Private foundation · Los Altos, CA

The Fat Tire Foundation

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Typical grant size
$1K – $5K – $25K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
72
Repeat grantees
42
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Jeff Jordan
DIRECTOR
Karen Shishino Jordan
CEO
Alison Jordan
SECRETARY
Connor Jordan
TREASURER

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
3.6%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
319
Total grants awarded
$12.9M
Total amount
$40K
Average grant
$1.0M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$3.1M
43 grants
2023
$1.8M
54 grants
2022
$1.8M
40 grants
2021
$1.4M
26 grants
2020
$1.4M
27 grants
2019
$1.5M
38 grants
2018
$1.0M
46 grants
2017
$949K
45 grants

Top recipients

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
3 grants · NY
$1.9M
3 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$1.7M
Jdrf T1d Fund Llc
3 grants · NY
$750K
Ucsf Foundation
3 grants · CA
$583K
The Leland Stanford Junior University
3 grants · CA
$501K
2 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$500K
6 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$500K
5 grants · DC · ≈ likely match
$450K
Jdrf
10 grants · NY
$389K
5 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$352K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

University of California San Francisco
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
CA · TY 2024
$1.0M
Jdrf T1d Fund Llc
WELLNESS
NY · TY 2024
$250K
Abortion Care Network
WELLNESS
DC · TY 2024
$200K
Adventure Scientists
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
MT · TY 2024
$200K
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
COMMUNITY
CA · TY 2024
$200K
Doctors Without Borders
WELLNESS
NY · TY 2024
$200K
Second Harvest Food Bank
POVERTY RELIEF
CA · TY 2024
$100K
Conservation International
COMMUNITY
VA · TY 2024
$100K
American Civil Liberties Union
COMMUNITY
NY · TY 2024
$100K
Center for Disaster Philanthropy
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
DC · TY 2024
$100K
University of California Berkeley
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
CA · TY 2024
$51K
The Solutions Project
COMMUNITY
CA · TY 2024
$50K
World Resources Institute
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
DC · TY 2024
$50K
National Resources Defense Council
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Rmi
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2024
$50K
Tiam Foundation
WELLNESS
TY 2024
$50K
San Francisco Foundation
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
CA · TY 2024
$40K
Ndn Collective
COMMUNITY
SD · TY 2024
$25K
Honnold Foundation
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
UT · TY 2024
$25K
Amazon Frontlines
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2024
$25K
Spur
COMMUNITY
CA · TY 2024
$25K
Global Greengrants Fund (agroecology Fund)
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
CO · TY 2024
$25K
St Anthony's Foundation
POVERTY RELIEF
CA · TY 2024
$20K
Curry Senior Center
WELLNESS
CA · TY 2024
$20K
Transgender Law Center
WELLNESS
CA · TY 2024
$20K
Glide
COMMUNITY
CA · TY 2024
$20K
Hamilton Families
POVERTY RELIEF
CA · TY 2024
$20K
Giffords Law Center
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
CA · TY 2024
$15K
Densho
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
WA · TY 2024
$10K
Activate
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Grist
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
WA · TY 2024
$10K
SF Parks Alliance
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Stern Grove
COMMUNITY
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Inside Climate News
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Canary Media
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
CO · TY 2024
$10K
Multiplier
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Waterorg
WELLNESS
MO · TY 2024
$10K
Jdrf
WELLNESS
NY · TY 2024
$3K
Nami
WELLNESS
VA · TY 2024
$1K
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
WELLNESS
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Pacific Institute
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2024
$1K
Project Sanku
POVERTY RELIEF
MA · TY 2024
$1K
Stanford Alumni Associates
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
CA · TY 2024
$500
University of California San Francisco
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
CA · TY 2023
$333K
Jdrf T1d Fund Llc
WELLNESS
NY · TY 2023
$250K
Japanese American National Museum
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
CA · TY 2023
$200K
Leland Stanford Junior University
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
CA · TY 2023
$167K
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
COMMUNITY
CA · TY 2023
$100K
Adventure Scientists
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
MT · TY 2023
$100K
Activate
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2023
$50K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.