California Community Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-3510055. Reported 7,659 grants totalling $1.4B to 3,753 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
3,753organizations funded
$35,000median reported grant
$1.4Bgranted, 2020-2023
62%of grantees funded again the next year
4%of dollars to its largest recipient
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 California Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T310).
- How spread out its giving is. 3,753 distinct organizations, with 4% 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. 62% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
3,753 recipients is a very large number, and it usually means a particular kind of funder. Grantmakers at this scale are normally donor-advised fund sponsors or workplace-giving platforms: the money is directed by thousands of individual account holders, not awarded by a committee. There may still be a grants programme here, but most of the list below is the sum of many separate donors' choices, and writing to the organization is unlikely to reach whoever chose them.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $35,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $5,024 and the largest $37.6M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
2 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $2,376,148 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
All 3,753 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $51.4M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Skystone Foundation Inc | Flagstaff, AZ | $42.3M | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $26.4M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $25.0M | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Riverside, CA | $22.9M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Donor Advised Charitable Giving | Lone Tree, CO | $19.2M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Episcopal School of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $18.4M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Reinvent Stockton Foundation | Stockton, CA | $18.0M | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Royal College of Art USA Inc | New York, NY | $17.4M | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Trinity College | Washington, DC | $16.5M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Enterprise Community Partners Inc | Columbia, MD | $12.7M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles, CA | $12.0M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $11.6M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences | Santa Monica, CA | $11.6M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $11.3M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $10.9M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rolling Hills Preparatory School | San Pedro, CA | $10.6M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $10.5M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $9,438,235 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Social Justice Learning Institute Inc | Inglewood, CA | $8,920,980 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| L a Family Housing Corporation | N Hollywood, CA | $8,827,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| US I a S Members Tr | Los Angeles, CA | $8,300,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $8,099,572 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $7,487,214 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Journalism Project Inc | Washington, DC | $7,100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mayors Fund for Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $6,746,950 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $6,373,063 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Thrive Scholars | Los Angeles, CA | $6,340,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $6,160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $5,937,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd | Pasadena, CA | $5,554,195 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| BABY2BABY | Los Angeles, CA | $5,458,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $5,399,700 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,227,296 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $5,180,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $5,121,126 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $5,067,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $5,055,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Carlthorp School | Santa Monica, CA | $5,000,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native Land Conservancy Inc | Mashpee, MA | $5,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation | Palm Springs, CA | $5,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Together Califonia Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Covenant House California | Los Angeles, CA | $4,767,376 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ltsc Community Development Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $4,687,274 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $4,648,770 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Search to Involve Pilipino Americans | Los Angeles, CA | $4,507,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | New York, NY | $4,318,281 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Youth Guidance | Chicago, IL | $4,043,395 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of Ir David Inc | New York, NY | $4,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $3,849,433 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Orange County Community Foundation | Irvine, CA | $3,766,430 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Constitution Center | Philadelphia, PA | $3,650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Epidaurus | Tucson, AZ | $3,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Recidiviz | Provo, UT | $3,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery | San Marino, CA | $3,462,019 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Church of Scientology International | Los Angeles, CA | $3,426,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights | Los Angeles, CA | $3,413,551 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Venice Family Clinic | Venice, CA | $3,348,282 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $3,326,938 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Versailles | Chicago, IL | $3,304,052 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Jewish Resource Center Chabad of | Aspen, CO | $3,282,929 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $3,200,699 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Vernon, CA | $3,177,133 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Honolulu, HI | $3,147,770 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Room & Board | Los Angeles, CA | $3,131,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | Baltimore, MD | $3,110,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles, CA | $3,100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | Los Angeles, CA | $3,096,496 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Verbum Dei Jesuit High School | Los Angeles, CA | $3,075,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Social and Public Art Resource Center | Venice, CA | $3,058,199 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $3,032,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Actuate Innovation Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Code Org | Seattle, WA | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Medical Corps | Los Angeles, CA | $2,952,550 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $2,917,604 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,849,237 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment | Los Angeles, CA | $2,821,175 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $2,807,619 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | $2,782,686 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| YWCA USA Inc | Washington, DC | $2,772,573 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Build Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $2,767,136 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc | Chattanooga, TN | $2,700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alexandria House | Los Angeles, CA | $2,652,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alliance for a Better Community | Los Angeles, CA | $2,650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA | $2,631,540 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | $2,592,861 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | Atlanta, GA | $2,589,685 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Safe