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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