OPEN PHILANTHROPY ACTION FUND
314 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF OPEN PHILANTHROPY ACTION FUND IS TO STUDY AND PROMOTE MORE EFFECTIVE GIVING FOR PUBLIC POLICY, ADVOCACY AND SOCIAL WELFARE PURPOSES. THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT THAT PHILANTHROPIC GIVING CAN HAVE ON PUBLIC POLICY AND FURTHER SOCIAL WELFARE. THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND GRANTMAKING, THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SEEKS TO BRING ABOUT IMPROVEMENT IN SELECT PUBLIC POLICY AREAS. THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES THE GENERAL WELFARE OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES BY SUPPORTING MORE EFFECTIVE FORMS OF PHILANTHROPIC GIVING IN THE PUBLIC POLICY ARENA AND FOR SOCIAL WELFARE CAUSES, AND BY ADVOCATING FOR BENEFICIAL CHANGES IN PUBLIC POLICY.

To study and promote more effective giving for public policy, advocacy and social welfare purposes.

THE ORGANIZATION MADE GRANTS TO SECTION 501(C)(3) CHARITIES, SECTION 501(C)(4) SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER TYPES OF ENTITIES FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OR SPECIFIC PROJECTS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S GOALS. THE ORGANIZATION MADE DISTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH AND EFFECT CHANGE IN THE FOCUS AREAS LISTED ABOVE AND IN OTHER PUBLIC POLICY AREAS IN WHICH IT DETERMINED THAT SUCH FUNDS CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. WITH GRANTS FROM THE ORGANIZATION, GRANTEES MAY CONDUCT A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING RESEARCH, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY, AND DIRECT OR GRASSROOTS LOBBYING, ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING SOCIAL WELFARE. THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO CURRENT PLANS TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE IN LOBBYING, BUT MAY INSTEAD FUND PROJECTS FOR GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN LOBBYING THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S GOALS AND PUBLIC POLICY POSITIONS.

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