For nonprofits / California
Foundation grants for environment and animals nonprofits in California
6,667 private foundations gave $2.3 billion for environment and animals 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 environment and animals, by county
| County | Foundations | Given |
|---|
| San Francisco County | 1,635 | $787 million |
| Los Angeles County | 2,264 | $325 million |
| Alameda County | 1,287 | $276 million |
| Sacramento County | 409 | $209 million |
| Monterey County | 342 | $163 million |
| San Diego County | 876 | $94 million |
| Marin County | 611 | $60 million |
| Santa Clara County | 359 | $48 million |
| Santa Barbara County | 379 | $44 million |
| San Mateo County | 282 | $42 million |
| Orange County | 780 | $39 million |
| Sonoma County | 493 | $30 million |
| Riverside County | 311 | $29 million |
| Santa Cruz County | 155 | $26 million |
| Humboldt County | 83 | $20 million |
| Contra Costa County | 228 | $18 million |
| Yolo County | 175 | $17 million |
| Napa County | 81 | $12 million |
| Ventura County | 226 | $11 million |
| San Luis Obispo County | 120 | $10 million |
| San Bernardino County | 162 | $6.9 million |
| Fresno County | 87 | $6.2 million |
| Shasta County | 25 | $6.0 million |
| Nevada County | 140 | $4.2 million |
| Tulare County | 38 | $3.9 million |
| Placer County | 150 | $3.8 million |
| Mendocino County | 71 | $2.5 million |
| Kern County | 116 | $2.3 million |
| San Joaquin County | 32 | $2.0 million |
| Plumas County | 28 | $1.9 million |
| Del Norte County | 24 | $1.8 million |
| Butte County | 46 | $1.6 million |
| El Dorado County | 70 | $1.3 million |
| Lake County | 11 | $1.1 million |
| Solano County | 54 | $1.1 million |
| Siskiyou County | 30 | $958,232 |
| Mariposa County | 18 | $951,550 |
| Stanislaus County | 18 | $400,932 |
| Tuolumne County | 20 | $308,652 |
| Imperial County | 10 | $302,406 |
| Inyo County | 25 | $240,513 |
| Trinity County | 7 | $165,376 |
| Madera County | 14 | $151,444 |
| Merced County | 6 | $126,220 |
| San Benito County | 13 | $111,092 |
| Yuba County | 8 | $95,694 |
| Mono County | 15 | $68,098 |
| Modoc County | 5 | $57,177 |
| Glenn County | 4 | $53,322 |
| Alpine County | 3 | $49,597 |
| Calaveras County | 6 | $43,924 |
| Kings County | 5 | $43,835 |
| Amador County | 6 | $43,136 |
| Tehama County | 3 | $27,842 |
| Sutter County | 4 | $4,801 |
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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