Funding search · EIN 941392803 · San Francisco, CA

S H Cowell 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.

304
grants reported
$21.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$50,000
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

sustainyouthleadershipdevelopmentcommunitylearningfamilyschools

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Top recipients

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  • On the Move10 grants · $1.5M
  • Napa Valley Unified School District6 grants · $910,000
  • McKinleyville Family Resource Center8 grants · $708,300
  • Coalinga-Huron Unified School District6 grants · $680,000
  • Butte County Office of Education4 grants · $675,000
  • Olinga8 grants · $628,500
  • Somos Mayfair6 grants · $625,000
  • Northern Humboldt Union High School District4 grants · $555,000
  • Ryse Center4 grants · $545,000
  • East Bay Center for the Performing Arts5 grants · $515,000

Giving over time

$5.7M
2022
$10.2M
2023
$5.2M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 304 grants.

  • $250,000

    On the Move · Napa, CA · 2023

    To sustain the neighborhood initiative.

  • $250,000

    On the Move · Napa, CA · 2023

    To sustain the neighborhood initiative.

  • $250,000

    On the Move · Napa, CA · 2022

    To sustain the neighborhood initiative.

  • $225,000

    Napa Valley Unified School District · Napa, CA · 2024

    To align and increase academic support for latine students.

  • $225,000

    On the Move · Napa, CA · 2024

    To sustain the neighborhood initiative.

  • $225,000

    Napa Valley Unified School District · Napa, CA · 2023

    To align and increase academic support for latine students.

  • $225,000

    Napa Valley Unified School District · Napa, CA · 2023

    To align and increase academic support for latine students.

  • $225,000

    Napa Valley Unified School District · Napa, CA · 2022

    To align and enhance academic support for latino students.

  • $200,000

    Butte County Office of Education · Oroville, CA · 2024

    To support the operation of the center for learning and resilience.

  • $200,000

    Northern California Grantmakers · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support a pooled fund that provides grants and capacity building to youth organizing groups.

  • $200,000

    Ryse Center · Richmond, CA · 2022

    To build systems of support and healing for youth and contribute to ryse commons capital project.

  • $177,071

    Various Matching Gifts · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $175,000

    Butte County Office of Education · Oroville, CA · 2022

    To butte county office of education to advance the center for learning and resilience.

  • $172,714

    Various Matching Gifts · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $165,000

    Ten Strands · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    To develop california's k12 climate change and environmental justice curriculum.

  • $162,425

    Various Matching Gifts · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2024

    To expand a youth wellness program and launch wellness centers at two middle schools.

  • $150,000

    Northern Humboldt Union High School District · McKinleyville, CA · 2024

    To sustain a collaborative instructional improvement project among mckinleyville schools.

  • $150,000

    Somos Mayfair · San Jose, CA · 2024

    For general operating support to design, implement and evaluate the organizations new strategic plan.

  • $150,000

    Butte County Office of Education · Oroville, CA · 2023

    To support the launch and operation of the center for learning and resilience.

  • $150,000

    Butte County Office of Education · Oroville, CA · 2023

    To support the launch and operation of the center for learning and resilience.

  • $150,000

    Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2023

    To expand a youth wellness program and launch wellness centers at two middle schools.

  • $150,000

    Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2023

    To expand a youth wellness program and launch wellness centers at two middle schools.

  • $150,000

    Somos Mayfair · San Jose, CA · 2023

    For general operating support to design, implement and evaluate the organizations new strategic plan.

  • $150,000

    Somos Mayfair · San Jose, CA · 2023

    For general operating support to design, implement and evaluate the organizations new strategic plan.

  • $150,000

    Somos Mayfair · San Jose, CA · 2022

    For general operating support to design, implement and evaluate the organizations new strategic plan.

  • $150,000

    West Contra Costa Unified School District · Richmond, CA · 2022

    To improve math education in the kennedy family of schools.

  • $140,000

    McKinleyville Family Resource Center · McKinleyville, CA · 2024

    To provide integrated services to families at the new facility.

  • $140,000

    Olinga · Huron, CA · 2024

    To support a project-based learning and leadership development program for youth.

  • $140,000

    On the Move · Napa, CA · 2024

    To expand and sustain the on the verge statewide leadership development initiative.

  • $140,000

    McKinleyville Family Resource Center · McKinleyville, CA · 2023

    To provide integrated services to families at the new facility.

