C. Edward and Edith Strobel Charitable Trust

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OVERVIEW: The C. Edward and Edith Strobel Charitable Trust invests in children’s health and diseases, animal welfare, environment, and public health in the Bay Area.

IP TAKE: The Strobel Trust only awards a very few small grants per year and new grantseekers will find this a difficult funder to get to know. It has very specific things in mind that it prefers to support with annual grants. First time applicants will likely be shooting for the moon here.

PROFILE: Established in 1968, the C. Edward and Edith Strobel Charitable Trust is a private foundation managed by Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services, which serves as a trustee for the foundation. Edward Strobel was born in Oregon and Edith Strobel in Iowa, both in the late 1800s, but they lived in San Francisco. The Strobel couple never had children of their own. A year after signing the trust agreement, they were involved in an automobile accident where Edward died instantly and Edith passed away from her injuries 10 days later. The foundation aims to "support conservation and health-related causes in the San Francisco Bay Area.” It funds local efforts for the environment, animal welfare, and health and diseases.

Grants for Environment, Wildlife and Animal Welfare, Public Health, and Diseases

The C. Edward and Edith Strobel Charitable Trust does not have program restrictions that limit its giving. However, the funder typically supports conservation efforts, causes related to lung and heart health, as well as medical research for children’s diseases. It also makes grants to support animal welfare and has given to SAFE Worldwide. There are limited funds to go around, and the foundation typically only awards around three grants per year. Giving is usually centered on well-established organizations rather than new startup groups.

Past local grantees include the California Pacific Medical Center, the American Heart Association’s infant CPR program in San Francisco and the Felidae Conservation Fund.

Important Grant Details

Grants range between about $5,000 and $10,000. The average total giving per year is around $20,000.

  • Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on San Francisco, California.

  • This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The grant application deadline each year is March 15.

  • The funder accepts applications all throughout the year and reviews them at an annual grant meeting.

  • Grantseekers should submit their requests electronically through the Wells Fargo online grants system. Applicants receive automated email messages to confirm their submissions.

Direct general questions to the staff at grantadministration@wellsfargo.com or 888-235-4351.

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