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S H Cowell Foundation

$21.0M
in grants paid: 304
grants: 93
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

$225,000
Napa Valley Unified School District · Napa, CA · 2024
To align and increase academic support for latine students.
$225,000
On the Move · Napa, CA · 2024
To sustain the neighborhood initiative.
$200,000
Butte County Office of Education · Oroville, CA · 2024
To support the operation of the center for learning and resilience.
$172,714
Various Matching Gifts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$165,000
Ten Strands · San Rafael, CA · 2024
To develop california's k12 climate change and environmental justice curriculum.
$150,000
Northern Humboldt Union High School District · McKinleyville, CA · 2024
To sustain a collaborative instructional improvement project among mckinleyville schools.
$150,000
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2024
To expand a youth wellness program and launch wellness centers at two middle schools.
$150,000
Somos Mayfair · San Jose, CA · 2024
For general operating support to design, implement and evaluate the organizations new strategic plan.
$140,000
McKinleyville Family Resource Center · McKinleyville, CA · 2024
To provide integrated services to families at the new facility.
$140,000
Olinga · Huron, CA · 2024
To support a project-based learning and leadership development program for youth.
$140,000
On the Move · Napa, CA · 2024
To expand and sustain the on the verge statewide leadership development initiative.
$125,000
Reach University · Alameda, CA · 2024
To expand an apprenticeship-based, job-embedded undergraduate degree program for prospective teachers in the north state.
$120,000
Del Norte County Office of Education · Crescent City, CA · 2024
To sustain a network for school improvement in humboldt and del norte counties.
$115,000
Ryse Center · Richmond, CA · 2024
To build systems of support and healing for youth of color in southside richmond.
$115,000
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts · Richmond, CA · 2024
To support school-based arts education in south richmond schools.
$100,000
Upvalley Family Centers · St Helena, CA · 2024
To support the calistoga frc and sustain the calistoga community school initiative.
$100,000
Alum Rock Union Elementary School District · San Jose, CA · 2024
To improve early learning outcomes for children in the mayfair neighborhood of east san jose.
$100,000
Fierce Advocates · Richmond, CA · 2024
For general operations to sustain core programming.
$100,000
Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2024
To sustain the tribal nations climate resilience network.
$100,000
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2024
To support the planning and implementation of the huron family resource center.
$100,000
La Luz Center · Sonoma, CA · 2024
To support the el verano family resource center.
$90,000
Puertas Abiertas · Napa, CA · 2024
To sustain core programming for latin families in napa.
$90,000
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
To advance antiracist learning, policies and practices.
$90,000
School of Arts and Culture · San Jose, CA · 2024
To sustain arts and cultural engagement programs and community building in east san jose.
$90,000
10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2024
To sustain programs that support students from southside richmond to enroll and succeed in college.
$85,000
Calistoga Joint Unified School District · Calistoga, CA · 2024
To improve learning conditions and instructional quality.
$80,000
North State Together · Redding, CA · 2024
To support county-based collective impact partnerships expanding education opportunities in the north state.
$75,000
Northern California Grantmakers · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For general operations.
$75,000
Undauntedk12 · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To advance climate-resilient schools in california.
$75,000
Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide grants and capacity building to youth organizing groups in northern california.
$75,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the sunnydale clubhouse.
$75,000
Northern California Indian Development Council · Eureka, CA · 2024
To support programs for native youth.
$70,000
Leaderspring Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For general operations.
$65,000
Bigfoot Trail Alliance · Kneeland, CA · 2024
To support the bigfoot trail youth stewardship project in the north state region.
$60,000
Vivo Youth Orchestras · Sonoma, CA · 2024
To support an afterschool and summer music program and to support organizational leadership and capacity building.
$55,000
American Institutes for Research · Arlington, VA · 2024
To sustain the california collaborative on district reform
$50,300
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
For general operations.
$50,000
Power California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support youth leadership and organizing in the central valley.
$50,000
Amigos De Guadalupe · San Jose, CA · 2024
For general operations.
$50,000
Asian Pacific Environmental Network · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support leadership development and organizing of asian youth and families to advance climate justice in richmond.
$50,000
Prevent Child Abuse California · North Highlands, CA · 2024
To sustain technical assistance, network facilitation, and policy advocacy for family-strengthening organizations through the california family resource association (cfra).
$50,000
Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To sustain aim highs summer program in napa.
$50,000
Rising Juntos · Oakland, CA · 2024
For general operating support.
$50,000
Californians for Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To sustain a youth organizing and leadership development program in east san jose.
$50,000
California Farmworker Foundation · Delano, CA · 2024
To launch family support programming in huron.
$50,000
Veggielution · San Jose, CA · 2024
To support an environmental leadership internship program for youth in east san jose.
$45,000
Go Public Schools · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To support family engagement and advocacy programs to improve schools serving southside richmond.
$45,000
Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledges Ins · Arcata, CA · 2024
To support hands-on learning and community collaboration to elevate indigenous knowledge and sustainable food practices.
$45,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley · Chico, CA · 2024
To support trauma-informed programming at the paradise teen center serving youth in paradise and magalia in butte county.
$40,000
