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General grantmaking foundations in California
6,332 foundations in California focused on general grantmaking, based on their IRS classification. Sorted by total giving on file.
| Foundation | City | Grants on file | Total given | Avg grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| H&H Evergreen Foundation | Menlo Park | 26 | $782.7M | $30.1M |
| Tosa Foundation | Portola Valley | 1362 | $759.4M | $558K |
| 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 |
| 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 Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation | San Francisco | 2070 | $443.4M | $214K |
| 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 |
| Capital Group Companies Charitable | Irvine | 10 | $349.5M | $35.0M |
| Craig H Neilsen Foundation | Encino | 10 | $331.3M | $33.1M |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Samueli Foundation | Corona Del Mar | 1829 | $287.1M | $157K |
| 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 |
| Windsong Trust | Manhattan Beach | 878 | $256.2M | $292K |
| 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 |
| Humanity United | San Francisco | 3189 | $224.9M | $71K |
| The Kavli Foundation | Los Angeles | 897 | $219.1M | $244K |
| 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 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 |
| Every Org | San Francisco | 1290 | $183.4M | $142K |
| Chuck Lorre Family Foundation | Los Angeles | 631 | $175.3M | $278K |
| The Smidt Foundation | Beverly Hills | 1274 | $173.1M | $136K |
| Pwb Foundation | San Francisco | 10 | $171.9M | $17.2M |
| The Thomas and Stacey Siebel | Redwood City | 220 | $171.1M | $778K |
| Pisces Foundation | San Francisco | 9 | $168.9M | $18.8M |
| The William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Fam | Laguna Beach | 552 | $168.7M | $306K |
| Dhanam Foundation | Palo Alto | 335 | $167.1M | $499K |
| Charles Huang Foundation | Pasadena | 25 | $162.9M | $6.5M |
| Michelson Medical Research Foundation Inc | Los Angeles | 76 | $162.0M | $2.1M |
| Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation | Culver City | 298 | $151.6M | $509K |
| The Meadowview Foundation | San Rafael | 280 | $150.0M | $536K |
| Bin Lin and Daisy Liu Family Foundation | Fremont | 5 | $148.4M | $29.7M |
| Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation | Palo Alto | 94 | $148.1M | $1.6M |
| Kenneth Rainin Foundation | Oakland | 1907 | $140.4M | $74K |
| The Applied Materials Foundation | Santa Clara | 2522 | $139.2M | $55K |
| S L Gimbel Foundation | Orange | 16 | $138.1M | $8.6M |
| Hopper-Dean Foundation | Menlo Park | 456 | $137.2M | $301K |
| The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation | Beverly Hills | 886 | $135.6M | $153K |
| Gleason Family Foundation | San Rafael | 457 | $133.5M | $292K |
| The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation | Santa Barbara | 2042 | $132.7M | $65K |
| Imaginable Futures Foundation | Redwood City | 397 | $130.4M | $328K |
| Helen and Will Webster Foundation | Arcadia | 512 | $130.2M | $254K |
| Jeffrey Carlton Charitable Foundation | Villa Park | 32 | $130.0M | $4.1M |
| Doris & Donald Fisher Foundation | San Francisco | 25 | $124.3M | $5.0M |
| Ebay Foundation | San Jose | 27 | $122.8M | $4.5M |
| Erik E and Edith H Bergstrom Foundation | Palo Alto | 363 | $122.0M | $336K |
| Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation | San Francisco | 819 | $120.8M | $147K |
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