Place for Youth Inc | Venice, CA | $2,552,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Armenian General Benevolent Union | Pasadena, CA | $2,545,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Excellence Ineducation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $2,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sdsn Association Inc | New York, NY | $2,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA | $2,494,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Latino Theater Company | Los Angeles, CA | $2,472,501 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $2,401,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unreported Story Society | Washington, DC | $2,350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Foundation | Torrance, CA | $2,313,044 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County | Glendale, CA | $2,304,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Debbie Allen Dance Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $2,300,501 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,296,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Science Center Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $2,251,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | $2,229,805 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southern California Crossroads | Downey, CA | $2,229,127 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $2,223,350 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Master Chorale Assn | Los Angeles, CA | $2,222,550 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc | Pasadena, CA | $2,216,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| East Valley Community Health Center Inc | West Covina, CA | $2,210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Music Will Inc | Covina, CA | $2,201,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Helena Group Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $2,200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | $2,197,681 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Horizons | Kansas City, MO | $2,178,572 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pilipino Workers Center of Southern | Los Angeles, CA | $2,168,149 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northeast Valley Health Corporation | San Fernando, CA | $2,160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Union Rescue Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $2,152,618 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $2,130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Japanese American Cultural and Community Center | Los Angeles, CA | $2,110,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| California Restaurant Association Foundation Inc | Sacramento, CA | $2,105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lost Angels Childrens Project Inc | Lancaster, CA | $2,077,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation | W Hollywood, CA | $2,075,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $2,057,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, DC | $2,025,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | Gardena, CA | $2,015,349 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Para Los Ninos | Los Angeles, CA | $2,003,574 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Activate Global Inc | Berkeley, CA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gofundme Org | West Hollywood, CA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Missionary Society of St Paul the Apostle | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rideback Rise Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Association for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Antelope Valley Partners for Health | Lancaster, CA | $1,955,823 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Scholarship America Inc | St Peter, MN | $1,909,591 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,890,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $1,879,663 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,862,952 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Inclusive Action for the City | Los Angeles, CA | $1,832,496 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Concerned Women for America | Alexandria, VA | $1,794,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens Institute Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,782,689 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Martin Luther King JR Community Health Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,775,348 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Development Technologies Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,752,724 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Glaad Inc | New York, NY | $1,751,149 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Japanese American National Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $1,734,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Information and Referral Federation of Los Angeles County | Pasadena, CA | $1,719,102 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Community of Friends | Los Angeles, CA | $1,714,832 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Omni Family Health | Bakersfield, CA | $1,710,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Venice Community Housing Corporation | Venice, CA | $1,709,223 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Playa Vista Job Opportunities and Business Services | Los Angeles, CA | $1,703,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Camerata Pacifica | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,691,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Centro C H a Inc | Long Beach, CA | $1,673,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ica La | Los Angeles, CA | $1,669,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $1,654,892 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| La-Tech Org | Santa Monica, CA | $1,650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,647,852 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Great Public Schools Now | Los Angeles, CA | $1,627,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Friends of the Children | Los Angeles, CA | $1,592,499 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Innercity Struggle | Los Angeles, CA | $1,580,957 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| White Memorial Medical Center Charitable Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,577,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Downtown Womens Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,563,891 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| La Plaza De Cultura Y Artes | Los Angeles, CA | $1,563,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Colburn School | Los Angeles, CA | $1,561,650 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Gift Fund | Wilmington, DE | $1,559,574 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $1,536,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Proyecto Pastoral | Los Angeles, CA | $1,534,465 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pacoima Beautiful | Pacoima, CA | $1,523,101 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Edward Charles Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $1,521,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $1,519,337 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aff Foundation | Arlington, VA | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Susan B Anthony List Inc Education Fund | Arlington, VA | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Lgbt Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,495,836 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Coalition for Responsible Community Development | Los Angeles, CA | $1,485,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Public Counsel | Los Angeles, CA | $1,481,770 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Actors Gang Inc | Culver City, CA | $1,471,300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Partnership for Los Angeles Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $1,462,630 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Harmony Project | Los Angeles, CA | $1,460,566 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Chrysalis Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,458,950 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $1,456,950 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Inner-City Arts | Los Angeles, CA | $1,445,836 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Aapi Equity Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $1,444,372 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bel Air Presbyterian Church | Los Angeles, CA | $1,438,276 