Sponsor A PurposeFoundations and grantmakers in California
15,162 grantmaking foundations based in California, from public IRS 990 filings. The table shows the 100 most active by total giving on file.
Animal welfare (163)Arts and culture (572)Community development (289)Education (958)Environment (155)Food and agriculture (41)General grantmaking (6332)Health (300)Housing and shelter (83)Human services (594)International (107)Medical research (74)Religion (301)Science and technology (75)Youth and recreation (332)
| Foundation | City | Grants on file | Total given | Avg grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genentech Patient Foundation | South San Francisco | 10 | $32.4B | $3.2B |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park | 19320 | $5.7B | $296K |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto | 14528 | $4.7B | $323K |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | San Francisco | 1166 | $3.2B | $2.7M |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos | 9244 | $3.1B | $335K |
| The California Endowment | Los Angeles | 24900 | $3.1B | $123K |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto | 2850 | $2.6B | $929K |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Agoura Hills | 9960 | $2.4B | $240K |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | Palo Alto | 829 | $2.2B | $2.7M |
| Gerson Bakar Foundation | San Francisco | 370 | $2.1B | $5.7M |
| The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation | Palo Alto | 78 | $2.0B | $25.0M |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Francisco | 3117 | $1.5B | $470K |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Palo Alto | 565 | $1.4B | $2.6M |
| The James Irvine Foundation | San Francisco | 5478 | $1.3B | $246K |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Irvine | 857 | $1.3B | $1.5M |
| The Benificus Foundation | San Carlos | 431 | $1.2B | $2.9M |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto | 5207 | $1.2B | $236K |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos | 5376 | $1.2B | $218K |
| The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation | Los Angeles | 1097 | $1.2B | $1.0M |
| The Skoll Foundation | Palo Alto | 2616 | $1.0B | $394K |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside | 752 | $1.0B | $1.3M |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for | Palo Alto | 1487 | $928.4M | $624K |
| The Koum Family Foundation | Menlo Park | 1212 | $846.3M | $698K |
| H&H Evergreen Foundation | Menlo Park | 30 | $838.5M | $27.9M |
| The David Geffen Foundation | Los Angeles | 861 | $785.0M | $912K |
| Tosa Foundation | Portola Valley | 1362 | $759.4M | $558K |
| The Sobrato Family Foundation | Mountain View | 3785 | $673.4M | $178K |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | Beverly Hills | 4291 | $602.4M | $140K |
| The Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation | Palo Alto | 98 | $600.2M | $6.1M |
| Wm Keck Foundation | Los Angeles | 2232 | $589.7M | $264K |
| Hobsonlucas Family Foundation | San Rafael | 3038 | $587.4M | $193K |
| Sea Change Foundation | San Francisco | 182 | $540.1M | $3.0M |
| Kataly Foundation | San Francisco | 24 | $513.9M | $21.4M |
| Resnick Foundation | Los Angeles | 2894 | $493.5M | $171K |
| Hellman Foundation | San Francisco | 12 | $471.1M | $39.3M |
| The California Wellness Foundation | Los Angeles | 5917 | $457.8M | $77K |
| Stupski Foundation | San Francisco | 2116 | $456.9M | $216K |
| The Roberts Foundation | San Mateo | 10 | $451.8M | $45.2M |
| Koret Foundation | San Francisco | 3390 | $447.9M | $132K |
| The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation | San Francisco | 2070 | $443.4M | $214K |
| Yellow Chair Foundation | San Francisco | 1259 | $439.1M | $349K |
| Scully Memorial Foundation | Mill Valley | 155 | $434.5M | $2.8M |
| The Larry Ellison Foundation | Walnut Creek | 28 | $415.0M | $14.8M |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Irvine | 1271 | $401.3M | $316K |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Redwood City | 2122 | $390.3M | $184K |
