About Fremont Bank Foundation
The Fremont Bank Foundation focuses on large capital and facility investments for community institutions across the East Bay, prioritizing health care infrastructure, faith-based and Catholic education, and civic cultural attractions. Grants are typically targeted to bricks-and-mortar projects — cancer and community health center construction/renovation, museum and school facilities, historic preservation, and food-bank equipment — supporting locally significant organizations that serve Fremont and the broader Bay Area.
Focus Areas
Hospital and cancer center capital projects in the East Bay (e.g., Washington-UCSF Cancer Center)Community health clinic facility upgrades and renovations (e.g., mission health center work)Catholic and faith-based school and historic church campus capital projects (e.g., Dominican Sisters restoration, Moreau Catholic High School)STEM and cultural institution capital improvements (e.g., Chabot Space & Science Center)Food bank and emergency food program equipment and infrastructure (e.g., Open Heart Kitchen)
Who They Fund
underserved youth and teens (Boys & Girls Club, clubhouse youth)
About Fremont Bank Foundation
A defining thread in Fremont Bank Foundation grantmaking is capital support for major community infrastructure, especially health care facilities, faith-based campuses, and cultural institutions in the East Bay. The foundation’s recent awards include $400,000 and $300,000 to Washington Hospital Healthcare Foundation for the Washington-UCSF Cancer Center, showing sustained support for a flagship cancer center project in Fremont. Another large grant, $250,000 to Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jo for the Rosary Heritage Building Restoration, points to a parallel interest in preserving historic religious properties. The same pattern appears in civic and cultural spaces, with $250,000 to Chabot Space and Science Center for Studio 1 and $259,000 to Conservation Society of California for an electric train locomotive. Alongside these larger investments, the foundation also funds local service organizations, schools, and clinics, including health center renovation, food-bank equipment, and youth-serving facilities. The mix suggests a local funder that uses grants to shape physical assets as well as program capacity for organizations serving communities in Fremont and the broader Bay Area.
What Fremont Bank Foundation Funds
Health and medical infrastructure is a major theme. In 2024, Fremont Bank Foundation gave $235,000 to Tiburcio Vaszquez Health Center for Mission Health Center Renovation, and in 2025 it gave $100,000 to Roots Community Health Center for Miles Armstead Hall. Food access and emergency nutrition also appear in the portfolio: Open Heart Kitchen received $200,000 in 2025 for Open Heart Food Bank - Equipment. Education and youth grants include $50,000 to New Haven Unified School District for a coding and robotics pilot program for elementary and middle school students, $50,000 to Boys Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley for a van purchase to support transportaton of underserved clubhouse youth, and $50,000 to Hayward Unified School District for Chromebook charging power banks. Arts and recreation show up as facility or equipment support, including $60,000 to Oakland Children's Fairyland Inc for a maintenance truck.
How Fremont Bank Foundation Gives
Typical awards cluster tightly around a modest local grant size: p25 is $5,000, median is $5,000, and p75 is $10,000. The recent grants list also shows that the foundation can make much larger capital awards when a project fits its priorities, with several six-figure grants alongside smaller operating and equipment awards. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off in some cases: Washington Hospital Healthcare Foundation appears in both 2023 and 2025, and Hayward Area Recreation Park District appears in both 2024 and 2025. Fremont Bank Foundation is a regular funder, and one of its active programs accepts unsolicited applications; the core grants program does not. It also awards sponsorships through the corporate giving program.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.3M
Total Assets
$14.4M
Total Revenue
$3.3M
Total Expenses
$2.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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