About Battery Foundation
Bring members together to explore pressing social and environmental issues, fund organizations driving meaningful impact through collective giving, and build community through learning and action.
Focus Areas
EducationCombating loneliness / social isolationInformation integrity / democracyClimate action (water)Housing & homelessnessWomen's health & economic opportunityYouth upliftFood systems / future of foodLocal civic and cultural revitalization (San Francisco)
Who They Fund
residents of San Francisco neighborhoods (e.g., Sunnydale/Visitacion Valley, Fillmore)youth and children
About Battery Foundation
The Battery Foundation’s recent giving is shaped by member-driven collective awards that back social and environmental issues through themed seasons of learning, convening, and funding. That structure shows up in a set of large grants that mix San Francisco neighborhood work, California civic infrastructure, climate-related food systems, and community health efforts. Several of the foundation’s largest grants point to this pattern. It gave $250,100 to La Cocina for general support, $250,000 to Dignitymoves for general support, and $250,000 to CalMatters for support for the California Accountability Desk. Other major awards reach beyond pure operating support into named initiatives, such as $250,000 to Mediators Foundation for the Algo (Algorithms and Large Language Models for Good) incubator and $237,184 to Planting Justice for development of an urban aquaponics incubator farm. The grant list also shows repeated support for place-based community work in San Francisco, including neighborhood hubs, youth programs, housing-related services, and local economic initiatives. Across the recent grants, the foundation combines general support with project-specific funding, often at six-figure levels.
What Battery Foundation Funds
In information integrity and civic accountability, The Battery Foundation gave $250,000 to CalMatters for the California Accountability Desk and $161,951 to the Institute for Nonprofit News for general support. Those grants sit alongside a $246,202 award to More in Common for the America’s Shared Voice project. In food systems and climate-related work, it granted $250,000 to Eat Real for general support and $237,184 to Planting Justice for development of an urban aquaponics incubator farm. It also supported Agriculture and Land Based Training Association with $201,207 for general support and TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation with $184,136 for the Growing the Table initiative. For housing and neighborhood revitalization, the foundation awarded $250,000 to Dignitymoves for general support and $189,157 to Mercy Housing California for creation of a new community hub in San Francisco’s Sunnydale/Visitacion Valley neighborhood. These grants show a mix of service delivery, community space, and local development.
How Battery Foundation Gives
The Battery Foundation’s typical grant size is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $98,278 at the median, and $184,342 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list includes many awards around $250,000, which sits above the upper quartile and suggests a tier of larger, program-linked grants alongside smaller awards. The foundation is a regular funder and uses a collective giving model through Battery Powered Awards/Giving Circle. Unsolicited applications are not accepted. The recent list also shows repeated support across multiple years, including several grantees that appear in more than one year.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.1M
Total Assets
$2.2M
Total Revenue
$2.8M
Total Expenses
$2.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $184K, with a median of $98K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$98K
75th Percentile
$184K
Geographic Reach
Regional9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
TIMOTHY WU
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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