0
Patricia Ishiyama
PRESIDENT
2.00
$0
Nelson Ishiyama
SECRETARY
2.00
$0
Julia Ishiyama Joined 1024
DIRECTOR
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$86,507,087
FY2023
990-PF
$231,357
$5,197,423
$4,699,627
$86,071,134
$84,568,226
FY2022
990-PF
$298,659
$4,900,021
$4,008,000
$85,157,735
$83,702,901
FY2021
990-PF
$2,975,576
$5,573,108
$4,458,252
$104,782,939
$103,057,622
FY2020
990-PF
$3,223,967
$2,884,902
$4,572,825
$94,626,997
$91,739,720
FY2019
990-PF
$1,867,598
$6,166,845
$4,838,852
$87,421,541
$82,069,993
FY2018
990-PF
$4,482,946
$7,977,109
$4,266,141
$83,363,287
$78,971,628
FY2017
990-PF
$2,561,344
$5,106,618
$4,291,433
$91,032,816
$89,264,559
FY2016
990-PF
$1,690,493
$3,031,816
$3,471,004
$84,413,221
$83,100,681
THE NATURE CONSERVANCYMatched to this organization because 152 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.
ARLINGTON, VA
CONSERVATION
$500,000
2022
STANFORD UNIVERSITYSTANFORD, CA
EDUCATION
$500,000
2024
THE NATURE CONSERVANCYMatched to this organization because 152 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.ARLINGTON, VA
CONSERVATION
$500,000
2021
CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTINGBERKELEY, CO
CONSERVATION
$500,000
2017
CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTINGBERKELEY, CO
CONSERVATION
$500,000
2018
NATIONAL FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO, CA
CONSERVATION
$500,000
2017
BILL LANE CENTER FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENDOWMENTSTANFORD, CA
HENRY'S FORK FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.ASHTON, ID