About Olympic Club Foundation
The Olympic Club Foundation supports and encourages participation of Bay Area youth in amateur athletics by financially supporting programs which believe participation in organized athletics enriches young lives and develops future community leaders.
Focus Areas
Youth sportsAthleticsYouth developmentAquaticsGirls sports
Who They Fund
not specified
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted supportcore/overhead funding
Topics
no programmatic focus specified
About Olympic Club Foundation
Olympic Club Foundation’s grantmaking centers on Bay Area youth athletics, with priority for at-risk youth and support for program costs that keep organized sports running. Its competitive youth sports grants cover items such as uniforms, equipment, coaching, facility rentals, entrance fees, player fees, and referees, and the foundation also maintains named funds for youth golf and for women, youth, and girls. Recent awards show that pattern clearly: Brandeis Marin in San Rafael received $25,000 for general operating support, and Miracle League of San Francisco Peninsula in Redwood City received $20,000 for general operation support. Other grants went to schools, clubs, and sports programs serving K–12 participants across the Bay Area. The foundation’s public grant programs describe annual cycles and competitive review rather than a one-off project model, and several program descriptions note support for organized youth athletic programs rather than a single sport. Across its recent grant list, the same operating-support language appears repeatedly, suggesting flexible funding for groups delivering youth sports opportunities rather than narrowly restricted project grants.
What Olympic Club Foundation Funds
Youth sports is the clearest throughline. The foundation gave $20,000 to San Francisco Brown Bombers Inc for general operation support and $16,000 to Soccer Without Borders Oakland for general operation support, both aligned with organized athletics for young people. Girls sports also appears as a distinct priority: the Rise of Girls Sports Campaign was created to increase support for girls sports programs through matched donations. Golf is another named area. Dan Dillon Fund for Youth Golf supports youth golf programs in the San Francisco Bay Area, while the Lyn Nelson Golf Endowment for Women, Youth and Girls supports programs in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties with an emphasis on golf. The portfolio also includes youth development settings such as clubs, schools, and community-based athletic groups that receive operating support.
How Olympic Club Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster tightly around the low five figures, with a p25 of $9,000, a median of $10,000, and a p75 of $14,225. The recent grant list shows repeated awards to some recipients across multiple years, including Youth Tennis Advantage, Soccer Without Borders Oakland, Challenged Athletes Foundation, and America Scores Bay Area, which points to recurring support rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is a public charity, not an individual-giving vehicle, and the active grant programs are competitive. Unsolicited applications are accepted for the main youth sports grant cycles, while the golf funds are donor-advised or endowed and do not accept unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$878K
Total Assets
$6.8M
Total Revenue
$1.8M
Total Expenses
$1.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $9K and $14K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$14K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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