Funding search · EIN 942952469 · Oakland, CA

California Humanities

Name: California Humanities grants, 2022–2024
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.

87
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $24,900
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Women Make Movies1 grant · $140,000
International Documentary Association2 grants · $75,000
Kalw Public Media2 grants · $70,000
Fjc1 grant · $50,000
The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center2 grants · $50,000
From the Heart Productions1 grant · $50,000
Bay Area Video Coalition2 grants · $50,000
Visual Communications2 grants · $50,000
San Diego State University Research Foundation1 grant · $50,000
Kartemquin Educational Films1 grant · $45,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$857,605

2024

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$140,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Core programs
$55,000
Kalw Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core programs
$50,000
Fjc · New York, NY · 2024
Core programs
$50,000
From the Heart Productions · Oxnard, CA · 2024
Core programs
$50,000
San Diego State University Research Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Core programs
$45,000
Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2024
Core programs
$40,000
Visual Communications · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Core programs
$40,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core programs
$35,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Core programs
$30,000
Bay Area Video Coalition · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Core programs
$30,000
Mendocino County Public Broadcasting · Philo, CA · 2024
Core programs
$30,000
Northern California Resource Center · Fort Jones, CA · 2024
Core programs
$30,000
Writing Downtown · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Core programs
$30,000
Catticus Corporation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Core programs
$30,000
Documentary Educational Resources · Watertown, MA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Chaffey College · Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 2024
Core programs
$25,000
Ecoarts of Lake County Dba Middletown Art Center · Middletown, CA · 2024
Core programs
$25,000
Koreatown Youth & Community Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Core programs
$25,000
Litquake Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Core programs
$25,000
Madera County Library · Madera, CA · 2024
Core programs
$25,000
Mexicali Biennial · Whittier, CA · 2024
Core programs
$25,000
Santa Monica Historical Society · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Core programs
$25,000
The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Core programs
$25,000
Ubuntu Theater Project Inc Dba Oakland Theater Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Core programs
$25,000
California Institute for Rural Studies · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Cornerstone Theater Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Csusb Philanthropic Foundation · San Bernardino, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Fresno City College · Fresno, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Manzanita Writers Press · San Andreas, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Mission Edge San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Race Matters Slo County · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
San Jose Parks Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
San Jose Taiko Group · San Jose, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Sonoma Community Center · Sonoma, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Southern California Institute of Architecture · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Studio Ix · Marina Del Rey, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
Sutter County Museum · Yuba City, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
The Old Globe Theatre · San Diego, CA · 2022
Core programs
$25,000
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core programs
$24,985
Ink People · Eureka, CA · 2024
Core programs
$24,950
Latino Center of Art and Culture · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Core programs
$24,900
Kern Dance Alliance · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Core programs
$24,567
San Jose State University Research Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Core programs
$24,520
Fresno County Library Jurisdiction · Fresno, CA · 2024
Core programs
$24,432
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core programs
$24,200
Green Room Theatre Company · Coachella, CA · 2024
Core programs
$20,000
Capital Storytelling · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Core programs
$20,000
Academy Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Core programs
$20,000
Bay Area Video Coalition · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core programs
$20,000
Independent Arts & Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core programs
$15,400
Mt Shasta Museum Association · Mount Shasta, CA · 2022
Core programs
$15,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024
Core programs
$15,000
City of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Core programs
$15,000
East Palo Alto Youth Art & Music Center (Dba Epacenter) · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Core programs
$15,000
Kalw Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Core programs
$15,000
New Horizon School Pasadena · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Core programs
$15,000
San Francisco Film Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Core programs
$15,000
The Free History Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Core programs
$15,000
Barcid Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core programs
$15,000
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core programs
$15,000
Community Media Access Collaborative · Fresno, CA · 2022
Core programs
$15,000
San Jose Community Media Access Corporation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Core programs
$15,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) · Calabasas, CA · 2022
Core programs
$15,000
Stone Soup Productions · Washington, DC · 2022
Core programs
$15,000
The Aja Project · San Diego, CA · 2022
Core programs
$15,000
The Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
Core programs
$15,000
Waco Theater Center · North Hollywood, CA · 2022
Core programs
$14,524
Regents of the University of California at Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2022
Core programs
$14,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Core programs
$10,000
About Productions · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Core programs
$10,000
Filmmakers Collaborative · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core programs
$10,000
Gotham Film and Media Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Core programs
$10,000
Mendocino County Public Broadcasting · Philo, CA · 2022
Core programs
$10,000
Regents of the University of California at Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Core programs
$10,000
Visual Communications · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Core programs
$5,500
County of Los Angeles Public Library Jurisdiction · Downey, CA · 2024
Core programs
$5,500
Friends of the El Cajon Library · El Cajon, CA · 2024
Core programs
$5,500
Friends of the Oceanside Public Library · Oceanside, CA · 2024
Core programs
$5,500
Friends of the Richmond Public Library · Richmond, CA · 2024
Core programs
$5,500
Long Beach Public Library System · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Core programs
$5,500
Moreno Valley Friends of the Library · Moreno Valley, CA · 2024
Core programs
$5,500
Riverside County Library System · Jurupa Valley, CA · 2024
Core programs
$5,500
Santa Barbara Public Library Central Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Core programs
$5,500
Santa Fe Springs City Library · Santa Fe Springs, CA · 2024
Core programs
$5,500
Whittier Public Library Central Library · Whittier, CA · 2024
Core programs

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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.