| California Physicians' Service Fdn | San Francisco | 1909 | $389.3M | $204K |
| The Marisla Foundation | Laguna Beach | 1956 | $373.8M | $191K |
| Capital Group Companies Charitable | Irvine | 10 | $349.5M | $35.0M |
| Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation | San Francisco | 887 | $339.0M | $382K |
| The Alfred C Munger Foundation | Los Angeles | 185 | $335.8M | $1.8M |
| Craig H Neilsen Foundation | Encino | 10 | $331.3M | $33.1M |
| Rippleworks Inc | Redwood City | 905 | $330.5M | $365K |
| Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation | Oakland | 423 | $330.3M | $781K |
| Cisco Systems Foundation | San Jose | 21 | $322.1M | $15.3M |
| Dart-L Foundation | Los Angeles | 58 | $320.2M | $5.5M |
| Visa Foundation | San Francisco | 560 | $318.0M | $568K |
| The Libra Foundation | San Francisco | 400 | $317.1M | $793K |
| Salesforcecom Foundation | San Francisco | 228 | $313.3M | $1.4M |
| Delta Dental Community Care Foundation | San Francisco | 5412 | $310.1M | $57K |
| The Helen Diller Foundation | San Mateo | 78 | $308.7M | $4.0M |
| William K Bowes Jr Foundation | San Francisco | 564 | $305.2M | $541K |
| The Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation | San Francisco | 55 | $304.3M | $5.5M |
| Weingart Foundation | Los Angeles | 4748 | $303.8M | $64K |
| The Conrad Prebys Foundation | San Diego | 1804 | $297.6M | $165K |
| Sunlight Giving | Palo Alto | 4999 | $296.7M | $59K |
| Anderson Stewart Family Foundation | Los Angeles | 326 | $290.1M | $890K |
| May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust | Corte Madera | 31 | $287.7M | $9.3M |
| The Samueli Foundation | Corona Del Mar | 1829 | $287.1M | $157K |
| Enlight Foundation | Palo Alto | 308 | $284.5M | $924K |
| The Karsh Family Foundation | Beverly Hills | 797 | $284.3M | $357K |
| Margie and Robert E Petersen Foundation | Pasadena | 131 | $281.8M | $2.2M |
| Open Doors International Inc | Santa Ana | 105 | $279.0M | $2.7M |
| The Amgen Foundation Inc | Newbury Park | 12 | $278.4M | $23.2M |
| The Anne Wojcicki Foundation | Los Altos | 613 | $274.2M | $447K |
| Craig Newmark Foundation | San Francisco | 396 | $273.6M | $691K |
| Perenchio Foundation | Malibu | 615 | $263.6M | $429K |
| Windsong Trust | Manhattan Beach | 878 | $256.2M | $292K |
| The Ralph M Parsons Foundation | Los Angeles | 4464 | $255.4M | $57K |
| Xie Foundation | Sunnyvale | 103 | $249.8M | $2.4M |
| The Kavli Foundation | Los Angeles | 1013 | $243.1M | $240K |
| The J Paul Getty Trust | Los Angeles | 6670 | $240.4M | $36K |
| The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | West Hollywood | 232 | $237.8M | $1.0M |
| The Grove Foundation | Los Altos | 1691 | $236.7M | $140K |
| Xq Institute | Oakland | 264 | $229.2M | $868K |
| Bill & Susan Oberndorf Foundation | San Francisco | 814 | $228.3M | $280K |
| Humanity United | San Francisco | 3189 | $224.9M | $71K |
| Patagoniaorg | Los Angeles | 9187 | $224.4M | $24K |
| Gene Haas Foundation | Oxnard | 9 | $220.4M | $24.5M |
| Argyros Family Foundation | Costa Mesa | 1245 | $215.3M | $173K |
| Price Philanthropies Foundation | La Jolla | 3265 | $213.5M | $65K |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund | El Cerrito | 2234 | $210.0M | $94K |
| The Hearthland Foundation | Los Angeles | 1143 | $208.4M | $182K |
| Sd Bechtel Jr Foundation | San Francisco | 742 | $205.5M | $277K |
| The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund | San Francisco | 1189 | $204.6M | $172K |
| Aphorism Foundation | San Francisco | 150 | $203.1M | $1.4M |
| Bakar Bioenginuity Hub | San Francisco | 2 | $189.1M | $94.5M |
| The Michael and Lori Milken Family | Santa Monica | 875 | $188.4M | $215K |
| John Pritzker Family Fund | Redwood City | 1125 | $188.0M | $167K |
| Autodesk Foundation | San Rafael | 9 | $187.6M | $20.8M |
| Elbridge Stuart Foundation | San Francisco | 8 | $186.1M | $23.3M |
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