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PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION

EIN 94-3136771 OAKLAND, CA

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Revenue 2024
$58,681,026
Expenses 2024
$49,068,184

Program services were 92.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T500
Classification
1000
Street
1222 PRESERVATION PARK WAY

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENGAGE CREATIVE DONORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN GRASSROOTS PHILANTHROPY VIA RADICAL COLLABORATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENGAGE DONORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN GRASSROOTS PHILANTHROPY VIA RADICAL COLLABORATION.

  • PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION (PVF) BRINGS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO PHILANTHROPY AND THE WAY IT IS CARRIED OUT TO MAXIMIZE IMPACT. WE PROVIDE A VALUABLE AND OTHERWISE UNHEARD VOICE TO THE PHILANTHROPIC SECTOR. WE HAVE BUILT UP LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH DONORS, HELPED SHAPE THEIR CHARITABLE GIVING, AND ARE REGARDED AS TRUSTED PHILANTHROPIC ADVISORS TO MANY. OUR APPROACH AND VISION FOR PHILANTHROPY HAVE BEEN BROADCAST THOROUGHLY AND EMBRACED THROUGH OUR RECENT BOOK, GRASSROOTS PHILANTHROPY, PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, AND TEACHING. PVF STAFF IS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH ITS GRANTEES TO ACT AS AN ADVOCATE IN HELPING THEM SUCCEED IN THEIR WORK.

    Expenses $45,250,768 · Grants $39,731,510

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Bill Somerville

    PRESIDENT/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $6,075
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,075
    Hours/week
    24

  • Moira C Walsh

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Higa

    TREASURER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

  • Duncan Beardsley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James R Cody

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kamba Tshionyi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Colburn S Wilbur

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alicia Aguirre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dawn Hawk

    COO

    Total calculated
    $238,308
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,308
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,308
    Filer's total
    $238,308

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $58,681,026
    Expenses
    $49,068,184
    Contributions
    $53,627,973
    Grants paid
    $39,731,510
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $71,022,800
    Expenses
    $24,930,502
    Contributions
    $69,240,577
    Grants paid
    $16,490,983
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $22,915,613
    Expenses
    $23,373,623
    Contributions
    $22,443,026
    Grants paid
    $22,387,194

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,169,103
    Expenses
    $17,471,267
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,414,979

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,137,293
    Expenses
    $13,569,821
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,645,319

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,426,011
    Expenses
    $10,519,908
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,415,593

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,447,183
    Expenses
    $10,403,805
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,527,632

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,679,028
    Expenses
    $10,580,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,631,128

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,264,424
    Expenses
    $8,074,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,082,543

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,836,268
    Expenses
    $13,437,240
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,510,733

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,298,855
    Expenses
    $8,609,133
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,373,360

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,751,483
    Expenses
    $11,578,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,803,135

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,851,490
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,853,463

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • BLACK CULTURAL ZONE

    $15,740,134

    2024 FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION'S WORK ON CERTAIN INVESTMENT AREAS OF THE RISE EAST INITIATIVE

  • ROOTS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

    $5,043,179

    2024 FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION'S WORK ON CERTAIN INVESTMENT AREAS OF THE RISE EAST INITIATIVE

  • 15 PERCENT PLEDGE INC

    $1,731,749

    2024 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

  • RESILIA ACADEMY

    $1,292,799

    2023 GENERAL SUPPORT

  • RESILIA ACADEMY

    $1,267,821

    2022 ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT

  • RESILIA ACADEMY

    $1,130,224

    2024 TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT

  • OAKSTOP LLC

    $1,080,296

    2024 MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT, ENTREPRENEUR ECOSYSTEMS, INCLUSIVE ARTS PROGRAMS

  • ALAMEDA COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

    $803,775

    2022 ALAMEDA INNOVATIONS - ROUND 4 FUND

  • CREATIVE MORNINGS INC

    $740,052

    2024 TO LAUNCH MEMBER AND PATRON PROGRAMS AND TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND FIELD TRIPS

  • OAKSTOP LLC

    $678,837

    2023 GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.