What is the Lichen Fund?

The Lichen Fund is a Donor-Advised Fund based on the San Francisco Peninsula that funds both grantmaking and direct-service nonprofits. Because of the limitations of the DAF rules, we only fund 501(c)(3) organizations. There is no grant application process. We make typically four-figure grants about three times a year. Many of our grants go to Bay Area direct-service nonprofits, but we also have particular interests in women's health and abortion rights, immigrant justice, racial reparations, and art.