Funding search · EIN 931023051 · Sonora, CA

Sonora Area Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

147
grants reported
$3.6M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$13,100
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Cornerstone Bible Church2 grants · $200,000
  • Interfaith2 grants · $174,582
  • Sierra Bible Church2 grants · $168,420
  • Symons Family Fund1 grant · $153,138
  • Sierra Repertory Theater2 grants · $127,500
  • Sierra Bible Church1 grant · $118,565
  • Foothill Pregnancy Center2 grants · $108,400
  • Sonora High School2 grants · $105,233
  • Columbia College Foundation2 grants · $104,200
  • Interfaith1 grant · $101,277

Giving over time

$1.2M
2022
$926,636
2023
$1.5M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 147 grants.

  • $153,138

    Symons Family Fund · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Designated for 501c3

  • $118,565

    Sierra Bible Church · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $103,500

    Sierra Bible Church · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $101,277

    Interfaith · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Cornerstone Bible Church · Standard, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $100,000

    Cornerstone Bible Church · Standard, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $89,132

    Interfaith · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $88,250

    Sierra Repertory Theater · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $85,450

    Interfaith · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $84,737

    San Joaquin County Office of Educat · Stockton, CA · 2024

    program support

  • $82,000

    Columbia College Foundation · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $79,200

    Resiliency Village Project · Soulsbyville, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $73,734

    Sierra Senior Providers · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $69,750

    Sonora High School · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $69,250

    Foothill Pregnancy Center · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $64,920

    Sierra Bible Church · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $61,000

    Sierra Waldorf School · Jamestown, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $57,408

    Sierra Repertory Theatre · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $55,700

    Columbia College Foundation · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $54,835

    Watch Resources · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $54,771

    Central Sierra Search and Rescue · Sonora, CA · 2024

    program support

  • $52,200

    Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Program support

  • $47,900

    Habitat for Humanity · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $42,555

    County of Tuolumne · Sonora, CA · 2024

  • $40,400

    Watch Resources · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $40,000

    Pinecrest Expedition Academy · Strawberry, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $39,250

    Sierra Repertory Theater · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $39,150

    Foothill Pregnancy Center · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $38,000

    Mother Lode Fairgrounds · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $36,250

    Hilltop Church · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Progam Support

  • $35,483

    Sonora High School · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $33,878

    Center for a Non Violent Community · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $32,700

    Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $29,558

    Friends of Sonora Police Dept · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $29,297

    Columbia Union School District · Columbia, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $26,500

    Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $26,000

    Friends of the Animal Community · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    South Tuolumne County Historical So · Big Oak Flat, CA · 2024

    program support

  • $24,950

    Atcaa Food Bank · Jamestown, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $24,000

    Nancys Hope · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $22,500

    Habitat for Humanity · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $22,200

    Columbia College Foundation · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $21,209

    Love Tuolumne County · Columbia, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $21,200

    Center for a Non Violent Comm · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $21,084

    Adventist Health Sonora · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $20,700

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Fire loss support

  • $20,500

    Calvary Chapel · Soulsbyville, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $20,500

    Adventist Health · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $20,000

    Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

    program support

  • $20,000

    Cal Baseball Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $19,896

    Soulsbyville Elementary School · Soulsbyville, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $19,495

    Summerville Union High School · Tuolumne, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $19,161

    Twain Harte Community Services · Twain Harte, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $19,000

    Columbia College · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $18,800

    Spiritual Roads · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $18,500

    Mother Lode Christian School · Tuolumne, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $18,000

    St Jude Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Program support

  • $17,665

    Discover Life Seventh Day Adventis · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $16,500

    Tuolumne City Memorial Museum · Tuolumne, CA · 2024

  • $16,491

    Sonora United Methodist Church · Sonora, CA · 2024

    program support

  • $15,785

    Horses of Warriors · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $15,762

    Sierra Senior Providers · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $15,500

    Mother Lode Christian School · Tuolumne, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $15,000

    Sun Valley Policy Forum · Ketchum, ID · 2024

    program support

  • $15,000

    Southside Senior Services · Groveland, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $15,000

    St Jude Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Program support

  • $15,000

    Twain Harte Community Services Dist · Twain Harte, CA · 2023

    Program support

  • $15,000

    Northern Ca Christian Service Camp · Twain Harte, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $14,500

    Foothill Pregnancy Center · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $13,679

    Youth Sports Foundation · Standard, CA · 2023

    Program support

  • $13,600

    Friends of the Animal Community · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $13,553

    Tuolumne County Arts Alliance · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $13,500

    Habitat for Humanity · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $13,100

    Childrens Holiday Party · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $13,000

    Friends of Tuolumne Co Library · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Nami Tuolumne County · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $12,000

    Childrens Holiday Party · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $12,000

    Twain Harte Chapel in the Pines · Twain Harte, CA · 2024

  • $12,000

    Historic Sonora Chamber of Commerce · Sonora, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $11,800

    Atcaa Food Bank · Jamestown, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $11,425

    Friends of Tuolumne County Library · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Assistance

  • $11,418

    Sierra Hope · Angels Camp, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $11,000

    Historic Sonora Chamber of Commerce · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $11,000

    Southside Community Connections · Groveland, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $10,792

    Groveland Trail Heads · Groveland, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $10,400

    Tucare · Twain Harte, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Coastal Christian School · Pismo Beach, CA · 2024

    Program Support

  • $10,000

    Resilience Counseling Center · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Yosemite Chamber of Commerce · Groveland, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Evangelical Free Church of Grovelan · Groveland, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $10,000

    Operation Underground Railroad · Cedar City, UT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $10,000

    Central Sierra Search & Rescue · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $10,000

    So Tuolumne County Historical Soc · Big Oak Flat, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Tuolumne County Sheriffs Posse · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Univeristy of the Pacific · Stockton, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Westside Little League · Tuolumne, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $9,600

    Hope 58 · Clovis, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $9,600

    Hilltop Church · Sonora, CA · 2022

    Program support

  • $9,500

    Area 12 Agency On Aging · Sonora, CA · 2024

    Program Support

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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.