The Skoll Foundation

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 157 grants totaling $44,853,705. The stated grant purposes included climate gender equity fund, 2024-2026 2x global membership, and aapi civic engagement fund gathering dinner, plus 73 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. The foundation's positive operating resources came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 63% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113659133
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Phone
6503311031
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 90
  • Endowment Health: 77

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 47.4%; rating input score 47; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 15 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 79
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Fail
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Fail
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 29.19; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 77th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 219 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.