  • $140,000

    McKinleyville Family Resource Center · McKinleyville, CA · 2023

    To provide integrated services to families at the new facility.

  • $140,000

    Olinga · Huron, CA · 2023

    To support a project-based learning and leadership development program for youth.

  • $140,000

    Olinga · Huron, CA · 2023

    To support a project-based learning and leadership development program for youth.

  • $140,000

    On the Move · Napa, CA · 2023

    To expand and sustain the on the verge statewide leadership development initiative.

  • $140,000

    On the Move · Napa, CA · 2023

    To expand and sustain the on the verge statewide leadership development initiative.

  • $140,000

    McKinleyville Family Resource Center · McKinleyville, CA · 2022

    To provide integrated services to families.

  • $140,000

    On the Move · Napa, CA · 2022

    To expand and sustain the on the verge statewide leadership development initiative.

  • $135,000

    Northern Humboldt Union High School District · McKinleyville, CA · 2023

    To sustain a collaborative instructional improvement project among mckinleyville schools

  • $135,000

    Northern Humboldt Union High School District · McKinleyville, CA · 2023

    To sustain a collaborative instructional improvement project among mckinleyville schools

  • $135,000

    East Bay Center for the Performing Arts · Richmond, CA · 2022

    To sustain and enhance arts education programs in southside richmond.

  • $135,000

    Northern Humboldt Union High School District · McKinleyville, CA · 2022

    To sustain a collaborative instructional improvement project among mckinleyville schools.

  • $125,000

    Reach University · Alameda, CA · 2024

    To expand an apprenticeship-based, job-embedded undergraduate degree program for prospective teachers in the north state.

  • $125,000

    East Bay Center for the Performing Arts · Richmond, CA · 2023

    To support school-based arts education in south richmond schools.

  • $125,000

    East Bay Center for the Performing Arts · Richmond, CA · 2023

    To support school-based arts education in south richmond schools.

  • $125,000

    Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2022

    To design a youth wellness program and launch wellness centers for students at three schools.

  • $125,000

    School of Arts and Culture · San Jose, CA · 2022

    For general operating support and organizational leadership capacity building.

  • $120,000

    Del Norte County Office of Education · Crescent City, CA · 2024

    To sustain a network for school improvement in humboldt and del norte counties.

  • $120,000

    Del Norte County Office of Educationdel Norte County Unified School Distric · Crescent City, CA · 2023

    To sustain and expand a network for school improvement in humboldt and del norte counties.

  • $120,000

    Del Norte County Office of Educationdel Norte County Unified School Distric · Crescent City, CA · 2023

    To sustain and expand a network for school improvement in humboldt and del norte counties.

  • $120,000

    Pivot Learning Partners · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To sustain and expand a network for school improvement in humboldt and del norte counties.

  • $115,000

    East Bay Center for the Performing Arts · Richmond, CA · 2024

    To support school-based arts education in south richmond schools.

  • $115,000

    Ryse Center · Richmond, CA · 2024

    To build systems of support and healing for youth of color in southside richmond.

  • $115,000

    Ryse Center · Richmond, CA · 2023

    To build systems of support and healing for youth of color in southside richmond.

  • $115,000

    Ryse Center · Richmond, CA · 2023

    To build systems of support and healing for youth of color in southside richmond.

  • $110,000

    El Verano Elementary School · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    To sustain restructuring and improve student achievement in reading and writing.

  • $100,000

    Alum Rock Union Elementary School District · San Jose, CA · 2024

    To improve early learning outcomes for children in the mayfair neighborhood of east san jose.

  • $100,000

    Coalinga-Huron Unified School District · Coalinga, CA · 2024

    To support the planning and implementation of the huron family resource center.

  • $100,000

    Fierce Advocates · Richmond, CA · 2024

    For general operations to sustain core programming.

  • $100,000

    Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2024

    To sustain the tribal nations climate resilience network.

  • $100,000

    La Luz Center · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    To support the el verano family resource center.

  • $100,000

    Upvalley Family Centers · St Helena, CA · 2024

    To support the calistoga frc and sustain the calistoga community school initiative.

  • $100,000

    Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To sustain a summer program in napa and support the development of a new digital model.

  • $100,000

    Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To sustain a summer program in napa and support the development of a new digital model.

  • $100,000

    Alum Rock Union Elementary School District · San Jose, CA · 2023

    To advance efforts to improve early learning outcomes for children in the mayfair neighborhood of east san jose.

