Sponsor a PurposeFoundations and grantmakers in California
15,162 grantmaking foundations based in California, from public IRS 990 filings. The table shows the 100 most active by total giving on file.
Animal welfare (163)Arts and culture (572)Community development (289)Education (958)Environment (155)Food and agriculture (41)General grantmaking (6332)Health (300)Housing and shelter (83)Human services (594)International (107)Medical research (74)Religion (301)Science and technology (75)Youth and recreation (332)
| Foundation | City | Grants on file | Total given | Avg grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genentech Patient Foundation | South San Francisco | 10 | $32.4B | $3.2B |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park | 19320 | $5.7B | $296K |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto | 13460 | $4.4B | $328K |
| The California Endowment | Los Angeles | 26207 | $3.2B | $124K |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | San Francisco | 1166 | $3.2B | $2.7M |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos | 9244 | $3.1B | $335K |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto | 2850 | $2.6B | $929K |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Agoura Hills | 9960 | $2.4B | $240K |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | Palo Alto | 829 | $2.2B | $2.7M |
| Gerson Bakar Foundation | San Francisco | 370 | $2.1B | $5.7M |
| The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation | Palo Alto | 78 | $2.0B | $25.0M |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Francisco | 3117 | $1.5B | $470K |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Palo Alto | 565 | $1.4B | $2.6M |
| The James Irvine Foundation | San Francisco | 5478 | $1.3B | $246K |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Irvine | 857 | $1.3B | $1.5M |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto | 5207 | $1.2B | $236K |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos | 5376 | $1.2B | $218K |
| The Benificus Foundation | San Carlos | 402 | $1.2B | $2.9M |
| The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation | Los Angeles | 1097 | $1.2B | $1.0M |
| The Skoll Foundation | Palo Alto | 2616 | $1.0B | $394K |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside | 752 | $1.0B | $1.3M |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for | Palo Alto | 1487 | $928.4M | $624K |
| The Koum Family Foundation | Menlo Park | 1212 | $846.3M | $698K |
| The David Geffen Foundation | Los Angeles | 861 | $785.0M | $912K |
| H&H Evergreen Foundation | Menlo Park | 26 | $782.7M | $30.1M |
| Tosa Foundation | Portola Valley | 1362 | $759.4M | $558K |
| The Sobrato Family Foundation | Mountain View | 3785 | $673.4M | $178K |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | Beverly Hills | 4291 | $602.4M | $140K |
| The Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation | Palo Alto | 98 | $600.2M | $6.1M |
| Wm Keck Foundation | Los Angeles | 2232 | $589.7M | $264K |
| Hobsonlucas Family Foundation | San Rafael | 3038 | $587.4M | $193K |
| Sea Change Foundation | San Francisco | 182 | $540.1M | $3.0M |
| Kataly Foundation | San Francisco | 24 | $513.9M | $21.4M |
| Resnick Foundation | Los Angeles | 2894 | $493.5M | $171K |
| Hellman Foundation | San Francisco | 12 | $471.1M | $39.3M |
| The California Wellness Foundation | Los Angeles | 5917 | $457.8M | $77K |
| Stupski Foundation | San Francisco | 2116 | $456.9M | $216K |
| The Roberts Foundation | San Mateo | 10 | $451.8M | $45.2M |
| Koret Foundation | San Francisco | 3390 | $447.9M | $132K |
| The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation | San Francisco | 2070 | $443.4M | $214K |
| Yellow Chair Foundation | San Francisco | 1259 | $439.1M | $349K |
| Scully Memorial Foundation | Mill Valley | 155 | $434.5M | $2.8M |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Irvine | 1272 | $431.9M | $340K |
| The Larry Ellison Foundation | Walnut Creek | 28 | $415.0M | $14.8M |
