Funding search · EIN 611411655 · Concord, CA

California Communications Access

Name: California Communications Access 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.

61
grants reported: $4.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $75,000
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

people further communicaitons disabilities training communication leadership services

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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.

Top recipients

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

The Bridge School2 grants · $191,500
World Institute On Disability2 grants · $183,241
Disability Voices United2 grants · $166,710
Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area2 grants · $143,000
Society for the Blind2 grants · $133,970
Institute for Exceptional Care1 grant · $100,000
Autism Society Inland Empire1 grant · $100,000
Center for Independent Living1 grant · $100,000
Kidpower1 grant · $100,000
Kidpower1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2021

$1.1M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$821,062

2024

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$100,000
Leonardo the International Society for the Arts Science and Technology · Oakland, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$100,000
Autism Society Inland Empire · Corona, CA · 2023
Improving culturally responsive care for patients with autism and idd
$100,000
Center for Independent Living · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Accelerate & emergency preparedness peer ambassador programs
$100,000
Institute for Exceptional Care · Washington, DC · 2023
Healthcare training for people with communication disabilities.
$100,000
Kidpower · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Workpower leadership training: skills for safety and success in getting and keeping jobs
$100,000
Lighthouse for the Blind · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Training healthcare professionals in the bay area to better serve people who are blind or deafblind
$100,000
San Francisco State University Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Youdescribex for public health: enhancing health- related video accessibility for b/lv people
$100,000
Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area · Danville, CA · 2022
Address the gap in Mental Health services for people with I/DD.
$100,000
Kidpower · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
To expand the Safety Powers Project for the Online Learning Center
$100,000
The Bridge School · Hillsborough, CA · 2021
To impact educational/clinical practice on CVI and AAC use through research, training and capacity building.
$100,000
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
This is a research and training development project which aims to study the prevalence of accessibility awareness and utilization on social media platforms.
$99,853
Disability Voices United · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$99,836
The University Corporation San Francisco State · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To systematically validate a tool to ases the expressive language skills of bilingual children with significant disabilities who use AAC
$98,281
World Institute On Disability · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$98,068
Rady Children'S Hospital-San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$94,000
Center for Innovation and Resources · Cotati, CA · 2022
To provide training to abuse victim service providers in CA on communiation with people with disabilities
$94,000
Painted Brain · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$91,710
Disability Voices United · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
Strategic Planning for DVU to become a model of leadership inclusion of people with communication disabilities and a resource to other orgs
$91,500
The Bridge School · Hillsborough, CA · 2022
To impact educational/clinical practice on CVI and AAC use through research,training, and capacity building.
$90,000
San Diego Lgbt Pride · San Diego, CA · 2022
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$90,000
Cal Lutheran · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2021
To create and implement a training program for Communication Partners (CPs) who work with non-speaking autistic students using text-based multi-modal AAC devices in educational settings.
$90,000
San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA · 2021
To systematically validate a tool to assess the expressive language skills of bilingual children with significant disabilities who use AAC.
$90,000
University Corporation at San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA · 2021
To continue partnering with B/LV people in the design and development of YDX tools to enhance the existing YouDescribe platform.
$85,200
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-Qwocmap · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Film & freedom academy for sick & disabled lbtqia+ bipoc
$84,960
World Institute On Disability · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Virtual healthcare traiing series for person-centered approach
$80,000
Mychal'S Learning Place · Hawthorne, CA · 2023
Mychal's social enterprise expansion
$80,000
Beneficent Technology Inc Dba Benetech · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
To publicly release Bookshare Reader Skill app on Alexa to provide another way for people with disabilities to read and connect with community.
$80,000
Exceptional Parents Unlimited · Fresno, CA · 2021
To expand group speech therapy services for underserved children in Fresno.
$75,000
Cerv · Monterey, CA · 2023
Improving healthcare outcomes through effective communication
$75,000
Noah Homes · Spring Valley, CA · 2022
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$75,000
Center for Innovation and Resources · Cotati, CA · 2021
To provide training to abuse victim service providers in CA on communication with people with disabilities
$75,000
Disability Voices United · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2021
Strategic Planning for DVU to become a model of leadership inclusion of people with communication disabilities and a resource to other orgs
$75,000
Dredfcommunication First · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Research to Quantify and Characterize People Who use AAC to communicate to better understand and meet their needs.
$72,614
Society for the Blind · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$70,000
Leonardo International Society for Arts Science and Technology · Oakland, CA · 2021
To create a platform for artists with disabilities to engage and remake creative technologies through the lens of accessibility.
$65,425
Society for the Blind (Check Payment) · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To cultivte more leaders who are blind to better serve the growing number of perople seeking services
$65,000
Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
To expand the Safety Powers Project for the Online Learning Center
$62,656
California Policy Center for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$61,356
Society for the Blind · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Vision forward: leadership development program
$60,000
California State University East Bay Foundation · Hayward, CA · 2022
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$58,414
Ignite Collective · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2022
To sustain and expand in-house leadership workshops with stakeholders and external learning opportunities in the Eastern Sierra region of California.
$45,000
The Center for Independent Living · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$45,000
The Campanile Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$43,000
Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area · Danville, CA · 2021
Address the gap in Mental Health services for people with I/DD.
$42,100
Hearts for Sight Foundation · Temple City, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$41,700
Goodwill of Orange County · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$40,000
Society for the Blind · Sacramento, CA · 2021
To cultivate more leaders who are blind to better serve the growing number of people seeking our services.
$35,000
Ignite Collective · Van Nuys, CA · 2021
To sustain and expand in-house leadership workshops with stakeholders and external learning opportunities in the Eastern Sierra region of California.
$34,290
The Black Deaf Project · Fontana, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$30,000
Autism Society Inland Empire · Corona, CA · 2021
To create communication passports for people with autism to be used with law enforcement and first responders.
$28,491
Task · Brea, CA · 2021
Lets Talk AAC will include four trainings for 175 professionals serving persons with communication needs.
$27,000
Hearts for Sight Foundation · Temple City, CA · 2023
Expanding mental health services for the blind
$26,500
Pacific Hearing Connection · Los Altos, CA · 2024
To further support the organization's mission
$20,407
Bright Funds Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2023
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$16,089
Shelley Bergum Higher Education Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$15,842
Bright Funds Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$15,000
Peerbots · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2022
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$15,000
The Campanile Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
To support the grantee's mission in providing communicaitons support.
$11,937
Shelley Bergum Higher Education Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021
Admin Fees, 2022 Renewal Awards, 2022 New Award
$10,000
University of California San Francisco Office for Cme · San Francisco, CA · 2021
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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.