Funding search · nutrition and food insecurity · California
Who funds nutrition and food insecurity work in California
15 funders have a record of paying for nutrition and food insecurity work by California recipients: 261 grants totaling $32.1M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Ecology Center ($27.3M), Sonoma County Community Foundation ($1.5M) and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals ($473,935).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to California recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Ecology CenterBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
147 matching grants · $27.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.9M to PACIFIC COAST FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION — food insecurity nutrition incentive (fini) grant program
Sonoma County Community FoundationSanta Rosa, CACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $336,600 to REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK — to target increasing food insecurity with an emergency grant in support of food programming and general operating support
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $473,935 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Pajaro Valley Unified School District — healthy food access: pvusd family engagement and w
Woodlawn FoundationSan Mateo, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2025Largest: $270,000 to ON LOK DAY SERVICES — $260,000 for general operating support and $10,000 for food insecurity program
Largest: $10,000 to DIXON FAMILY SERVICES — support in the fight against food insecurities
Largest: $50,000 to VENICE FAMILY CLINIC — food insecurity
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $643,090 · through 2023Largest: $591,090 to UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION — to support the technological equipment needs oflick observatory. to address food insecurity among ucsc students by supporting on-campus free food pantries. in support of the instit…
Largest: $50,000 to ST VINCENT'S MEALS ON WHEELS — food insecurity
Largest: $75,000 to PUBLIC COUNSEL — advancing the implementation of healthy food access strategies: to monitor implementation of healthy street vending policies and practices across los angeles county and provide tec…
Bill Graham Memorial FoundationBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to San Francisco Marin Food Ban — food insecurity
Sonoma County Vintners FoundationSanta Rosa, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to RIVER TO COAST CHILDREN'S SERVICES — to provide fresh, nutritious food for west sonoma county children and their families to address ongoing, critical food insecurity rural areas
Largest: $25,000 to 18 REASONS — advance childhood nutrition education
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