What kinds of organizations does Yoga Dana Foundation support?

The recent grants show support for nonprofits and fiscally sponsored projects connected to yoga, wellness, and community service. Examples in the data include organizations serving older adults, medical care settings, veterans, prisons, and community-based yoga instruction, often with general support rather than a narrow project restriction.

Does Yoga Dana Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Yes. Both active grant programs listed for the foundation accept unsolicited requests: the Main Grants Program and the Seed Grants Program. The Main Grants Program serves nonprofit organizations or fiscally sponsored projects, while the Seed Grants Program is set aside for smaller seed funding opportunities.

What is the typical grant size?

The grant-size distribution is tightly grouped: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $12,500, and the 75th percentile is $12,500. Most recent awards therefore sit at $12,500, with smaller $10,000 grants and one larger $100,000 grant in the record.

Where does Yoga Dana Foundation give?

The foundation gives locally in California. All recent grants in the record went to U.S. recipients, and 100% of the grants were made to recipients in California. Recipient cities include Oakland, Berkeley, San Leandro, Alameda, San Rafael, Bolinas, Palo Alto, and Martinez.

Do any organizations receive support more than once?

Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Ability Now Bay Area, Piedmont Yoga Community, Lifelong Medical Care, The Art of Yoga Project, Veterans Yoga Project, PD Active, and Circle of Life. That pattern suggests recurring support across grant cycles.

Yoga Dana Foundation

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About Yoga Dana Foundation

Yoga Dana Foundation appears focused on supporting local community wellbeing in the East Bay area, combining a large grant into a regional community foundation with direct support for grassroots yoga programming. Giving reflects a blend of place-based philanthropy (Martinez/Piedmont/East Bay) and attention to health, wellness, and community capacity. The pattern suggests the foundation uses both donor-advised or intermediary channels and direct operational support to amplify local impact.

Focus Areas

East Bay community philanthropy via community foundations (donor-advised or endowed gifts)Community-based yoga instruction and studio-level program support in Piedmont/Contra Costa CountyHealth and wellness programming with a local, community-centered delivery model

Giving Approach

Concentrated giving: one very large award to an intermediary community foundation alongside smaller direct grants to local program providers. Focus is regional and place-based, mixing a major unrestricted/field-directed grant with targeted support for grassroots yoga activities.

Funding Style

general operating supportunrestricted supportcore/general support

About Yoga Dana Foundation

Yoga Dana Foundation’s recent giving is defined by a single large commitment: a $100,000 grant to East Bay Community Foundation for general support. Alongside that intermediary gift, the foundation has made repeated general-support grants to local organizations that use yoga and related wellness programs in community settings across the San Francisco Bay Area. The pattern shows a clear preference for organizations that deliver services directly, often in ways that can reach underserved populations or support specialized community groups. The foundation’s grants also point to recurring relationships. Ability Now Bay Area, Piedmont Yoga Community, Lifelong Medical Care, The Art of Yoga Project, and Circle of Life each appear multiple times in the recent grant record. That repetition suggests ongoing support rather than one-time awards. Several grants are earmarked simply as general support, which indicates flexibility in how recipients use the funds. The most visible grant recipients include Oakland-based East Bay Community Foundation and Berkeley-based Lifelong Medical Care, but the overall record centers on yoga instruction, community wellness, and local nonprofit capacity in California.

What Yoga Dana Foundation Funds

Yoga instruction is the clearest program area in the foundation’s direct grantmaking. The Art of Yoga Project received $12,500 in 2023 and again in 2025 for general support, showing continued backing for a yoga-focused organization. The same pattern appears with Piedmont Yoga Community, which received $13,610 in 2025 after a $12,500 grant in 2023. Health and wellness support is another visible theme. Lifelong Medical Care was awarded $13,100 in 2025 and $10,000 in 2023, both for general support, linking the foundation to broader community health infrastructure. The foundation also supports service settings outside traditional studios: Veterans Yoga Project received $12,500 in both 2023 and 2025, while Prison Yoga Project received $12,500 in 2025. Those grants show interest in bringing yoga into specialized community environments.

How Yoga Dana Foundation Gives

Typical grants cluster tightly around the middle of the foundation’s range: p25 is $10,000, median is $12,500, and p75 is $12,500. That makes $12,500 the most common grant size in the recent record, with one much larger outlier at $100,000. The data also shows repeat support across years, including multiple recipients funded in both 2023 and 2025, which points to continuing relationships rather than isolated awards. Yoga Dana Foundation funds organizations, not individuals, and makes no program-related investments. Several grants are described as general support, general support., or General Support, indicating flexible operating-style funding.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$215K

Total Assets

$16K

Total Revenue

$276K

Total Expenses

$278K

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $10K and $13K, with a median of $13K.

25th Percentile

$10K

Median

$13K

75th Percentile

$13K

Geographic Reach

Local1 state funded

Funding intensity

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Recent Grants

Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
East Bay Community Foundation	Oakland, CA	$100,000	2025	General Support
Piedmont Yoga Community	San Leandro, CA	$13,610	2025	General support
Ability Now Bay Area	Oakland, CA	$13,610	2025	General support
Lifelong Medical Care	Berkeley, CA	$13,100	2025	General support.
Prison Yoga Project	Bolinas, CA	$12,500	2025	General Support
The Art of Yoga Project	Palo Alto, CA	$12,500	2025	General support
Veterans Yoga Project	Alameda, CA	$12,500	2025	General support
Community Works West	Oakland, CA	$12,500	2025	General support
PD Active	Berkeley, CA	$12,500	2025	General support
Circle of Life	Martinez, CA	$12,500	2025	General Support
Veterans Yoga Project	Alameda, CA	$17,500	2024	General support
Piedmont Yoga Community	San Leandro, CA	$14,205	2024	General support
Ability Now Bay Area	Oakland, CA	$13,610	2024	General support
Black to Yoga	Martinez, CA	$12,500	2024	General support
Lifelong Medical Care	Berkeley, CA	$12,500	2024	General support.
The Art of Yoga Project	Palo Alto, CA	$12,500	2024	General support
Give Back Yoga Foundation	Boulder, CO	$12,500	2024	General support
PD Active	Berkeley, CA	$12,500	2024	General support
Ability Now Bay Area	Oakland, CA	$12,500	2023	General support
Insight Prison Project	San Rafael, CA	$12,500	2023	General support
Veterans Yoga Project	Alameda, CA	$12,500	2023	General support
The Art of Yoga Project	Palo Alto, CA	$12,500	2023	General support
PD Active	Berkeley, CA	$12,500	2023	General support
Piedmont Yoga Community	San Leandro, CA	$12,500	2023	General support
Circle of Life	Martinez, CA	$10,000	2023	General Support
Lifelong Medical Care	Berkeley, CA	$10,000	2023	General support.
Bambini Yoga Project	San Rafael, CA	$10,000	2023	General Support

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