Calfoods Logistics
Pleasant Hill, CA · EIN 85-2138383. Reported 271 grants totalling $259.2M to 71 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Calfoods Logistics, the IRS classifies it under food & nutrition rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE K31) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 71 distinct organizations, with 10% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 85% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $674,237. Half of what it reported fell between $253,089 and $1,240,357; the smallest was $6,085 and the largest $12.4M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
261 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $243.2M in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Vernon, CA | $26.0M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foodbank of Southern California | Long Beach, CA | $13.2M | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Community Action Partnership of Orange County | Garden Grove, CA | $11.4M | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Central California Food Bank | Fresno, CA | $8,951,615 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community Action Partnership of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $7,434,569 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community Action Agency of Butte County Inc | Chico, CA | $7,036,205 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $7,028,602 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services | Sacramento, CA | $6,806,554 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County | Sn Bernrdno, CA | $6,674,775 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Madera County Food Bank | Madera, CA | $6,387,556 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Food in Need of Distribution Inc | Indio, CA | $6,004,030 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yolo Food Bank | Woodland, CA | $5,690,320 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yuba-Sutter Gleaners Food Bank Inc | Yuba City, CA | $5,583,190 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc | Irvine, CA | $5,468,238 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Feeding the Foothills | Roseville, CA | $5,260,511 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | San Diego, CA | $5,117,950 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Feeding America Riverside and San Bernardino Counties | Riverside, CA | $5,098,261 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kings Community Action Organization Inc | Hanford, CA | $5,036,993 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Feeding San Diego | San Diego, CA | $4,949,063 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of El Dorado County | Cameron Park, CA | $4,922,450 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mendocino Food and Nutrition Program | Fort Bragg, CA | $4,903,621 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Alameda County Community Food Bank Inc | Oakland, CA | $4,874,008 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Food Bank Contra Costa and Solano | Concord, CA | $4,814,297 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dignity Health Connected Living | Phoenix, AZ | $4,799,322 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County | Sn Luis Obisp, CA | $4,684,678 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $4,465,426 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| San Joaquin County Aging & Comm Services | Stockton, CA | $4,414,587 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Foodlink for Tulare County Inc | Exeter, CA | $4,333,415 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Rch Palos Vrd, CA | $4,281,494 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Food for People Inc | Eureka, CA | $3,873,143 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | Salinas, CA | $3,746,434 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Merced County Food Bank | Merced, CA | $3,628,936 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County | Goleta, CA | $3,625,567 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | Santa Rosa, CA | $3,608,417 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Nevada County Inc | Grass Valley, CA | $3,558,144 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Foodshare Inc | Oxnard, CA | $3,263,186 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Community Food Bank of San Benito County | Hollister, CA | $3,080,371 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Clear Lake Gleaners Inc | Finley, CA | $3,021,725 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Tehama County Gleaners Inc | Red Bluff, CA | $2,831,173 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Trinity County Food Assistance Program | Weaverville, CA | $2,632,098 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community Action of Napa Valley | Napa, CA | $2,496,521 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Imperial Valley Food Bank | Imperial, CA | $2,285,359 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Resource Connection of Amador and Calaveras Counties Inc | San Andreas, CA | $2,260,273 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc | Sparks, NV | $2,206,899 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest of the Greater Valley | Manteca, CA | $2,183,714 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Amadortuolumne Community Action Agency | Jackson, CA | $2,147,196 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County | Watsonville, CA | $2,014,757 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rural Human Services | Crescent City, CA | $1,885,283 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Council of Amador | Jackson, CA | $1,808,919 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Great Northern Services | Weed, CA | $1,517,198 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Modesto Victory Life Center Foursquare Church | Modesto, CA | $1,067,326 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action Inc | Bishop, CA | $1,003,961 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Family Resource Center of the Redwoods | Crescent City, CA | $851,172 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of Northern Nevada | Mccarran, NV | $851,141 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Side Food Bank a Non-Profit Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | $560,026 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hoopa Office of Emergency Services | Hoopa, CA | $374,571 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Emergency Food Bank | Stockton, CA | $296,813 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Yurok Tribe Headquarters | Hoopa, CA | $217,860 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tolowa-Dee-Ni' Nation | Smith River, CA | $206,182 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wilton Rancheria | Wilton, CA | $198,837 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cahuilla Band of Indians | Anza, CA | $156,935 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bay Area Crisis Nursery | Concord, CA | $41,485 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Diablo Ballet | Walnut Creek, CA | $29,680 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hoopa Office of Emergency Services | Hoopa, CA | $16,913 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels Yolo County Inc | Woodland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rise Against Hunger | Raleigh, NC | $13,358 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinity Center Walnut Creek | Walnut Creek, CA | $10,499 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clayton Valley Athletic Association | Clayton, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Lost Sheep | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria | Trinidad, CA | $7,688 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Early Alert Canines | Concord, CA | $6,085 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
62 of 71 (87%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation
EXPAND REACH OF ASSISTANCE - Trinity Center of Walnut Creek
PROGRAM/ SERVICES SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 49 of 71 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 57 | $69.7M | $687,578 |
| 2021 | 59 | $80.7M | $978,904 |
| 2022 | 65 | $49.3M | $656,531 |
| 2023 | 51 | $39.0M | $595,738 |
| 2024 | 39 | $20.5M | $360,140 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $674,237 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Calfoods Logistics's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 39 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 3478 Buskirk Ave Ste 346, Pleasant Hill, CA, 94523.
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