Foundation grants for nonprofits in California
28,765 private foundations gave $27.8 billion to organizations in California in tax years 2019 to 2025, according to their own IRS filings. Pick your county or your kind of work to see who gave there and how much.
By county
The number is how many foundations gave to organizations in that county.
- Alameda County 5,754
- Amador County 33
- Butte County 228
- Calaveras County 37
- Colusa County 11
- Contra Costa County 1,769
- Del Norte County 50
- El Dorado County 307
- Fresno County 574
- Glenn County 19
- Humboldt County 285
- Imperial County 89
- Inyo County 70
- Kern County 419
- Kings County 55
- Lake County 51
- Lassen County 23
- Los Angeles County 15,806
- Madera County 108
- Marin County 2,256
- Mariposa County 45
- Mendocino County 206
- Merced County 135
- Modoc County 12
- Mono County 105
- Monterey County 1,017
- Napa County 467
- Nevada County 495
- Orange County 4,855
- Placer County 713
- Plumas County 76
- Riverside County 1,925
- Sacramento County 2,176
- San Benito County 63
- San Bernardino County 1,175
- San Diego County 5,130
- San Francisco County 7,392
- San Joaquin County 374
- San Luis Obispo County 594
- San Mateo County 2,283
- Santa Barbara County 2,051
- Santa Clara County 4,691
- Santa Cruz County 819
- Shasta County 191
- Sierra County 12
- Siskiyou County 138
- Solano County 240
- Sonoma County 1,711
- Stanislaus County 236
- Sutter County 61
- Tehama County 36
- Trinity County 23
- Tulare County 178
- Tuolumne County 68
- Ventura County 1,657
- Yolo County 669
- Yuba County 42
Fewer than 10 foundations in these filings gave in Alpine County.
By program area
The number is how many foundations gave to that kind of work anywhere in California.
- Arts & culture 6,967
- Civil rights & advocacy 3,000
- Community development 2,112
- Education 13,071
- Environment & animals 6,667
- Food & nutrition 3,526
- Health 8,403
- Housing & homelessness 2,650
- Human services 7,324
- International 4,051
- Mental & behavioral health 1,938
- Public safety & justice 3,406
- Religion 6,273
- Science & technology 1,796
- Workforce & economic development 1,452
- Youth development 5,390
From the grants private foundations list in their IRS tax filings (Form 990-PF, tax years 2019 to 2025), as of Oct 31, 2026. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant counts for the county of the organization that received it, wherever the foundation is based. The typical grant is the middle one. Program areas come from each organization's IRS category and the stated purpose of the grant, so those figures are estimates. A foundation can ask to be left off this page by emailing contact@grantassembly.com.
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