About Acacia Foundation
The Acacia Foundation makes relatively targeted, mid-size grants to institutions in science, conservation, community infrastructure and cultural institutions—mostly in California and the Bay Area. Their support spans medical research (notably a tissue bank at UCSF), botanical conservation and facility capital, community energy/resilience pilots, local library services, and public classical music broadcasting. Grants are few but meaningful and sometimes repeated to the same local organizations.
Focus Areas
Medical research infrastructure and biobanking (e.g., gynecologic oncology tissue bank at UCSF)Botanical garden capital projects and plant conservation (e.g., building repair at the National Tropical Botanical Garden)Community energy and resilient microgrid pilots (e.g., Beehive Microgrid / Footprint Project)Local library services and reference/support for community libraries (e.g., Belvedere‑Tiburon Library Foundation)Public classical music access via radio/broadcast programming (e.g., San Francisco Symphony radio broadcasts)
Who They Fund
research institutions/university labs (e.g., UCSF)
About Acacia Foundation
Acacia Foundation’s recent giving is marked by a small set of $50,000 awards that support infrastructure and program continuity rather than broad, open-ended philanthropy. In 2024, one of those larger grants went to Footprint Project for the Beehive Micorgrid Project, and another supported the National Tropical Botanical Garden’s botanical research center building. That same pattern extends to research and cultural institutions: in 2023, the foundation gave UCSF Foundation $50,000 for the gynecological oncology division’s tissue bank. The foundation also returns to selected local organizations with repeat grants. Belvedere-Tiburon Library Foundation received support in both 2023 and 2024, while San Francisco Symphony appeared across two years as well. Those grants show a preference for sustaining specific programs or services over time. Across the recent grants list, Acacia Foundation’s support reaches science, conservation, library services, public broadcasting, and watershed restoration, with most grants going to California recipients and a separate concentration of awards in Hawaii.
What Acacia Foundation Funds
In medical research infrastructure, Acacia Foundation gave $50,000 to UCSF Foundation for the UCSF gynecological oncology division’s tissue bank. That grant points to support for research resources rather than general medical programming. In conservation and facility preservation, the foundation gave $50,000 to National Tropical Botanical Garden for sealing the botanical research center building. The same pattern of infrastructure support appears in energy work, where Footprint Project received $50,000 for the Beehive Micorgrid Project. The foundation also funds public access to information and arts programming. Belvedere-Tiburon Library Foundation received $25,000 for general support and another $25,000 for reference desk support, while San Francisco Symphony received $25,000 for radio broadcasts program in 2024 and $15,000 for the same program in 2023.
How Acacia Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster in the mid-size range: p25 is $22,500, median is $25,000, and p75 is $50,000. The recent record shows both one-time and repeated support, including multiple awards to Belvedere-Tiburon Library Foundation and San Francisco Symphony across two years. The foundation appears to fund selected nonprofits directly rather than through an open individual grant process, and it does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$0
Total Assets
$48.7M
Total Revenue
$46.8M
Total Expenses
$321K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $23K and $50K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$23K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Regional3 states funded
About 75% of grants go to recipients in HI.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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