The Excelerate Foundation focuses its giving on a mix of LGBTQ+ transgender community health and empowerment, local civic services in Greenwich (including early childhood supports and emergency medical capacity), and targeted support for campus public gardens/arboretum operations. Grants are often sizable and directed to a small set of repeat or mission-aligned organizations, combining program/core operating support with one-off capital or equipment-style funding (e.g., ambulance purchase). The foundation shows an interest in youth leadership and culturally diverse programming alongside place-based civic investments.
Excelerate Foundation Inc repeatedly backs organizations centered on transgender community health and cultural empowerment, with multiple six-figure and near-six-figure commitments to the same mission space. The foundation gave $55,000 in 2023 and 2025, and $50,000 in 2026, to The Transgender District for core programs, and it made a $55,000 grant in 2023 to St. James Infirmary Co The Transgend for core program support. That pattern sits alongside sustained funding for youth and diversity programming through We Are Family Foundation’s "Youth to the Front" initiative, which received grants across 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. The portfolio also includes place-based support for civic and service organizations in Greenwich, plus funding for public arboretum and garden operations at UC Davis Foundation. Smaller but still meaningful grants extend to teen peer support, environmental restoration, and AIDS remembrance work. Across the recent grants list, the foundation’s giving appears concentrated around a few recurring organizations rather than a broad one-time portfolio, with several recipients appearing in multiple years.
In transgender-led community health and empowerment, Excelerate Foundation Inc backed both The Transgender District and St. James Infirmary Co The Transgend for core programs that support the history, culture, legacy, and empowerment of transgender people. For youth leadership and cultural diversity, it funded We Are Family Foundation’s "Youth to the Front" program in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. The foundation also supported teen mental health peer services through Give us the Floor, including general support for peer support groups helping teens deal with distress in 2024, 2025, and 2026. On the environmental side, it gave a grant to Tuleyome for repair and restoration of public lands, streams, and trails in several northern California counties.
Typical recent grants cluster around a median of $10,000, with the lower quartile at $6,000 and the upper quartile at $25,000. The recent list shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, especially for core or general operating purposes. Excelerate Foundation Inc is a regular funder rather than a donor-advised fund, funds individuals, and has both programmatic and event-sponsorship style grants in the record. Its pattern includes a mix of recurring support and one-off awards, such as funding for an ambulance purchase and fundraising-event sponsorships.
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Most grants fall between $6K and $25K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$6K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$25K
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Concentrated, mid-to-large sized grants to a small number of repeat and regionally targeted grantees; mix of multi-year or repeat support for core operations and discrete grants for capital/equipment or program-specific needs.
Notable grantees: UC Davis Foundation, The Transgender District, St. James Infirmary, United Way of Greenwich, Greenwich Emergency Medical Service
Grantmaking is national, but the recent awards are heavily weighted toward California recipients. The foundation gives most often in CA, and 39% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. Within the recent grants list, San Francisco and Davis appear repeatedly, along with Greenwich and Riverside in Connecticut and New York, NY. All recorded recipient grants are in the United States.
The recent grants show repeated support for transgender-led community health and empowerment, youth leadership and cultural diversity programming, early childhood achievement gap work in Greenwich, and campus public arboretum operations. Several recipients appear across multiple years, especially in the transgender and youth-diversity categories.
Typical recent grants are centered at a median of $10,000, with a p25 of $6,000 and a p75 of $25,000. The record also includes larger repeat grants, including several $50,000 to $95,000 awards.
Yes. The recent grants list shows recurring support across multiple years for organizations such as UC Davis Foundation, The Transgender District, We Are Family Foundation, Give us the Floor, United Way of Greenwich, and Muhammad Ali Center.
California is the top state by grant count, with 39% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recent California recipients include San Francisco-based organizations and Davis-based UC Davis Foundation.
