Browse grantmakers · California
Research funders based in California
3,594 grantmakers headquartered in California have substantial grant records in IRS filings, private foundations and grantmaking charities both. Headquarters is not reach — most also give beyond the state, and the search can filter by where the money went instead.
The biggest, by total giving
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View10,471 grants · $10.10B
- Tides Foundation · San Francisco9,402 grants · $1.86B
- UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles276 grants · $1.75B
- The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Menlo Park5,652 grants · $1.75B
- Pac-12 Conference · San Ramon50 grants · $1.70B
- Sergey Brin Family Foundation · San Francisco457 grants · $1.58B
- Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Palo Alto4,004 grants · $1.46B
- California Community Foundation · Los Angeles8,086 grants · $1.34B
- Good Ventures Foundation · Palo Alto1,830 grants · $1.32B
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Los Altos3,141 grants · $1.12B
- Marin Community Foundation · Novato5,238 grants · $990.8M
- Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Westlake Village3,937 grants · $978.1M
All 3,594 California grantmakers →
Grants in California, by research topic
Topics where funders have a real record of paying for work in California.
- renewable energy$525.4M
- conservation and biodiversity$278.1M
- health disparities$266.1M
- housing and homelessness$252.3M
- Parkinson's disease$215.2M
- democracy and civic engagement$148.4M
- economic mobility and poverty$141.7M
- mental health$100.6M
- HIV/AIDS$81.9M
- cancer research$79.5M
- primary care access$73.5M
- Alzheimer's and dementia$72.2M
- criminal justice reform$60.7M
- public health$55.4M
- college access and success$47.7M
- food security$43.1M
- criminal justice reform$41.3M
- workforce development$40.2M
- domestic violence$35.5M
- climate adaptation$33.2M
- nutrition and food insecurity$32.1M
- pediatric cancer$31.0M
- environmental justice$28.8M
- early childhood education$26.8M
- water quality and access$25.5M
- higher education access$22.7M
- palliative and hospice care$22.3M
- infant and child health$20.8M
- infectious disease$18.9M
- telehealth$18.6M
- marine and ocean science$18.0M
- autism$15.0M
- water resources$14.2M
- oral health$13.5M
- sickle cell disease$13.0M
- vision and hearing$12.5M
- environmental education$11.4M
- veterans' health$11.4M
- climate research$11.3M
- disability services and research$11.2M
- teacher preparation$11.1M
- maternal and infant health$9.0M
- arthritis and autoimmune disease$8.7M
- aging and gerontology$8.3M
- rural health access$8.0M
- teacher development$7.6M
- substance use and addiction$7.4M
- STEM education$6.8M
- suicide prevention$6.4M
- math and science education$6.1M
- music education$6.0M
- robotics and AI$5.8M
- art history and museums$5.5M
- historic preservation$5.4M
- special education$5.4M
- asthma and respiratory health$5.0M
- diabetes$4.9M
- heart disease$4.5M
- eating disorders$4.5M
- Down syndrome$4.1M
- immigration$3.8M
- literacy$3.6M
- nursing research$3.6M
- nursing research and education$3.6M
- ALS$3.1M
- immigration and refugees$2.9M
- multiple sclerosis$2.8M
- breast cancer$2.8M
- cerebral palsy$2.6M
- grief and bereavement$2.2M
- physical activity and exercise$2.0M