Sharon & Bob Ford Foundation
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 87-3495360 · reported 2023–2025
184grants reported
$2,250median award
$1,000lower quartile
$46smallest grant
$622Ktotal paid
12states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 6 of its 184 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $2,750 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
PO Box 5016
New York, NY 10185-5016
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.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 22 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $51,500 |
| Village Enterprise Fund Inc | San Carlos, CA | $40,000 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $12,500 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $12,500 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $12,500 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $12,000 |
| Yosemite Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $12,000 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $11,000 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $10,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Diabetes Action Research & Education Fdn | Bethesda, MD | $10,000 |
| Oceana | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | $10,000 |
| Prevent Cancer Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washinton, DC | $10,000 |
| Yosemite Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | $9,000 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $7,000 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | $6,000 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | $6,000 |
| ACLU Foundation of Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Earth Enable | Weston, MA | $5,000 |
| ACLU Foundation of Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $5,000 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $5,000 |
| Regents of the University of California | Orange, CA | $5,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 |
| ACLU Foundation of Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 |
| Nyclu Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Village Enterprise Fund Inc | San Carlos, CA | $5,000 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $4,000 |
| Action Against Hunger USA | New York, NY | $4,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $4,000 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $3,000 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washinton, DC | $3,000 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $3,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washinton, DC | $3,000 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $3,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $3,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washinton, DC | $3,000 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $3,000 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $3,000 |
| Cazadero Performing Arts Camp Inc | Cazadero, CA | $3,000 |
| Cazadero Performing Arts Camp Inc | Cazadero, CA | $3,000 |
| Coral Reef Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Atlanta, GA | $3,000 |
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