Funding search · EIN 942808039 · Grantmaking charity · Aptos, CA

Community Foundation Santa Cruz

$77.4M
in grants paid: 953
grants: 514
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

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

$2.8M
American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2024
General operating support, recognition of employee service hours
$1.3M
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, beach ranch project, circle p ranch
$1.1M
Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey · Seaside, CA · 2024
General operating support, czu support & case management
$937,047
The 418 Project · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, secret santa, rise together investment
$554,500
Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project (Dba Watsonville Community Hospit · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support
$505,000
Cal Poly Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Thomas mackin fund, cal poly farm store, center for innovation and entrepreneurship
$457,993
Cabrillo College Foundation · Aptos, CA · 2024
General operating support, wes, emergency fund, cap, & more
$430,595
Santa Cruz Shakespeare · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, capital campaign
$400,000
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating, humanities institute, arboretum, seymour marine center
$367,673
Santa Cruz Community Health · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, adolescent opioid use disorder
$351,306
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support
$316,955
Elkhorn Slough Foundation · Moss Landing, CA · 2024
General operating support, capital campaign
$308,000
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Truckee, CA · 2024
The donor party charitable fund, scholarship support
$260,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support, openstax
$259,676
County Park Friends · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating, treasure cove park, junior guards, de young museum
$241,368
Hospice of Santa Cruz County · Scotts Valley, CA · 2024
General operating support, grief program, angels program
$218,917
Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County (Hipscc) · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Mat-advisory group, adolescent and young adult learning collaborative
$208,154
Community Bridges · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support, meals on wheels
$208,008
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2024
The burke borina vanguard charitable account
$189,250
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, whale restoration
$186,192
Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, santa cruz gives, helping hands
$182,900
Dientes Community Dental Care · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating, watsonville expansion, commercial way clinic remodel
$179,151
Mar Vista Field Project · Watsonville, CA · 2024
To rehabilitate grass field and irrigation infrastructure
$161,000
Dominican Hospital Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating, healing garden, prostate cancer support group, wigs
$150,000
Prorep Coalition · Grass Valley, CA · 2024
General operating support
$143,332
Agri-Culture · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support
$140,000
Aromas San Juan Bautista Community Schools Foundation · San Juan Bautista, CA · 2024
General operating support
$136,004
Pajaro Valley Youth Soccer Club · Freedom, CA · 2024
Development programs and coaching certifications
$135,508
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support, education support
$132,448
Encompass Community Services · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Si se puede, zero overdose
$130,000
Hoover Institution - Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General operating support
$128,000
Senior Legal Services of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, event sponsorship
$121,750
Teen Kitchen Project · Soquel, CA · 2024
General operating support, new kitchen equipment
$120,305
Pajaro Valley Unified School District · Watsonville, CA · 2024
Mar vista elem, raising a reader, starlight culinary fund
$117,437
Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating, turkey trot, kitchen renovation project
$111,500
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support tpl calinia and northern rockies
$104,100
Santa Cruz Local · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, matching grants
$103,000
Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, purchase of a truck
$100,000
Celebrity Adventures · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
4th installment of $1m legacy grant
$100,000
Emergency Assistance Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2024
Emergency assistance fund
$100,000
New Way Homes · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, st. John's house
$100,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties · Pasco, WA · 2024
Capital campaign or the clubs new location in prosser ,wa
$96,000
Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating, opioid awareness, empower watsonville, rise together
$94,439
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County (Cab) · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support, davenport resource service center fire recovery
$91,100
Diversity Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support
$90,066
Digital Nest · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support, emerging jedi award
$89,850
Food What · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, emerging jedi awards
$85,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support, program support ca and hi
$82,747
Siena House · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating, programs benefiting youth and women
$82,707
Casa of Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating, juvenile justice, imagine! 2024 sponsorship,
$81,050
Housing Matters · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support
$80,530
Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2024
Book project with elementary students in ca and or
$80,000
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating, youth-focused opioid treatment and prevention
$78,250
Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast · Salinas, CA · 2024
General operating support, girls in foster care, scholarship fund
$78,091
Homeless Garden Project · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
The Cali Project (Community Alliance for Lifelong Independence) · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Loan giveness
$75,000
The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2024
Naumkeag woodland walk
$75,000
United Food Bank of Plant City · Plant City, FL · 2024
Hurricane-impacted berry-growing communities in hillsborough
$74,961
Salvation Army Santa Cruz Corps · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, program support, donation match
$74,914
Cruzio · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Reimbursement requests
$73,500
Watsonville Film Festival · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support, watsonville film festival
$73,279
Uc Regents-Ucsc Arboretum · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
To support the ucsc arboretum
$72,700
Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, trail work
$70,000
Redlands Christian Migrant Association · Immokalee, FL · 2024
Board governance training, capital campaign
$66,667
Kitchen Table Advisors · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating support
$63,719
O'Neill Sea Odyssey · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support
$61,400
Grey Bears · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, senior food program
$61,310
The People'S Land Fund Watsonville Llc · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support agricultural land ownership farmers of color
$60,500
County of Santa Cruzprobation Departmentaztecas · Watsonville, CA · 2024
Aztecas soccer program
$58,242
Watsonville Wetlands Watch · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support
$54,628
Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center · Aptos, CA · 2024
Rock shabbat and gus gold fund, general operating support
$52,883
Family Service Agency of the Central Coast · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Survivor's healing center, womencare, pajaro valley programs
$52,500
Life Lab Science Program · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, capital campaign
$50,608
Long Term Recovery Group of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, unmet needs case #298
$50,250
Conflict Resolution Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, eviction defense
$50,000
Crisis Intervention Services Dba Sierra Community House · Incline Village, NV · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Next Generation Scholars · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General operating support, kickball match
$50,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Wildaid · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Csumb Foundation · Seaside, CA · 2024
Greenhouse and demonstration farm at csumb
$50,000
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Foundationacademy Museum of Mot · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Hidden Villa · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
The Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2024
General operating support
$46,636
United Way of Santa Cruz County · Capitola, CA · 2024
General operating support
$46,000
Families in Transition · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support
$43,972
Save Our Shores · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, board match
$43,250
Salud Y Cario · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, girls programming
$43,103
Salvation Army Watsonville · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support
$42,500
Association of Faith Communities of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,824
Monarch Services · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,450
Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Foundation · Freedom, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,250
Senderos · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support, program support
$40,250
Karimu International Help Foundation · Palm Desert, CA · 2024
General operating support, tanzanian medical clinics
$40,127
Santa Cruz Spca · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Bellarmine College Preparatory · San Jose, CA · 2024
Scholarship program support, captial campaign/wade center
$39,797
Jacob'S Heart Children'S Cancer Support Services · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General operating support, emerging jedi awards, program support
$38,200
Center for Farmworker Families · Felton, CA · 2024
General operating support, direct assistance
$38,000
Walnut Avenue Family & Women'S Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.