| California Physicians' Service Fdn | San Francisco | 1909 | $389.3M | $204K |
| The Marisla Foundation | Laguna Beach | 1956 | $373.8M | $191K |
| Capital Group Companies Charitable | Irvine | 10 | $349.5M | $35.0M |
| Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation | San Francisco | 887 | $339.0M | $382K |
| The Alfred C Munger Foundation | Los Angeles | 185 | $335.8M | $1.8M |
| Craig H Neilsen Foundation | Encino | 10 | $331.3M | $33.1M |
| Rippleworks Inc | Redwood City | 905 | $330.5M | $365K |
| Cisco Systems Foundation | San Jose | 21 | $322.1M | $15.3M |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Redwood City | 1765 | $320.3M | $181K |
| Dart-L Foundation | Los Angeles | 58 | $320.2M | $5.5M |
| The Libra Foundation | San Francisco | 400 | $317.1M | $793K |
| May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust | Corte Madera | 35 | $312.9M | $8.9M |
| The Karsh Family Foundation | Beverly Hills | 869 | $311.1M | $358K |
| Delta Dental Community Care Foundation | San Francisco | 5412 | $310.1M | $57K |
| The Helen Diller Foundation | San Mateo | 78 | $308.7M | $4.0M |
| The Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation | San Francisco | 55 | $304.3M | $5.5M |
| Weingart Foundation | Los Angeles | 4748 | $303.8M | $64K |
| Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation | Oakland | 373 | $297.8M | $798K |
| The Conrad Prebys Foundation | San Diego | 1804 | $297.6M | $165K |
| Sunlight Giving | Palo Alto | 4999 | $296.7M | $59K |
| Visa Foundation | San Francisco | 526 | $295.3M | $561K |
| Enlight Foundation | Palo Alto | 294 | $292.7M | $996K |
| Anderson Stewart Family Foundation | Los Angeles | 326 | $290.1M | $890K |
| The Samueli Foundation | Corona Del Mar | 1829 | $287.1M | $157K |
| Margie and Robert E Petersen Foundation | Pasadena | 131 | $281.8M | $2.2M |
| Salesforcecom Foundation | San Francisco | 201 | $281.3M | $1.4M |
| Open Doors International Inc | Santa Ana | 105 | $279.0M | $2.7M |
| The Amgen Foundation Inc | Newbury Park | 12 | $278.4M | $23.2M |
| The Ralph M Parsons Foundation | Los Angeles | 4793 | $276.2M | $58K |
| The Anne Wojcicki Foundation | Los Altos | 613 | $274.2M | $447K |
| Craig Newmark Foundation | San Francisco | 396 | $273.6M | $691K |
| Perenchio Foundation | Malibu | 615 | $263.6M | $429K |
| The J Paul Getty Trust | Los Angeles | 7123 | $261.0M | $37K |
| William K Bowes Jr Foundation | San Francisco | 485 | $256.5M | $529K |
| Windsong Trust | Manhattan Beach | 878 | $256.2M | $292K |
| Bill & Susan Oberndorf Foundation | San Francisco | 870 | $245.9M | $283K |
| The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | West Hollywood | 232 | $237.8M | $1.0M |
| Xie Foundation | Sunnyvale | 96 | $236.9M | $2.5M |
| The Grove Foundation | Los Altos | 1691 | $236.7M | $140K |
| Xq Institute | Oakland | 264 | $229.2M | $868K |
| Humanity United | San Francisco | 3189 | $224.9M | $71K |
| Patagoniaorg | Los Angeles | 9187 | $224.4M | $24K |
| The Kavli Foundation | Los Angeles | 897 | $219.1M | $244K |
| Argyros Family Foundation | Costa Mesa | 1245 | $215.3M | $173K |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund | El Cerrito | 2234 | $210.0M | $94K |
| Sd Bechtel Jr Foundation | San Francisco | 742 | $205.5M | $277K |
| Gene Haas Foundation | Oxnard | 8 | $205.0M | $25.6M |
| The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund | San Francisco | 1189 | $204.6M | $172K |
| Aphorism Foundation | San Francisco | 150 | $203.1M | $1.4M |
| Price Philanthropies Foundation | La Jolla | 2912 | $194.3M | $67K |
| The Hearthland Foundation | Los Angeles | 990 | $189.2M | $191K |
| Bakar Bioenginuity Hub | San Francisco | 2 | $189.1M | $94.5M |
| The Michael and Lori Milken Family | Santa Monica | 875 | $188.4M | $215K |
| John Pritzker Family Fund | Redwood City | 1125 | $188.0M | $167K |
| Autodesk Foundation | San Rafael | 9 | $187.6M | $20.8M |
| Elbridge Stuart Foundation | San Francisco | 8 | $186.1M | $23.3M |
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