About Foundation X
Foundation X convenes families, founders, athletes, and organizations to catalyze collaborative philanthropy and advance equitable access and opportunity through intentional, strategic giving and philanthropic planning.
Focus Areas
Philanthropy planningDonor-advised funds (DAFs)Private foundation creation and managementEndowment creation and managementCorporate giving and CSR programsNonprofit capacity building and due diligenceLegacy & intergenerational philanthropy
Who They Fund
general public / unspecified populationsnonprofit organizations (unspecified)
Funding Style
unrestricted general operating support
About Foundation X
Foundation X’s recent giving is anchored by a $210,000 general-purpose grant in 2025 to The Mcdonough Institute in Washington, DC, a signal that the foundation is willing to make large unrestricted commitments alongside smaller supporting gifts. That pattern fits a funder organized around collaborative philanthropy and strategic planning rather than a single program area. The foundation’s existing profile emphasizes philanthropic planning, donor-advised funds, private foundation and endowment creation and management, corporate giving and CSR programs, nonprofit capacity building and due diligence, and legacy and intergenerational philanthropy. In practice, its grants are labeled for general purposes, which points to flexible support for recipient organizations. Recent awards also include $33,764 to Bright Funds Foundation in San Jose, CA, $18,532 to Foster Love in Brea, CA, and grants to Matter and Wildflyer Coffee in Minneapolis, MN. Together, those recipients show a mix of national and local organizations receiving general operating support through a regional public charity with a DAF-provider structure.
What Foundation X Funds
Several of Foundation X’s listed focus areas are reflected in the recipients and purposes attached to its grants. General-purpose support appears repeatedly, including $18,532 to Foster Love in Brea, CA for general purposes and $9,750 to Matter in Minneapolis, MN for general purposes. The foundation also funds organizations tied to philanthropic infrastructure: Bright Funds Foundation in San Jose, CA received $33,764 in 2025 and $25,809 in 2023, both for general purposes. That repeat award pattern suggests an ongoing relationship with at least one recipient. In Minneapolis, Wildflyer Coffee received $7,803 for general purposes, showing that the foundation’s grantmaking also reaches smaller local organizations. Across these grants, the common thread is flexible support rather than tightly defined project funding.
How Foundation X Gives
Foundation X’s typical grant size is $25,809, and the p25, median, and p75 are all the same amount, which indicates a highly uniform grant size for much of its recent giving. The recent record also shows a clear outlier at $210,000, so the foundation combines a standard grant level with at least one significantly larger award. Bright Funds Foundation appears in both 2023 and 2025, showing repeat support across years. The foundation is a public charity and a pure DAF provider, and its recent grants are all marked for general purposes. No individual-grant application process is shown in the data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$280K
Total Assets
$146K
Total Revenue
$436K
Total Expenses
$306K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $26K and $26K, with a median of $26K.
25th Percentile
$26K
Median
$26K
75th Percentile
$26K
Geographic Reach
Regional3 states funded
About 33% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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