Hanna Center · Sonoma, CA · 2024
To support a youth mental health wellness program in sonoma valley.
$40,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Redwoods · Eureka, CA · 2024
To sustain programs at the mckinleyville teen center,
$40,000
Essie Justice Group · Oakland, CA · 2024
To sustain leadership training and peer support for women with incarcerated family members.
$40,000
Two Feathers Native American Family Services · McKinleyville, CA · 2024
To support the youth ambassadors program for native youth in mckinleyville and humboldt county.
$40,000
United Way of Northern California · Redding, CA · 2024
To support a pooled fund providing assistance and capacity building to nonprofits to advance equitable outcomes in the north state region.
$35,000
Safe & Sound · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To sustain the family support alliance.
$35,000
Icafund · Oakland, CA · 2024
To help small, locally owned businesses in east san jose and the south bay develop plans and readiness for growth.
$35,000
Mindful Life Project · Richmond, CA · 2024
To provide students, families, and teachers with emotional and mental wellness services.
$25,000
McKinleyville Family Resource Center · McKinleyville, CA · 2024
To support the executive team and staff.
$25,000
Lotus Bloom · Oakland, CA · 2024
To sustain the oakland family resource center network.
$25,000
Community Vision · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For strategic planning.
$20,000
Somos Mayfair · San Jose, CA · 2024
To support organizational capacity-building.
$20,000
Radical Monarchs · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To sustain its troop in richmonds southside neighborhood.
$9,250
Northern California Grantmakers · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2024
In recognition of contributions to the cowell board of directors' retreat and community visit in coalinga and huron on september 27, 2024.
$4,000
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$3,500
California Farmworker Foundation · Delano, CA · 2024
In recognition of cff's participation in the 2024 cowell board retreat.
$3,500
Olinga · Huron, CA · 2024
To recognizing contributions to the cowell board of directors' retreat and community visit in coalinga and huron on september 27, 2024.
$3,500
The Leap Institute · Huron, CA · 2024
In recognition of rey leon's participation in the 2024 cowell board retreat.
$2,500
California Association of Nonprofits · Capitola, CA · 2024
General operating support
$2,200
Grantmakers for Education · Portland, OR · 2024
General operating support
$1,250
Peak Grantmaking · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
On the Move · Napa, CA · 2023
To sustain the neighborhood initiative.
$250,000
On the Move · Napa, CA · 2023
To sustain the neighborhood initiative.
$225,000
Napa Valley Unified School District · Napa, CA · 2023
To align and increase academic support for latine students.
$225,000
Napa Valley Unified School District · Napa, CA · 2023
To align and increase academic support for latine students.
$162,425
Various Matching Gifts · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$150,000
Somos Mayfair · San Jose, CA · 2023
For general operating support to design, implement and evaluate the organizations new strategic plan.
$150,000
Butte County Office of Education · Oroville, CA · 2023
To support the launch and operation of the center for learning and resilience.
$150,000
Butte County Office of Education · Oroville, CA · 2023
To support the launch and operation of the center for learning and resilience.
$150,000
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2023
To expand a youth wellness program and launch wellness centers at two middle schools.
$150,000
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2023
To expand a youth wellness program and launch wellness centers at two middle schools.
$150,000
Somos Mayfair · San Jose, CA · 2023
For general operating support to design, implement and evaluate the organizations new strategic plan.
$140,000
On the Move · Napa, CA · 2023
To expand and sustain the on the verge statewide leadership development initiative.
$140,000
On the Move · Napa, CA · 2023
To expand and sustain the on the verge statewide leadership development initiative.
$140,000
McKinleyville Family Resource Center · McKinleyville, CA · 2023
To provide integrated services to families at the new facility.
$140,000
Olinga · Huron, CA · 2023
To support a project-based learning and leadership development program for youth.
$140,000
McKinleyville Family Resource Center · McKinleyville, CA · 2023
To provide integrated services to families at the new facility.
$140,000
Olinga · Huron, CA · 2023
To support a project-based learning and leadership development program for youth.
$135,000
Northern Humboldt Union High School District · McKinleyville, CA · 2023
To sustain a collaborative instructional improvement project among mckinleyville schools
$135,000
Northern Humboldt Union High School District · McKinleyville, CA · 2023
To sustain a collaborative instructional improvement project among mckinleyville schools
$125,000
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts · Richmond, CA · 2023
To support school-based arts education in south richmond schools.
$125,000
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts · Richmond, CA · 2023
To support school-based arts education in south richmond schools.
$120,000
Del Norte County Office of Educationdel Norte County Unified School Distric · Crescent City, CA · 2023
To sustain and expand a network for school improvement in humboldt and del norte counties.
$120,000
Del Norte County Office of Educationdel Norte County Unified School Distric · Crescent City, CA · 2023
To sustain and expand a network for school improvement in humboldt and del norte counties.
$115,000
Ryse Center · Richmond, CA · 2023
To build systems of support and healing for youth of color in southside richmond.
$115,000
Ryse Center · Richmond, CA · 2023
To build systems of support and healing for youth of color in southside richmond.
$100,000
Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To sustain a summer program in napa and support the development of a new digital model.
$100,000
Reach University · Alameda, CA · 2023
To establish an apprenticeship-based, job-embedded undergraduate degree program for prospective teachers in the north state.
$100,000
Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To sustain a summer program in napa and support the development of a new digital model.
$100,000
Upvalley Family Centers · St Helena, CA · 2023
To support the calistoga frc and sustain the calistoga community school initiative.

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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.