Nepheli Foundation
Private foundation · Berkeley, CA · EIN 94-3379122 · reported 2023–2025
50grants reported
$329median award
$150lower quartile
$50smallest grant
$2.1Mtotal paid
9states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 50 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $500 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
823 Mendocino Ave
Berkeley, CA 94707-1922
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Gordon Foundation TO HELP PROTECT CANADIAN WATER RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL CANADIANS. | Toronto | $2,000,000 |
| Metrics for Management | Oakland, CA | $54,675 |
| Metrics for Management | Oakland, CA | $50,000 |
| Metrics for Management | Berkeley, CA | $5,000 |
| Possibility Labs | Concord, CA | $2,000 |
| National Women's Health Network | Washington, DC | $2,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $1,500 |
| Environmental Action Committee of West Marin (eac) | Point Reyes Station, CA | $1,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | San Jose, CA | $1,000 |
| KQED | San Francisco, CA | $500 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $500 |
| The Playwrights Workshop | Hartsdale, NY | $500 |
| West Marin Community Services | Point Reyes Station, CA | $500 |
| Bay City News Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $500 |
| West Marin Environmental Action Committee | Point Reyes Station, CA | $500 |
| Ucberkeleyfoundation | Berkele, CA | $500 |
| The American Himalayan Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $500 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $500 |
| Maui Food Bank | Wailuku, HI | $500 |
| Environmental Action Committee of West Marin (eac) | Point Reyes Station, CA | $500 |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | San Jose, CA | $500 |
| UC Botanical Garden | Berkeley, CA | $500 |
| Dorset Church | Dorset, VT | $500 |
| UC Botanical Garden | Berkeley, CA | $425 |
| Foundation for Free Flight | Truckee, CA | $400 |
| Commonwealth School | Boston, MA | $258 |
| Prospect Sierra School | EL Cerrito, CA | $250 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $250 |
| Prospect Sierra Annual Fund | EL Cerrito, CA | $250 |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | San Jose, CA | $250 |
| Kroka Expeditions | Marlow, NH | $250 |
| Broadstreet Institute | Milwaukee, WI | $200 |
| Point Reyes National Seashore | Point Reyes Station, CA | $200 |
| 350org | Boston, MA | $200 |
| Shady Hill Fund | Cambridge, MA | $150 |
| American Himalayan Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $150 |
| KQED | San Francisco, CA | $150 |
| Huong Viet Community Center | Oakland, CA | $150 |
| Amnesty International USA | New York, NY | $150 |
| Breakthrough Greater Boston | Cambridge, MA | $150 |
| KQED | San Francisco, CA | $150 |
| Shady Hill Fund | Cambridge, MA | $150 |
| Wikimediafoundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | $100 |
| The West Marin Feed | Inverness, CA | $100 |
| Wikimediafoundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | $100 |
| Mountain Play Association | San Rafael, CA | $100 |
| Wikimediafoundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | $100 |
| Inverness Association | Inverness, CA | $50 |
| California State Parks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $50 |
| Cityside Journalism Institute | Berkeley, CA | $50 |
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