Funding search · EIN 941702678 · Santa Cruz, CA

Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County

Name: Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County grants, 2024–2024
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: $1.4M
total given: 2024–2024
filing years: $16,946
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2024–2024. 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

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

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Dientes Community Dental Care1 grant · $90,531
Amah Mutsun Land Trust1 grant · $77,446
Santa Cruz Welcoming Network1 grant · $75,097
Coastal Watershed Council1 grant · $72,945
Farm Discovery1 grant · $71,698
Shared Adventures1 grant · $71,380
Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County1 grant · $67,070
Santa Cruz Children'S Museum of Discovery1 grant · $56,122
Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes1 grant · $49,115
Theatre 8311 grant · $44,392

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$90,531
Dientes Community Dental Care · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$77,446
Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$75,097
Santa Cruz Welcoming Network · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$72,945
Coastal Watershed Council · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$71,698
Farm Discovery · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$71,380
Shared Adventures · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$67,070
Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$56,122
Santa Cruz Children'S Museum of Discovery · Capitola, CA · 2024
General support
$49,115
Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$44,392
Theatre 831 · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$43,423
Homeless Garden Project · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$43,397
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$38,159
Hospice of Santa Cruz County · Scotts Valley, CA · 2024
General support
$35,297
Grey Bears · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$35,000
Casa of Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$27,741
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$25,860
Center for Farmworker Families · Felton, CA · 2024
General support
$24,789
Santa Cruz Spca and Humane Society · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$24,521
Camp Opportunity · Milpitas, CA · 2024
General support
$24,021
Senderos · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$23,459
Watsonville Wetlands Watch · Freedom, CA · 2024
General support
$22,639
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte · San Jose, CA · 2024
General support
$21,633
Unchained · Soquel, CA · 2024
General support
$21,038
Natural Bridges Media · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$20,466
Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$18,420
Eat for the Earth · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$18,230
Mentors Driving Change for Boys Men and Dads · Freedom, CA · 2024
General support
$17,257
Regeneracion Pajaro Valley Climate Action · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$16,636
Birchbark Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$14,614
Association of Faith Communities of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$12,931
Jacob'S Heart Children'S Cancer Support Services · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$12,821
Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$12,676
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$12,563
Arts Council Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$12,510
Community Bridges · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$12,301
Pajaro Valley Arts Council · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$11,911
Ecology Action of Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$11,717
Veteran Surf Alliance · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$11,490
Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$11,349
Teen Kitchen Project · Soquel, CA · 2024
General support
$11,066
Save Our Shores · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$10,355
Live Like Coco Foundation · Aptos, CA · 2024
General support
$10,266
Walnut Avenue Family & Women'S Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$10,220
Santa Cruz Shakespeare · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$10,187
Hope'S Closet · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$8,253
Life Lab Science Program · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$8,145
Queer Youth Task Force · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$7,974
Big Brothers-Big Sisters Agency of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$7,922
Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$7,537
Vets 4 Vets Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$7,150
Positive Discipline Community Resources · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$6,819
Free Guitars 4 Kids · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$6,795
Monarch Services-Servicios Monarca · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$5,446
Families in Transition of Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$5,232
Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast · Salinas, CA · 2024
General support
$5,215
Community Bike Collective · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General 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.