OVERVIEW: The Margoes Foundation supports education, college access and completion, mental health and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
FUNDING AREAS: Education, college access and completion, mental health, youth
IP TAKE: Programs that combine this foundation’s two interests areas (college attainment and mentally ill youth) have the best chances of being funded by this focused local foundation.
PROFILE: Established in 1984, the Margoes Foundation is a private foundation based in San Francisco, California. This is the foundation of John Margoes, who created this foundation in his will. The foundation is managed by Pacific Foundation Services, LLC. The foundation aims to "be a resource and catalyst to support imaginative and creative program opportunities that enabled low-income and other disadvantaged youth to obtain a college education and people with mental disabilities to live in non-institutional environments and lead productive lives.” It funds local efforts for education, college access and completion, mental health and youth.
The Margoes Foundation is a funder of college access and success programs that prepare disadvantaged and low-income students for college and degree attainment. The funder often supports after-school programs and summer college access programs that provide mentoring, tutoring, computer literacy, STEM education and arts and music education. The funder also supports financial aid and college scholarship programs. It prioritizes the needs of people with mental illnesses and helping them live productive lives outside of institutions. Programs that serve young people turning 18 and who are transitioning from residential therapeutic care to independent living are of particular interest to the Margoes Foundation. The foundation also offers a Venture Philanthropy Award that is a three-year award of $150,000 to support early-stage social impact organizations.
Grants range between about $10,000 and $50,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses exclusively on the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Past local grantees include First Graduate, Oakes Children’s Center and Building Excellent Schools.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The foundation typically opens up submission periods for the year in February. The application process is conducted online through the funder’s grants portal. No initial letter of inquiry is required. Direct general questions to the managing director, Eunice Valentine, at evalentine@pfs-llc.net or the grants manager, Jonny Moy, at jmoy@pfs-llc.net. The foundation’s phone number is 415-561-6540.
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