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Who can apply: Causes supported by eBay employees through personal donations and volunteer time.
About Ebay Foundation
The eBay Foundation directs its philanthropic support exclusively through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, signaling a strategy of channeling large, centralized gifts to a local community foundation that can deploy funds across regional needs. Their giving is place-based (San Jose/Silicon Valley) and appears designed to leverage an intermediary to support a broad set of community priorities rather than funding individual nonprofits directly.
Focus Areas
Channeling unrestricted or donor-advised funds through a regional community foundation (Silicon Valley)Strategic, place-based philanthropy for Silicon Valley / San Jose-area community needsSupport for community foundation capacity and regional grantmaking
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: very large, multi-grant support routed exclusively to a single community foundation rather than dispersed direct grants to multiple organizations.
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating supportorganizational capacity/core fundingmulti-purpose/general supporthonoraria/board presentation support
About Ebay Foundation
A defining feature of Ebay Foundation’s philanthropy is its long-running channel of large general-support grants through Silicon Valley Community Foundation. In 2023, 2024, and 2025, that intermediary received the foundation’s largest recent awards, including $21,849,936 in 2023, $12,000,000 in 2024, and $11,000,000 in 2025. That pattern points to a centralized grantmaking model that relies on a community foundation to move significant resources into place-based work. Beyond that main funding relationship, the foundation also supports organizations working on inclusive entrepreneurship and economically vibrant communities. Recent awards show attention to flexible, trust-based support and to organizations tied to small business growth, capital access, and economic opportunity. Common Futures in Oakland received a $500,500 grant, including general support and a small board presentation honorarium, while Right to Start in Leawood received $250,000 for general support. Smaller grants to Council on Foundations and Small Business Majority Foundation Inc. show that the foundation also participates in sector infrastructure and entrepreneurship policy conversations. Overall, the grant record suggests a funder that uses both large, centralized support and targeted nonprofit partnerships to back entrepreneurship-related community needs.
What Ebay Foundation Funds
The clearest topic thread in Ebay Foundation’s grantmaking is inclusive entrepreneurship. It gave $250,000 to Right to Start for general support, and $1,000 to Small Business Majority Foundation Inc for general support, both of which align with its stated interest in policy and systems change for entrepreneurs and small businesses. A second cluster sits around community infrastructure for philanthropy and field learning. Council on Foundations received $14,000 for general support, indicating participation in the broader philanthropic ecosystem. The foundation also makes smaller relationship-based grants. Common Futures in Oakland received $500,500, split between general support and a $500 honorarium tied to a board presentation. That mix fits a trust-based approach rather than narrowly restricted project funding. Across these examples, the foundation’s emphasis stays on economic opportunity, capacity building, and general support.
How Ebay Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$11M
Total Assets
$87.2M
Total Revenue
$28.2M
Total Expenses
$13M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $73K and $9.1M, with a median of $375K.
25th Percentile
$73K
Median
$375K
75th Percentile
$9.1M
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
About 50% of grants go to recipients in KS.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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