Public Charity

EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION

EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in OAKLAND, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $22.8M revenue, $21.5M expenses, $17.2M total assets. IRS filings disclose 80 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $36.6M.

EIN: 831373602 OAKLAND, CA Fund Raising & Fund Distribution NTEE: T12 Latest filing: 2024

Organization Summary

Grants Given 80

Filing History 2019–2024

Grant Total $36.6M

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Financial Snapshot · 2024

Total Revenue $22.8M

Total Expenses $21.5M

Total Assets $17.2M

Total Revenue$22.8M

Total Expenses$21.5M

Total Assets$17.2M

Grants Given80

Grant Total$36.6M

Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

EAT. LEARN. PLAY IS AN OAKLAND-BASED CHARITY FOUNDED IN 2019 BY STEPHEN AND AYESHA CURRY WITH THE BELIEF THAT EVERY KID DESERVES MORE AND SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND SUPPORT TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. EAT. LEARN. PLAY. IS ON AN INDELIBLE MISSION TO UPLIFT AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF YOUTH, TAKING A WHOLE CHILD, WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH IN TRANSFORMING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF KIDS IN OAKLAND PROVIDING HEALTHY MEALS AND FRESH FOOD, HELPING KIDS LEARN TO READ, MAKING THEIR DREAM PLAY SPACES COME TRUE, AND PARTICIPATING IN YOUTH SPORTS.

Where $100 goes at Eat Learn Play Foundation

How Eat Learn Play Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$89 Programs the work itself

$6 Management running the organization

$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $89 for programs

$89

Eat

All program spending · Reported in the filing: 16,310 meals; 44,576 pounds of fresh; 1,911 students

Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Eat Learn Play Foundation

Often funds new orgs 65% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2022–2024).

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Sample Grants Given

KABOOM

BETHESDA, MD · 2024

RENOVATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAY SPACES AT OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

$4,030,359

OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

OAKLAND, CA · 2024

TIERED TUTORING LITERACY COORDINATOR AND EMERGENCY FLOWATER STATION AND ACCESS TO WATER BOTTLES DUE TO LEAD IN DRINKING FOUNTAIN WATER AND FOR OAKLAND CENTRAL KITCHEN AT THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

$1,400,000

IGNITE READING PBC

SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 2024

1:1 READING TUTORING PILOT PROJECT IN OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

$1,200,000

OPEN LITERACY LLC

PITTSBURGH, PA · 2024

1:1 READING TUTORING PILOT PROJECT IN OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

$1,200,000

HOOT READING INC

OAKLAND, CA · 2024

1:1 READING TUTORING PILOT PROJECT

$1,129,690

Showing up to 5 of 80 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Alredo Bd Silva

SENIOR MANAGER, PROGRAMS Andra Chao

DIRECTOR Aneel Bhusri

DIRECTOR Arne Duncan

CO FOUNDER & PRESIDENT Ayesha Curry

CEO Chris Helfrich

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Top Grant Purposes

Education

$16,447,043 30 grants

Food Assistance & Nutrition

$12,344,758 13 grants

General Support

$5,375,403 23 grants

Youth Development

$586,713 5 grants

Human & Social Services

$319,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2024	$22.8M	$21.5M	$17.2M
2023	$20.4M	$17.3M	$14.5M
2022	$17.8M	$16.4M	$11.3M
2020	$14.5M	$13.1M	$3.3M
2019	$1.7M	$1.5M	$763K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.7M to $22.8M (+1275%), with total assets most recently reported at $17.2M.

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Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, MA, and 4 other states.

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