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 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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