No. The foundation’s scope is national, and the recent grants go to organizations in California, Connecticut, New York, Florida, Washington, DC, and Kentucky. All recorded recipient grants in the supplied data are in the United States.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis Foundation | Davis, CA | $90,000 | 2026 | Grants to support staffing budgets of a specific program, as well as general program support for campus and public arboretum operations. |
| We Are Family Foundation | New York, NY | $55,000 | 2026 | Grant for "Youth to the Front" program to support the organization's thats dedicated to the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that promote cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision, talents, and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world. |
| United Way of Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $50,000 | 2026 | Support the Early Childhood Achievement Gap solutions, helping at-risk students |
| The Transgender District | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | Grant to support for core programs for organization that create a thriving environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy and empowerment of transgender people. |
| Muhammad Ali Center | Louisville, KY | $46,000 | 2026 | Fundraiser event sponsorship for organization whose charter is to mobilize Muhammad Ali's legacy to foster respect, inspire generations of changemakers, and advance social justice. |
| AIDSLifeCycle | San Francisco, CA | $15,500 | 2026 | Sponsor riders of a cycling event, which raises funds for SF AIDS Foundation and community. |
| Give us the Floor | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2026 | General support for organization that is helping teens deal with distress though unique peer support groups. |
| National AIDS Memorial GroveLight | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2026 | Sponsorship of the annual Light in the Grove fundraising event for organization that provides, in perpetuity, a place of remembrance so that the lives of people who died from AIDS are not forgotten and the story is known by future generations. |
| Transportation Association of Green | Riverside, CT | $15,000 | 2026 | General program support of the organization and to help meet budget shortfall. Organization specializes in transportation services for elderly disabled individuals and transportation for the disadvantaged of all ages. |
| George Mason University Foundation | MS A Fairfax, VA | $12,000 | 2026 | Grant to support organization whose mission it is to drive diversity into the field of national security. |
| GLORIA Great Basin | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 | 2026 | Support for scholarships. Organization enables youngsters from under represented groups to study effects of climate change along side professionals in the field. |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sina | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | Support for annual fundraising event. This organization seeks to help both prevent prostrate cancer and improve the qualify of life for those in treatment. |
| Glenville Volunteer Fire Company No | Greenwich, CT | $10,000 | 2026 | Support for fundraising event for volunteer firefighter company. |
| Greenwich Point Conservancy | Old Greenwich, CT | $7,500 | 2026 | Sponsor for annual fundraising event to support the renovation of historic buildings in town. |
| Greenwich Town Party | New Haven, CT | $6,000 | 2026 | Grant to offset the costs of a public function put on by the town's non-profit organization. |
| AIDS Walk San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | Sponsor participant for annual AIDS walk, helping to raise money for HIV and aging research. |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2026 | Sponsor of rider raising money for cancer research. |
| UC Davis Foundation | Davis, CA | $60,000 | 2025 | Grants to support staffing budgets of a specific program, as well as general program support for campus and public arboretum operations. |
| The Transgender District | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 2025 | Grant to support for core programs for organization that create a thriving environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy and empowerment of transgender people. |
| United Way of Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $45,000 | 2025 | Support the Early Childhood Achievement Gap solutions, helping at-risk students |
| Muhammad Ali Center | Louisville, KY | $30,000 | 2025 | Fundraiser event sponsorship for organization whose charter is to mobilize Muhammad Ali's legacy to foster respect, inspire generations of changemakers, and advance social justice. |
| We Are Family Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | Grant for "Youth to the Front" program to support the organization's thats dedicated to the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that promote cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision, talents, and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world. |
| Give us the Floor | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | General support for organization that is helping teens deal with distress though unique peer support groups. |
| Institute for Stratetic Dialogue | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 2025 | Grant to support initiatives that brings together leaders and practitioners to fight hate. |
| George Mason University Foundation | MS A Fairfax, VA | $12,000 | 2025 | Grant to support organization whose mission it is to drive diversity into the field of national security. |
| Glenville Volunteer Fire Company No | Greenwich, CT | $10,000 | 2025 | Support for fundraising event for volunteer firefighter company. |
| Tuleyome | Woodland, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | Grant used to support repair and restoration of public lands, streams, trails, in several northern CA counties. |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sina | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | Support for annual fundraising event. This organization seeks to help both prevent prostrate cancer and improve the qualify of life for those in treatment. |
