Funding search · EIN 941236937 · San Francisco, CA

The James Irvine Foundation

Foundation website ↗Full IRS filings ↗

$517.6M
in grants paid
1,916
grants
937
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $11.2M

    Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $8.0M

    Inland Empire Community Foundation · Riverside, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $7.5M

    San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support Housing Affordability in CA

  • $4.4M

    Foundation for California Community Colleges · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $4.0M

    Movement Innovation Collaborative · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $3.6M

    National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $3.4M

    Community Foundation for Monterey County · Monterey, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $3.0M

    Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $2.8M

    Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $2.5M

    Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $2.5M

    Coalition for Responsible Community Development · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $2.4M

    Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $2.1M

    Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $2.0M

    Chinese Progressive Association · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $2.0M

    Pico California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $2.0M

    Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $2.0M

    Ampac Tri-State Cdc · Ontario, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $2.0M

    Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $2.0M

    Fresno Community Development Financial Institution · Fresno, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $1.9M

    California Calls Education Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $1.8M

    Kitchen Table Advisors · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $1.7M

    Powerswitch Action · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $1.6M

    University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To support Housing Affordability in CA

  • $1.5M

    Catalyst California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $1.5M

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $1.3M

    California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Housing Affordability in CA

  • $1.2M

    Maintenance Industry Labor-Management Cooperation Trust Fund · El Monte, CA · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $1.2M

    Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $1.1M

    National Employment Law Project · New York, NY · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $1.1M

    State Democracy Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $1.0M

    Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation · Fresno, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $1.0M

    Rockwood Leadership Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $1.0M

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $1.0M

    Milken Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $1.0M

    California Immigrant Policy Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $1.0M

    Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $1.0M

    Time for Change Foundation · San Bernardino, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $1.0M

    San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $1.0M

    Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support Additional Grantmaking in CA

  • $1.0M

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $1.0M

    Community Development Technologies Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $1.0M

    Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Housing Affordability in CA

  • $1.0M

    Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $1.0M

    California Black Power Network · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $1.0M

    Warehouse Worker Resource Center · Ontario, CA · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $975,000

    Jobs To Move America · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $900,000

    Reinvent Stockton Foundation · Stockton, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $850,000

    Entertainment Industry Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $800,000

    El Pajaro Community Development Corporation · Watsonville, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $800,000

    Ufw Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $800,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $800,000

    Alliance for Safety and Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $775,000

    Uaw Center for Manufacturing a Green Economy · Pico Rivera, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $750,000

    San Bernardino & Riverside Counties Union Services Agency · Colton, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $750,000

    Institute for Local Government · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $750,000

    Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges · El Cajon, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $750,000

    Uaw Center for Manufacturing a Green Economy · Pico Rivera, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $750,000

    Unite-La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $700,000

    National Day Laborer Organizing Network · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $700,000

    Resilience Force · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $675,000

    City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $675,000

    Community Foundation of San Joaquin · Stockton, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $650,000

    Tribal Eco Restoration Alliance · Upper Lake, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $600,000

    Rubicon Programs · Richmond, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $600,000

    Transcanwork · West Hollywood, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $600,000

    Inland Empire United Education Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $600,000

    Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $600,000

    Northern California Grantmakers · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support Additional Grantmaking in CA

  • $600,000

    Milken Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $600,000

    Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    To support Housing Affordability in CA

  • $550,000

    Southern California Grantmakers · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $550,000

    Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno · Fresno, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $514,500

    Nonprofit Finance Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $500,000

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $500,000

    Engage Rd · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $500,000

    Equal Justice Society · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $500,000

    Capital & Main · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $500,000

    Education First Consulting Llc · Seattle, WA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $500,000

    San Diego Workforce Partnership · San Diego, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $500,000

    California Budget & Policy Center · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $500,000

    Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $500,000

    Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $500,000

    Pueblo Unido Cdc · La Quinta, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $500,000

    Community College League of California · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $500,000

    True North Organizing Network · Eureka, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $500,000

    Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $453,000

    Jakara Movement · Fresno, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $450,000

    Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To support Housing Affordability in CA

  • $425,000

    Working Partnerships USA · San Jose, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $405,000

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support Priority Communities in California

  • $400,000

    El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center · San Bernardino, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $400,000

    Techequity Collaborative · Martinez, CA · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $400,000

    Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support Fair Work in California

  • $400,000

    Rise Economy · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support Research and Development in CA

  • $400,000

    Nonprofit Finance Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $400,000

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support Additional Grantmaking in CA

  • $400,000

    Organizacion En California De Lideres Campesinas · Oxnard, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $400,000

    Love Never Fails · Dublin, CA · 2024

    To support Better Careers in California

  • $400,000

    Economic Security Project · New York, NY · 2024

    To support Just Prosperity in California

  • $400,000

    Todec Legal Center Perris · Moreno Valley, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.