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Foundation grants for education nonprofits in California
13,071 private foundations gave $8.0 billion for education to organizations in California in tax years 2019 to 2025, according to their own IRS filings.
The table shows how many of them gave in each county, and how much. Many foundations give in more than one
county, so the foundation counts add up to more than the total.
Foundations that fund education, by county
| County | Foundations | Given |
|---|
| Los Angeles County | 6,131 | $2.8 billion |
| San Francisco County | 1,961 | $1.1 billion |
| Santa Clara County | 2,318 | $970 million |
| Alameda County | 2,054 | $832 million |
| San Mateo County | 890 | $443 million |
| Orange County | 1,491 | $354 million |
| San Diego County | 1,477 | $328 million |
| Santa Barbara County | 685 | $222 million |
| Sacramento County | 518 | $120 million |
| Contra Costa County | 707 | $119 million |
| Ventura County | 526 | $92 million |
| Marin County | 666 | $74 million |
| San Bernardino County | 347 | $65 million |
| Riverside County | 574 | $61 million |
| Santa Cruz County | 264 | $57 million |
| Fresno County | 209 | $54 million |
| Yolo County | 241 | $54 million |
| Monterey County | 349 | $39 million |
| Sonoma County | 371 | $37 million |
| San Joaquin County | 165 | $27 million |
| Kern County | 103 | $21 million |
| Merced County | 90 | $20 million |
| Napa County | 125 | $19 million |
| San Luis Obispo County | 228 | $14 million |
| Placer County | 165 | $12 million |
| Stanislaus County | 62 | $8.6 million |
| Humboldt County | 77 | $8.1 million |
| Butte County | 103 | $6.9 million |
| Tulare County | 57 | $6.8 million |
| Siskiyou County | 31 | $5.1 million |
| Shasta County | 43 | $4.6 million |
| San Benito County | 21 | $2.4 million |
| El Dorado County | 55 | $2.2 million |
| Solano County | 61 | $2.0 million |
| Nevada County | 63 | $1.8 million |
| Kings County | 19 | $1.7 million |
| Imperial County | 21 | $1.5 million |
| Mendocino County | 44 | $1.4 million |
| Del Norte County | 10 | $922,898 |
| Inyo County | 14 | $910,804 |
| Tehama County | 11 | $813,297 |
| Mono County | 18 | $633,157 |
| Tuolumne County | 14 | $548,694 |
| Mariposa County | 8 | $425,739 |
| Madera County | 18 | $389,063 |
| Trinity County | 8 | $262,442 |
| Amador County | 7 | $157,674 |
| Yuba County | 8 | $122,397 |
| Lake County | 13 | $116,984 |
| Plumas County | 15 | $81,015 |
| Sutter County | 14 | $47,572 |
| Modoc County | 3 | $45,406 |
| Sierra County | 5 | $42,903 |
| Lassen County | 8 | $35,670 |
| Glenn County | 8 | $32,114 |
| Calaveras County | 6 | $15,232 |
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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