Gerbode Foundation
The Gerbode Foundation is a private foundation that principally makes grants in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii. 1 Founded as the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, it underwent a major restructuring in 2016. 1 The Gerbode Foundation has made grants to various left-leaning groups including Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. 2
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Background
The Gerbode Foundation is a 501(c)(3) private foundation that principally makes grants in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii. Founded as the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, it underwent a major restructuring in 2016, which resulted in half of the funds remaining with the Gerbode Foundation and the other half resulting in the creation of three individual private foundations1 The new foundation’s board contains the founder, Frank A. Gerbode, and his children Sharon, Colin, and Ian. 3
The Gerbode Foundation has been involved in supporting organizations that challenge large energy companies. 4 The Foundation has also funded projects that have increased access to the chemical abortion pill RU-486 and “morning after” emergency contraception pills across the United States. 4
Grantmaking
The Gerbode Foundation has donated to multiple social-liberal and pro-abortion groups in the past, including Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union, Physicians For Reproductive Choice, and Nursing Students for Choice. 5
In 2019, Time reported that the Gerbode Foundation funded a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that claims that “having an abortion is not detrimental to women’s health, but being denied access to a wanted [abortion] likely is.” 6 The study was also funded by other left-leaning pro-abortion grantmaking groups such as David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. 6
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses
Expenses Detail
Employee Compensation
Highest Earning Employees
| Employee | Title | Total Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Aimee Sueko Eng | Exec Director | $200,000 |
| Olivia Tablante | Operation Director | $155,000 |
Grant Activity
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $1,525,000
- Number of Grants: 5
- Number of Funders: 2
Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| $600,000 | 2024 | The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | for the Special Awards in the Arts Program |
| $380,000 | 2021 | The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | FOR THE SPECIAL AWARDS IN THE ARTS PROGRAM |
| $190,000 | 2022 | The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | FOR THE SPECIAL AWARDS IN THE ARTS PROGRAM |
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $43,274,558
- Number of Grants: 1,566
- Number of Recipients: 473
Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years: