Foundations that fund in California
Private foundations whose largest share of reported grant dollars went to recipients in California, ranked by total grants paid on their IRS 990-PF filings.
Open grants and programs in California
Typical grant is the median of grants reported in the filing data. Application details come from the latest filing and can be out of date, so confirm them with the foundation.
401–500 of 1,434 foundations in this list.
| Foundation | Typical grant | Total giving | Grants reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theresa & Edward O'Toole Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, PA | $50K | $4.8M | 58 |
| Davidow Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NH, NY | $10K | $4.8M | 58 |
| Robert and Perri Bishop Foundationinc Fka Swordspoint Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, FL, NY | $30K | $4.8M | 33 |
| The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, WA, DC | $10K | $4.8M | 82 |
| David Bohnett Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC | $2.5K | $4.8M | 167 |
| Barbara and Gerson Bakar Foundation Dba the Achieve Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, FL, MA | $40K | $4.8M | 42 |
| The David and Meredith Kaplan Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MI, NY | $50K | $4.8M | 23 |
| Starhill Associates Inc IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, MN, NY | $101.2K | $4.7M | 32 |
| The Pincus Family Fund IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, PA, CO | $25K | $4.7M | 11 |
| Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-Lori IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, WA, OR | $50K | $4.7M | 48 |
| Gilbert and Aileen Chuck Charitable Trust IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, HI, DC | $141.3K | $4.7M | 16 |
| Mary Jane and Carl Panattoni Charitable IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, FL, NY | $22.5K | $4.7M | 14 |
| The Donald G and Ellen Goodwin Family Foundation Inc IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, GA, VA | $100K | $4.7M | 52 |
| Greystone Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, MN, TX | $1K | $4.7M | 142 |
| Lorber Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MA, GA | $25K | $4.6M | 93 |
| Kirk Humanitarian IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, UT, NY | $103.6K | $4.6M | 15 |
| Enoch Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MO, AR | $325K | $4.6M | 13 |
| Service Station Foundation F/K/A the Chernin Family Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, MA | $89K | $4.6M | 12 |
| Aceso Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, NY | $100K | $4.6M | 47 |
| Red Crane Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, VA, MA | $125K | $4.6M | 7 |
| Cloud Mountain Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC | $30K | $4.5M | 105 |
| George H Sandy Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA | $40K | $4.5M | 79 |
| Anderson Childrens Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NC, DC | $16K | $4.5M | 222 |
| The Confidence Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MO, ID | $5K | $4.5M | 215 |
| Ignite Cultural Solutions Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, VA, FL | $75.5K | $4.5M | 28 |
| Harold J Miossi Charitable Trust IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA | $20K | $4.5M | 45 |
| Donald C and Elizabeth M Dickinson Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, OK, HI | $53.7K | $4.5M | 35 |
| Emerald Gate Charitable Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, GA, NV | $75K | $4.5M | 8 |
| Kathryn B McQuade Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, VA, CO | $25K | $4.4M | 179 |
| Douglas Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY | $150K | $4.4M | 16 |
| The Henderson Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, GA | $50K | $4.4M | 56 |
| The Parker Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, TX | $25K | $4.4M | 140 |
| Ladybug Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, CO | $50K | $4.4M | 65 |
| Walter J & Holly O Thomson Charitable IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA | $30K | $4.4M | 119 |
| 20 20 Quest IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NY, LONDON | $42.5K | $4.4M | 26 |
| Yvonne and Angelo Sangiacomo Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA | $10K | $4.4M | 53 |
| Nancy and Geoffrey Stack Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, DC, ID | $22K | $4.4M | 37 |
| The Synopsys Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, GA, DE | $22.5K | $4.4M | 36 |
| Paramitas Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, MA, NY | $10K | $4.3M | 27 |
| The Rudolph J & Daphne A Munzer Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, CT, NY | $12.5K | $4.3M | 166 |
| Afeyan Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, MA, NY | $20K | $4.3M | 69 |
| Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, HI | $100K | $4.3M | 22 |
| Sahm Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, ID, NC | $25K | $4.3M | 82 |
| The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit (Aka the Music Man Foundation) IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC | $100K | $4.2M | 41 |
| Ishiyama Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, VA | $10K | $4.2M | 65 |
| Jeffrey Cook Charitable Trust IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, FL, NY | $500K | $4.2M | 7 |
| Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, VT, NY | $2K | $4.2M | 448 |
| J L Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, CO, DC | $76.8K | $4.2M | 43 |
| Fieldcrest Aspiration Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NY, FL | $25.1K | $4.2M | 85 |
| The Danhakl Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MA, NY | $50K | $4.2M | 33 |
| Henry L Guenther Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA | $25K | $4.2M | 58 |
| The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA | $25K | $4.2M | 140 |
| Harvey L & Maud C Sorensen Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, TX, MI | $50K | $4.2M | 37 |
| Bothin Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, VA, DC | $34.1K | $4.2M | 137 |
| Shp Christian Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, GA, WA | $30K | $4.2M | 37 |
| Hamoui Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, IL, DC | $100K | $4.2M | 15 |
| The Foley Family Charitable Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, NV | $30K | $4.2M | 48 |
| The Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, UT, NY | $100K | $4.1M | 41 |
| Jonathan & Kathleen Altman Fndtn IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, WA | $10K | $4.1M | 69 |
| Mourier Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, CO, NC | $60K | $4.1M | 39 |
| Trione Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, GA, DC | $25K | $4.1M | 104 |
| Fremont Bank Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA | $7.5K | $4.1M | 165 |
| Prometheus Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, GA, ANKARA | $49.7K | $4.1M | 25 |
| Guru Krupa Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, TAMIL NADU | $28K | $4.1M | 93 |
| The Roddenberry Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, SOLNA, MA | $12K | $4M | 131 |
| Paul Marciano Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, PA | $50K | $4M | 27 |
| Homer and Gloria Harvey Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NY | $150K | $4M | 12 |
| The 1040 Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, WI, VT | $5K | $4M | 58 |
| The Antone and Marie Raymus Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA | $10K | $4M | 170 |
| Strongpoint Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, RI, MA | $15K | $4M | 13 |
| Stranahan Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MA, FL | $35K | $4M | 65 |
| The Zyman Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, GA, FL | $35K | $4M | 8 |
| The Cushman Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA | $10.3K | $3.9M | 88 |
| Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NY, PA | $12K | $3.9M | 245 |
| Room to Breathe Project IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, CO, DC | $50K | $3.9M | 27 |
| The Kenneth Leventhal Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, NY | $82.5K | $3.9M | 20 |
| Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NC, DC | $41.3K | $3.9M | 26 |
| Solid Rock Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MD, DC | $200K | $3.9M | 19 |
| Ben B and Joyce E Eisenberg Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, FL, NY | $18K | $3.9M | 54 |
| Globetrotter Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NM, DC | $78.8K | $3.9M | 39 |
| The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC | $50K | $3.9M | 40 |
| R O W Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, TN, NJ | $3.9K | $3.9M | 36 |
| Arcadia Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC | $36.5K | $3.9M | 24 |
| Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, MA | $350K | $3.9M | 11 |
| Te Connectivity Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, DC, MA | $100K | $3.8M | 13 |
| Elbaz Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC | $30K | $3.8M | 67 |
| Rosalie and Harold Brown Charitable Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, YAFO, NV | $25K | $3.8M | 43 |
| Robinwood Foundation Inc IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NJ, NE | $100K | $3.8M | 29 |
| The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation IRS filing 2023 · Most giving: CA, NY, MD | $10K | $3.8M | 44 |
| Bella Vista Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, OR, PA | $35K | $3.8M | 105 |
| The Foster Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, IL, CT | $75K | $3.8M | 45 |
| Fisher Global Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, OR, MD | $47.5K | $3.8M | 28 |
| Resnick Family Community Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, AZ, CO | $6.7K | $3.8M | 96 |
| McMillen Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA | $50K | $3.8M | 42 |
| Hong Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, TX | $10K | $3.8M | 11 |
| Girard Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NY, WA | $5K | $3.8M | 99 |
| The Elma Foundation (US) IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC | $500K | $3.8M | 6 |
| Iqair Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA | $19.6K | $3.7M | 98 |
| The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, CT, NY | $10K | $3.7M | 51 |
| Herbert R Mayer and Jeanne C Mayer Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, CO, NY | $50K | $3.7M | 65 |
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