Funding search · EIN 953510055 · Los Angeles, CA

California Community Foundation

Name: California Community Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

8,086
grants reported: $1.34B
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $35,782
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education health arts civic engagement religion housing economic

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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.

Where the money goes

Education, from LA schools and colleges to donor-directed university gifts
Health services and clinics across Los Angeles and Southern California
Transfers to other DAF sponsors and philanthropic intermediaries
Housing, homelessness services, and tenant legal aid in LA County
Civic engagement, voter mobilization, and immigrant rights organizing
Disaster response, wildfire recovery, and emergency food and cash aid

Typical grant

Half of everything falls between $15,000 and $100,451, with a median of $35,782, so the working range for a new relationship is five figures. The million-dollar-plus checks go to universities, DAF sponsors like Fidelity Charitable and Schwab Charitable, and large LA institutions such as the Huntington, UCLA, and Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles. With 8,086 grants spread over 4,054 recipients, repeat giving is the norm rather than the exception, and the LA nonprofits in the top tier appear year after year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“CIVIC ENGAGEMENT”
“DISASTER RESPONSE”
“ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY”
“RACIAL JUSTICE”
“PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITY”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the work in Los Angeles County. 5,638 of 8,086 grants went to California recipients.
Map your project onto one named category: HEALTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, or ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Ask $50,000 to $150,000 for a first grant, not seven figures. Seven figures follows a donor relationship.
Note wildfire and emergency relevance if honest; DISASTER RESPONSE money moved fast to Palisades-area and food groups.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation, so a large share of the giving is donor-advised rather than staff-directed. The out-of-state outliers like Colonial Williamsburg, Trinity Washington, Harvard, and Foxcroft School almost certainly reflect individual donor choices, which means cultivating a donor with a fund here can matter more than any institutional pitch.

3 grants matching “democracy and civic engagement” · $142,000

$100,000
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies · Washington, WA · 2024
Civic engagement
$33,000
Focus for Democracy Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic engagement
$9,000
Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic engagement

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr University4 grants · $46.3M
Skystone Foundation1 grant · $37.6M
UCLA Foundation4 grants · $20.9M
Schwab Charitable Fund4 grants · $17.5M
Trinity Washington University3 grants · $16.0M
Reinvent Stockton Foundation2 grants · $14.0M
Royal College of Art USA2 grants · $13.2M
Otis College of Art & Design4 grants · $12.2M
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences4 grants · $10.6M
President and Fellows of Harvard College4 grants · $10.4M

Giving over time

$414.2M

2021

$327.3M

2022

$272.6M

2023

$325.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 8,086 grants.

$37.6M
Skystone Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2021
Arts
$21.8M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Education
$14.0M
Reinvent Stockton Foundation · Stockton, CA · 2021
Economic opportunity
$12.7M
Royal College of Art USA · New York, NY · 2021
Education
$11.7M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr University · Stanford, CA · 2021
Education
$11.3M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Education
$11.1M
Otis College of Art & Design · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Education
$8.1M
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
Education
$7.7M
US Ias Member'S Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Religion
$7.5M
Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
Education
$7.3M
UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2021
Health
$6.5M
La Family Housing · North Hollywood, CA · 2021
Housing
$6.5M
Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
Education
$6.4M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
Education
$6.2M
UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Education
$6.1M
United Way of Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Housing
$5.8M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$5.7M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Omaha, NE · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$5.1M
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Civic engagement
$5.1M
Thrive Scholars · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$5.1M
Trustees of Tufts University · Boston, MA · 2022
Health
$5.0M
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences · Santa Monica, CA · 2021
Education
$5.0M
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$5.0M
Carlthorp School · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Education
$5.0M
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Education
$5.0M
Native Land Conservancy · Mashpee, MA · 2022
Racial justice
$4.7M
Million Voters Project Action Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Civic engagement
$4.6M
Schwab Charitable Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$4.4M
UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Health
$4.2M
Smithsonian Institution · Boston, MA · 2024
Arts
$4.2M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$4.0M
Conservation International Foundation · Boston, MA · 2021
Environment
$3.6M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$3.6M
Ltsc Community Development Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Housing
$3.6M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2021
Philanthropic activity
$3.6M
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2021
Education
$3.5M
Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation · Palm Springs, CA · 2021
Arts
$3.5M
Recidiviz · Provo, UT · 2021
Civic engagement
$3.4M
Church of Scientology International · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Religion
$3.3M
Orange County Community Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2023
Education
$3.3M
Social Justice Learning Institute · Inglewood, CA · 2022
Education
$3.3M
Baby2baby · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Health
$3.3M
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$3.1M
Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery · San Marino, CA · 2024
Arts
$3.0M
Verbum Dei Jesuit High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$3.0M
Los Angeles Room & Board · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Housing
$3.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2021
Education
$3.0M
Search To Involve Pilipino Americans · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Housing
$3.0M
Together California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Housing
$3.0M
Episcopal School of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$3.0M
Actuate Innovation · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Philanthropic activity
$3.0M
Codeorg · Seattle, WA · 2021
Education
$3.0M
Friends of Ir David · New York, NY · 2021
Education
$3.0M
Social Justice Learning Institute · Inglewood, CA · 2021
Education
$3.0M
UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Health
$2.9M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Education
$2.8M
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education
$2.7M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Education
$2.7M
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$2.7M
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2021
Disaster response
$2.7M
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$2.7M
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$2.5M
Alexandria House · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Housing
$2.5M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Education
$2.5M
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Health
$2.5M
Brilliant Corners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Housing
$2.5M
Social and Public Art Resource Center · Venice, CA · 2023
Arts
$2.5M
Epidaurus · Los Angelesc, CA · 2022
Economic opportunity
$2.5M
Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education
$2.5M
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Housing
$2.4M
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Economic opportunity
$2.4M
Jewish Community Center Chabad Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2022
Religion
$2.4M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2022
Education
$2.4M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education
$2.4M
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Disaster response
$2.4M
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Health
$2.3M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$2.2M
Huntington Memorial Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Health
$2.2M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$2.2M
Southern California Grantmakers · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$2.2M
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$2.2M
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Housing
$2.2M
Daffy Charitable Fund · Los Altos, CA · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$2.2M
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$2.1M
Huntington Memorial Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Health
$2.1M
Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education
$2.1M
Community Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Civic engagement
$2.1M
California Science Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$2.1M
California Science Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education
$2.1M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$2.1M
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Education
$2.1M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Health
$2.0M
Mayor'S Fund for Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Civic engagement
$2.0M
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Education
$2.0M
Care · Merrifield, VA · 2021
Disaster response
$2.0M
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$2.0M
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Arts
$2.0M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Health
$2.0M
New York University · New York, NY · 2021
Education
$2.0M
Children'S Defense Fund · Washington, CA · 2021
Civic engagement

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.