  • $100,000

    Alum Rock Union Elementary School District · San Jose, CA · 2023

    To advance efforts to improve early learning outcomes for children in the mayfair neighborhood of east san jose.

  • $100,000

    Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the youth power fund to provide grants and capacity building to youth organizing groups in northern california.

  • $100,000

    Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the youth power fund to provide grants and capacity building to youth organizing groups in northern california.

  • $100,000

    Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2023

    To launch the tribal climate resilience network.

  • $100,000

    Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2023

    To launch the tribal climate resilience network.

  • $100,000

    La Luz Center · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    To support the el verano family resource center.

  • $100,000

    La Luz Center · Sonoma, CA · 2023

    To support the el verano family resource center.

  • $100,000

    North State Together · Redding, CA · 2023

    To support ten county-based collective impact partnerships expanding education opportunities throughout the north state region.

  • $100,000

    North State Together · Redding, CA · 2023

    To support ten county-based collective impact partnerships expanding education opportunities throughout the north state region.

  • $100,000

    Reach University · Alameda, CA · 2023

    To establish an apprenticeship-based, job-embedded undergraduate degree program for prospective teachers in the north state.

  • $100,000

    Reach University · Alameda, CA · 2023

    To establish an apprenticeship-based, job-embedded undergraduate degree program for prospective teachers in the north state.

  • $100,000

    School of Arts and Culture · San Jose, CA · 2023

    For general operating support and organizational leadership capacity building.

  • $100,000

    School of Arts and Culture · San Jose, CA · 2023

    For general operating support and organizational leadership capacity building.

  • $100,000

    Upvalley Family Centers · St Helena, CA · 2023

    To support the calistoga frc and sustain the calistoga community school initiative.

  • $100,000

    Upvalley Family Centers · St Helena, CA · 2023

    To support the calistoga frc and sustain the calistoga community school initiative.

  • $100,000

    Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To sustain summer learning programs in tahoe truckee and napa.

  • $100,000

    Alum Rock Union Elementary School District · San Jose, CA · 2022

    To advance efforts to improve early learning outcomes for children in the mayfair neighborhood of east san jose.

  • $100,000

    Building Blocks for Kids · Richmond, CA · 2022

    For general operations to sustain core programming, transition to an independent organization, and provide leadership development for the executive director.

  • $100,000

    La Luz Center · Sonoma, CA · 2022

    To support the el verano frc.

  • $100,000

    Olinga · Gonzales, CA · 2022

    To support an agricultural project-based learning and leadership development program.

  • $100,000

    Prevent Child Abuse California · North Highlands, CA · 2022

    To sustain technical assistance, network facilitation, and policy advocacy for family-strengthening organizations through the california family resource association (cfra).

  • $100,000

    Sierra Community House · Kings Beach, CA · 2022

    For operating support of a recently-merged family strengthening organization serving the tahoe truckee region.

  • $100,000

    Upvalley Family Centers · St Helena, CA · 2022

    To support the calistoga family resource center and sustain the calistoga community school initiative.

  • $95,000

    Leaderspring Center · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To provide professional development to emerging bay area nonprofit leaders.

  • $95,000

    Leaderspring Center · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To provide professional development to emerging bay area nonprofit leaders.

  • $90,000

    10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    To sustain programs that support students from southside richmond to enroll and succeed in college.

  • $90,000

    Puertas Abiertas · Napa, CA · 2024

    To sustain core programming for latin families in napa.

  • $90,000

    School of Arts and Culture · San Jose, CA · 2024

    To sustain arts and cultural engagement programs and community building in east san jose.

  • $90,000

    West Contra Costa Public Education Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024

    To advance antiracist learning, policies and practices.

  • $90,000

    10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2023

    To sustain programs that support students from southside richmond to enroll and succeed in college.

  • $90,000

    10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2023

    To sustain programs that support students from southside richmond to enroll and succeed in college.

  • $90,000

    Fierce Advocates · Richmond, CA · 2023

    For general operations to sustain core programming, transition to an independent organization, and provide leadership development for the executive director.

  • $90,000

    Fierce Advocates · Richmond, CA · 2023

    For general operations to sustain core programming, transition to an independent organization, and provide leadership development for the executive director.

  • $90,000

    10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2022

    To sustain programs that support students from southside richmond to enroll and succeed in college.

  • $90,000

    East Bay Community Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To support a pooled fund to build organizational capacity in black-led nonprofit organizations.

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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.