| GLORIA Great Basin | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 | 2025 | Support for scholarships. Organization enables youngsters from under represented groups to study effects of climate change along side professionals in the field. |
| Transportation Association of Green | Riverside, CT | $8,000 | 2025 | General program support of the organization and to help meet budget shortfall. Organization specializes in transportation services for elderly disabled individuals and transportation for the disadvantaged of all ages. |
| AIDSLifeCycle | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 2025 | Sponsor riders of a cycling event, which raises funds for SF AIDS Foundation and community. |
| Greenwich Point Conservancy | Old Greenwich, CT | $6,000 | 2025 | Sponsor for annual fundraising event to support the renovation of historic buildings in town. |
| Greenwich Town Party | New Haven, CT | $6,000 | 2025 | Grant to offset the costs of a public function put on by the town's non-profit organization. |
| Our HousePurple Tree Caf | Davis, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | General program support. The organization creates community-based employment for people with disabilities. |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | Sponsor of rider raising money for cancer research. |
| UC Davis Foundation | Davis, CA | $70,000 | 2024 | Grants to support staffing budgets of a specific program, as well as general program support for campus and public arboretum operations. |
| We Are Family Foundation | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2024 | Grant for "Youth to the Front" program to support the organization's thats dedicated to the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that promote cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision, talents, and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world. |
| United Way of Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $45,000 | 2024 | Support the Early Childhood Achievement Gap solutions, helping at-risk students |
| The Transgender District | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2024 | Grant to support for core programs for organization that create a thriving environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy and empowerment of transgender people. |
| Muhammad Ali Center | Louisville, KY | $30,000 | 2024 | Fundraiser event sponsorship for organization whose charter is to mobilize Muhammad Ali's legacy to foster respect, inspire generations of changemakers, and advance social justice. |
| Give us the Floor | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | General support for organization that is helping teens deal with distress though unique peer support groups. |
| National AIDS Memorial GroveLight | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | Sponsorship of the annual Light in the Grove fundraising event for organization that provides, in perpetuity, a place of remembrance so that the lives of people who died from AIDS are not forgotten and the story is known by future generations. |
| Glenville Volunteer Fire Company No | Greenwich, CT | $10,000 | 2024 | Support for fundraising event for volunteer firefighter company. |
| The Color a Positive Thought Organi | Bridgeport, CT | $10,000 | 2024 | Provide funding for a special camp that provide support, training, and encouragement for at-risk and needy youth. |
| The Everglades Foundation | Palmetto Bay, FL | $10,000 | 2024 | Fundraiser event for organization that helps preserve the Florida Everglades |
| AIDSLifeCycle | San Francisco, CA | $8,000 | 2024 | Sponsor riders of a cycling event, which raises funds for SF AIDS Foundation and community. |
| Shakespeare on the Sound | Rowayton, CT | $6,000 | 2024 | Support for annual theatre festival, which brings great dramatic works to a broad audience, creating a forum for learning, appreciation and celebration. |
| Greenwich Point Conservancy | Old Greenwich, CT | $6,000 | 2024 | Sponsor for annual fundraising event to support the renovation of historic buildings in town. |
| Our HousePurple Tree Caf | Davis, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | General program support. The organization creates community-based employment for people with disabilities. |
| GLORIA Great Basin | Bozeman, MT | $5,000 | 2024 | Support for scholarships. Organization enables youngsters from under represented groups to study effects of climate change along side professionals in the field. |
UC Davis Foundation
$90,000Grants to support staffing budgets of a specific program, as well as general program support for campus and public arboretum operations.
Grant for "Youth to the Front" program to support the organization's thats dedicated to the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that promote cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision, talents, and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world.
Support the Early Childhood Achievement Gap solutions, helping at-risk students
Grant to support for core programs for organization that create a thriving environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy and empowerment of transgender people.
Muhammad Ali Center
Fundraiser event sponsorship for organization whose charter is to mobilize Muhammad Ali's legacy to foster respect, inspire generations of changemakers, and advance social justice.
AIDSLifeCycle
$15,500Sponsor riders of a cycling event, which raises funds for SF AIDS Foundation and community.
General support for organization that is helping teens deal with distress though unique peer support groups.
National AIDS Memorial GroveLight
$15,000Sponsorship of the annual Light in the Grove fundraising event for organization that provides, in perpetuity, a place of remembrance so that the lives of people who died from AIDS are not forgotten and the story is known by future generations.
Transportation Association of Green
$15,000General program support of the organization and to help meet budget shortfall. Organization specializes in transportation services for elderly disabled individuals and transportation for the disadvantaged of all ages.
Grant to support organization whose mission it is to drive diversity into the field of national security.
GLORIA Great Basin
$10,000Support for scholarships. Organization enables youngsters from under represented groups to study effects of climate change along side professionals in the field.
