Funding search · EIN 912140485 · Sonora, CA

Irving J Symons Foundation

Name: Irving J Symons Foundation 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.

56
grants reported: $3.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
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

disadvantaged community improvements building camp children food hazard

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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

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Youth Sports Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
Sonora Area Foundation2 grants · $503,943
Sonora Area Foundation1 grant · $335,088
Symons Family Fund2 grants · $135,712
Interfaith2 grants · $110,000
Resiliency Village1 grant · $100,000
Friends of Tuolumne County Lodge B1 grant · $100,000
Center for a Non Violent Community1 grant · $77,500
Sierra Repertory Theatre2 grants · $75,000
Faith Home Teen Challenge1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$1.7M

2022

$711,650

2023

$867,830

2024

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Youth Sports Foundation · Standard, CA · 2022
Children youth sport
$335,088
Sonora Area Foundation · Sonora, CA · 2022
Program support
$259,168
Sonora Area Foundation · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$244,775
Sonora Area Foundation · Sonora, CA · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Friends of Tuolumne County Lodge B · Sonora, CA · 2024
Building improvements
$100,000
Resiliency Village · Soulsbyville, CA · 2024
Program Support
$77,500
Center for a Non Violent Community · Sonora, CA · 2023
remodel and security
$75,000
Interfaith · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$68,152
Symons Family Fund · Sonora, CA · 2023
program support
$67,560
Symons Family Fund · Sonora, CA · 2024
program support
$50,000
Sierra Repertory Theatre · Sonora, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Tuolumne Park and Recreation · Tuolumne, CA · 2024
community recreation improvements
$50,000
Youth Sports Foundation · Standard, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Faith Home Teen Challenge · Turlock, CA · 2022
Disadvantaged
$42,458
Symons Family Fund · Sonora, CA · 2022
Program support
$35,585
Tuolumne County Sheriffs Posse · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$35,000
Interfaith · Sonora, CA · 2024
Program support
$35,000
Interfaith · Sonora, CA · 2022
Disadvantaged
$30,000
Sierra Foothills Residential Care · Sonora, CA · 2024
Building improvements
$26,000
Southside Senior Services · Groveland, CA · 2023
Program support
$25,145
Miwuk Sugar Pine Fire Protection · Mi Wuk Village, CA · 2024
Building improvements
$25,000
Sierra Bible Church · Sonora, CA · 2024
Community food pantry
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Sierra Repertory Theatre · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Nancys Hope · Columbia, CA · 2022
Disadvantaged
$25,000
Tuolumne Fire Safe Council · Tuolumne, CA · 2022
Wildfire protection
$21,495
Sonora Union High School · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Christian Heights Church · Sonora, CA · 2024
Free meals to community
$20,000
Sonora Cat Rescue · Sonora, CA · 2024
Spay and neuter program
$20,000
Tucare · Twain Harte, CA · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Mother Lode Christian School · Tuolumne, CA · 2023
Program Support
$20,000
Groveland Trail Heads · Groveland, CA · 2022
Trail construction
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity · Sonora, CA · 2022
Disadvantaged
$15,000
We Care Sober Living Recovery Homes · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Friends of the Animal Community · Sonora, CA · 2022
Program support
$12,000
Tucare · Twain Harte, CA · 2022
Wildfire protection
$11,831
Camp Tuolumne Trails · Groveland, CA · 2022
Disadvantaged
$11,224
Watch Resources · Sonora, CA · 2022
Disadvantaged
$10,000
The Jack and Buena Foundation · Modesto, CA · 2024
Camp Jack Hazard program support
$10,000
Nancys Hope · Columbia, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
New Life Lighthouse · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
The Jack and Buena Foundation · Modesto, CA · 2023
Camp Jack Hazard program support
$10,000
Twain Harte Chamber of Commerce · Twain Harte, CA · 2023
Program support military veterans memor
$10,000
Center for a Non Violent Community · Sonora, CA · 2022
Technology upgrades
$10,000
Christian Heights Assembly of God · Sonora, CA · 2022
Disadvantaged
$10,000
County of Tuolumne · Sonora, CA · 2022
Historic preservatio
$10,000
New Life Lighthouse · Sonora, CA · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Sonora Chamber of Commerce · Sonora, CA · 2022
Tourism
$9,616
Mountain Youth and Community Theatr · Sonora, CA · 2022
The arts
$8,750
Old Oak Ranch Recovery · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$7,863
Girl Scouts Heart of Central Ca · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Children
$7,850
Sonora Union High School · Sonora, CA · 2024
Sober grad and sports program
$7,500
New Life Lighthouse · Sonora, CA · 2024
Community meals and food pantry
$7,500
Athletic Scholarship Foundation · Sonora, CA · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Roofbb · Groveland, CA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Summerville Bears Quarterback Club · Twain Harte, CA · 2024
sports program

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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.