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Notes for Notes Incorporated | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,436,097 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy | Rch Palos Vrd, CA | $1,431,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | $1,409,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc | Wilmington, DE | $1,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Media Research Center Inc | Herndon, VA | $1,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| All for Kids Organization | Los Angeles, CA | $1,396,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,391,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service | Culver City, CA | $1,382,628 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Via Care Community Health Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,380,025 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Saint Johns Health Center Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $1,365,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Power California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,360,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of North Charleston | North Charleston, SC | $1,350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Corporation of Santa Monica | Santa Monica, CA | $1,344,571 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges | Los Angeles, CA | $1,342,041 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Step Up on Second Street Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $1,340,400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nonprofit Finance Fund | New York, NY | $1,336,080 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Campanile Foundation | San Diego, CA | $1,325,790 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Johns Community Health | Los Angeles, CA | $1,325,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Active San Gabriel Valley | El Monte, CA | $1,323,573 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,323,340 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Corporation for Supportive Housing | New York, NY | $1,320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $1,319,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pediatric and Family Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,310,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Reichman University Inc | New York, NY | $1,310,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Clinica Sierra Vista | Bakersfield, CA | $1,310,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Comprehensive Community Health Centers Inc | Glendale, CA | $1,310,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Nest School | Santa Monica, CA | $1,310,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Immigration Forum Inc | Washington, DC | $1,300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Wilderness Project Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Conservancy | Los Angeles, CA | $1,291,231 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Soledad Enrichment Action Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,281,201 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | Tempe, AZ | $1,280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Spruce Root Inc | Juneau, AK | $1,275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Food Forward Inc | North Hollywood, CA | $1,274,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pasadena Conservatory of Music | Pasadena, CA | $1,274,425 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Opera Company | Los Angeles, CA | $1,268,292 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | New York, NY | $1,267,700 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Anti-Recidivism Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $1,265,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Calls Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $1,265,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Seed House Project | Glendale, CA | $1,260,558 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Majella Cares | Dallas, TX | $1,260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc | Pls Vrds Pnsl, CA | $1,258,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Helpline Youth Counseling Inc | Whittier, CA | $1,257,617 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Apla Health & Wellness | Los Angeles, CA | $1,251,948 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Texas 2036 | Austin, TX | $1,250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Hospital Medical Center Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $1,235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization Inc | Clearwater, FL | $1,233,010 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Outfest | Los Angeles, CA | $1,230,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | W Hollywood, CA | $1,230,362 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southern California Public Radio | Pasadena, CA | $1,229,667 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | Frisco, TX | $1,229,246 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Orthopaedic Hospital | Los Angeles, CA | $1,223,186 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Helpguideorg International | Los Angeles, CA | $1,212,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Public Media Group of Southern California | Burbank, CA | $1,210,642 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Insead Management Education Foundation | Armonk, NY | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Latino Community Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,195,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| J Paul Getty Trust | Los Angeles, CA | $1,183,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Annes Family Services | Los Angeles, CA | $1,162,421 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Los Angeles Free Clinic | Los Angeles, CA | $1,156,249 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New Life Ministries | Richardson, TX | $1,155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Malvern, PA | $1,149,838 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Armory Center for the Arts | Pasadena, CA | $1,138,606 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor | San Pedro, CA | $1,136,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Shields for Families | Los Angeles, CA | $1,129,075 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $1,127,394 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Executive Service Corps of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,122,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rancho Research Institute | Downey, CA | $1,122,049 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Francis Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,121,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Angel Food | Los Angeles, CA | $1,119,947 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southern California Housing Rights Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,114,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $1,110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $1,107,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
1,977 of 3,753 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
It also reported 9 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
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.
- NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc
SOCIAL AND RACIAL JUSTICE
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 3,107 of 3,753 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- 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 | 1,745 | $371.6M | $40,000 |
| 2021 | 1,953 | $414.2M | $35,000 |
| 2022 | 1,936 | $327.3M | $35,121 |
| 2023 | 2,025 | $275.0M | $30,000 |
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
66% 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 the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund262 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc235 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc206 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust185 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program179 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc154 shared recipients
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 $35,000 -- 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 California Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 2,001 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 25 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: 717 W Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90012.
EIN 95-3510055 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.
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