Support for annual fundraising event. This organization seeks to help both prevent prostrate cancer and improve the qualify of life for those in treatment.
Glenville Volunteer Fire Company No
$10,000Support for fundraising event for volunteer firefighter company.
Greenwich Point Conservancy
$7,500Sponsor for annual fundraising event to support the renovation of historic buildings in town.
Greenwich Town Party
$6,000Grant to offset the costs of a public function put on by the town's non-profit organization.
AIDS Walk San Francisco
$1,000Sponsor participant for annual AIDS walk, helping to raise money for HIV and aging research.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Foundation
$1,000Sponsor of rider raising money for cancer research.
UC Davis Foundation
$60,000Grants to support staffing budgets of a specific program, as well as general program support for campus and public arboretum operations.
Grant to support for core programs for organization that create a thriving environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy and empowerment of transgender people.
Support the Early Childhood Achievement Gap solutions, helping at-risk students
Fundraiser event sponsorship for organization whose charter is to mobilize Muhammad Ali's legacy to foster respect, inspire generations of changemakers, and advance social justice.
Grant for "Youth to the Front" program to support the organization's thats dedicated to the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that promote cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision, talents, and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world.
Give us the Floor
$20,000General support for organization that is helping teens deal with distress though unique peer support groups.
Grant to support initiatives that brings together leaders and practitioners to fight hate.
Grant to support organization whose mission it is to drive diversity into the field of national security.
Glenville Volunteer Fire Company No
$10,000Support for fundraising event for volunteer firefighter company.
Grant used to support repair and restoration of public lands, streams, trails, in several northern CA counties.
Support for annual fundraising event. This organization seeks to help both prevent prostrate cancer and improve the qualify of life for those in treatment.
GLORIA Great Basin
$10,000Support for scholarships. Organization enables youngsters from under represented groups to study effects of climate change along side professionals in the field.
Transportation Association of Green
$8,000General program support of the organization and to help meet budget shortfall. Organization specializes in transportation services for elderly disabled individuals and transportation for the disadvantaged of all ages.
AIDSLifeCycle
$7,000Sponsor riders of a cycling event, which raises funds for SF AIDS Foundation and community.
Greenwich Point Conservancy
$6,000Sponsor for annual fundraising event to support the renovation of historic buildings in town.
Greenwich Town Party
$6,000Grant to offset the costs of a public function put on by the town's non-profit organization.
Our HousePurple Tree Caf
$5,000General program support. The organization creates community-based employment for people with disabilities.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Foundation
$1,000Sponsor of rider raising money for cancer research.
UC Davis Foundation
$70,000Grants to support staffing budgets of a specific program, as well as general program support for campus and public arboretum operations.
Grant for "Youth to the Front" program to support the organization's thats dedicated to the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that promote cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision, talents, and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world.
Support the Early Childhood Achievement Gap solutions, helping at-risk students
Grant to support for core programs for organization that create a thriving environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy and empowerment of transgender people.
Fundraiser event sponsorship for organization whose charter is to mobilize Muhammad Ali's legacy to foster respect, inspire generations of changemakers, and advance social justice.
Give us the Floor
$20,000General support for organization that is helping teens deal with distress though unique peer support groups.
National AIDS Memorial GroveLight
$15,000Sponsorship of the annual Light in the Grove fundraising event for organization that provides, in perpetuity, a place of remembrance so that the lives of people who died from AIDS are not forgotten and the story is known by future generations.
Glenville Volunteer Fire Company No
$10,000Support for fundraising event for volunteer firefighter company.
The Color a Positive Thought Organi
$10,000Provide funding for a special camp that provide support, training, and encouragement for at-risk and needy youth.
Fundraiser event for organization that helps preserve the Florida Everglades
AIDSLifeCycle
$8,000Sponsor riders of a cycling event, which raises funds for SF AIDS Foundation and community.
Shakespeare on the Sound
$6,000Support for annual theatre festival, which brings great dramatic works to a broad audience, creating a forum for learning, appreciation and celebration.
Greenwich Point Conservancy
$6,000Sponsor for annual fundraising event to support the renovation of historic buildings in town.
Our HousePurple Tree Caf
$5,000General program support. The organization creates community-based employment for people with disabilities.
GLORIA Great Basin
$5,000Support for scholarships. Organization enables youngsters from under represented groups to study effects of climate change along side professionals in the field.