Funding search · EIN 942601172 · Monterey, CA

Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

117
grants reported
$5.2M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Crivitz Youth4 grants · $3.2M
  • Community Partnership for Youth2 grants · $110,000
  • Boys and Girls Club of Monterey Cou1 grant · $100,000
  • Action Council of Monterey County6 grants · $75,000
  • The Parenting Connection3 grants · $65,000
  • Food Bank for Monterey County2 grants · $60,000
  • Youth Arts Collective2 grants · $60,000
  • Central Coast Ymca2 grants · $60,000
  • Girls Inc of the Central Coast2 grants · $60,000
  • City of Greenfield2 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$2.2M
2022
$1.5M
2023
$1.5M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 117 grants.

  • $1.1M

    Crivitz Youth · Crivitz, WI · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $1.1M

    Crivitz Youth · Crivitz, WI · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $1.0M

    Crivitz Youth · Crivitz, WI · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $100,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Monterey Cou · Seaside, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $80,000

    Community Partnership for Youth · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $50,000

    Crivitz Youth · Crivitz, WI · 2022

    Van Replacement

  • $50,000

    Food Bank for Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $50,000

    Village Project · Seaside, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $40,000

    Casa of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $40,000

    Central Coast Ymca · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $40,000

    City of Greenfield · Greenfield, CA · 2022

    Greenfield Community Science Workshop

  • $40,000

    Fndn for Monterey County Free Libra · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $40,000

    Girls Inc of the Central Coast · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $40,000

    Harmony at Home · Carmel, CA · 2022

    Salinas Promise Program

  • $40,000

    Palenke Arts · Del Rey Oaks, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $40,000

    Youth Arts Collective · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $30,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Monterey Co · Seaside, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $30,000

    Community Partnership for Youth · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $30,000

    Epicenter of Monterey · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $30,000

    Rancho Cielo Youth Campus · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $30,000

    Read-To-Me Project · Carmel Valley, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $30,000

    Special Kids Connect · Monterey, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $30,000

    My Museum · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $25,000

    The Parenting Connection · Marina, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $24,000

    Partners for Peace · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Central Coast Ymca · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    City of Greenfield · Greenfield, CA · 2024

    Greenfield Community Science Workshop

  • $20,000

    Girls Inc of the Central Coast · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Palenke Arts · Del Rey Oaks, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    The Parenting Connection · Marina, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Youth Arts Collective · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Sol Treasures · King City, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    The Parenting Connection · Marina, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Fiscal Sponsor for Artists Ink

  • $20,000

    Coastal Kids Home Care · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Community Human Services · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Hijos Del Sol Arts Productions · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Kinship Center · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Rancho Cielo Youth Campus · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Special Kids Connect · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Fiscal Sponsor for Artists Ink

  • $15,000

    Casa of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Center for Community Advocacy · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    City of Gonzales · Gonazles, CA · 2024

    Kid Power

  • $15,000

    Fndn for Monterey County Free Libra · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Harmony at Home · Carmel, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Monterey County Youth Museum · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Restorative Justice Partners · Marina, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Youth Music Monterey · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Center for Community Advocacy · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Coastal Kids Home Care · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    El Sistema Usasalinas · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Restorative Justice Partners · Marina, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Seneca Family of Agencies · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Youth Music Monterey · Monterey, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Epicenter of Monterey · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Hartnell College Foundation · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Salinas Promise Program

  • $15,000

    Monterey County Rape Crisis Center · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Partners for Peace · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Positive Discipline Community Resou · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Read-To-Me Project · Carmel Valley, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Restorative Justice Partners · Marina, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Senior Council of S C S B Counties · Aptos, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Sol Treasures · King City, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $15,000

    Sun Street Centers · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $14,000

    Hope Horses Kids · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $12,500

    Hijos Del Sol Arts Productions · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Fiscal sponsor for Urban Arts Collaborative

  • $10,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Ciclovia Youth Leadership Pathways

  • $10,000

    Ariel Theatrical · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Community Human Services · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Fiscal sponsor for Salinas Community Science Workshops

  • $10,000

    El Sistema Usasalinas · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Food Bank for Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Jacob'S Heart Children'S Cancer Sup · Watsonville, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Monterey County Rape Crisis Center · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Youth Programs

  • $10,000

    Olinga Learning · Gonzales, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Positive Discipline Community Resou · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Fiscal Sponsor for Ciclovia Youth Leadership Pathways

  • $10,000

    Ariel Theatrical · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Arts Council of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Community Human Services · Monterey, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Girl Scouts of California Central C · Ventura, CA · 2023

    Workforce of Tomorrow in Monterey County

  • $10,000

    Jacob'S Heart Children'S Cancer Sup · Watsonville, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Monterey County Rape Crisis Center · Monterey, CA · 2023

    Youth Crisis Intervention Programs

  • $10,000

    Olinga Learning · Gonzales, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Positive Discipline Community Resou · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Senior Council of S C S B Counties · Aptos, CA · 2023

    Monterey County Foster Grandparent Program

  • $10,000

    Shine Together · Milpitas, CA · 2023

    Monterey County Program

  • $10,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Urban Arts Collaborative

  • $10,000

    Ariel Theatrical · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Big Sur Land Trust · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating Support for Youth Programs

  • $10,000

    Digital Nest · Watsonville, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Girl Scouts of California Central C · Ventura, CA · 2022

    Workforce of Tomorrow in Monterey County

  • $10,000

    Jacob'S Heart Children'S Cancer Sup · Watsonville, CA · 2022

    Teen support and peer mentorship

  • $10,000

    Lyceum of Monterey County · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Olinga Learning · Gonzales, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Orchestra in the Schools · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Pacific Repertory Theatre · Carmel, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Salvation Army Salinas · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating Support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.