The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation
Historical FunderSan Rafael, California · EIN 94-6073084 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$2.1M
Organizations funded69
Typical grant$25,000
Total assets$53.8M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $20,000 and $35,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):
| Contact | THE HENRY MAYO NEWHALL FOUNDATION C |
|---|---|
| Address | PO BOX 6106, SAN RAFAEL CA 94903 |
| Phone | 4159812966 |
| Form and materials | PROPOSALS SHOULD INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARITY, THE AMOUNT OF THE REQUEST, AND A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT WITH BUDGET. THE CHARITY'S ANNUAL RETURN AND TAX EXEMPT PAPERWORK SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH THE REQUEST. |
| Deadlines | SEE EXHIBIT 1 |
| Restrictions | SEE EXHIBIT 1 |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
0% of grants went outside California.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hart Union High School District | Santa Clarita, CA | For continuing support of the henry mayo newhall foundation scholarships awarded to college-bound graduates in 2026 | $173,000 |
| Santa Maria Joint Union High School District | Santa Maria, CA | For continuing support of the henry mayo newhall foundation scholarships awarded to college-bound graduates in 2026 | $72,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley | Santa Clarita, CA | To offer a range of programs that cultivate workforce readiness | $60,000 |
| Santa Maria Valley YMCA | Santa Maria, CA | To replace the facility's swimming pool | $60,000 |
| Ag One Foundationjordan College of Agricultural Sciences & Tech Csu Fresno | Fresno, CA | To provide fellowships & internships to students from santa maria and santa clarita | $50,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Mid-Central Coast | Santa Maria, CA | To provide academic support & enrichment programs for low-income children in santa maria | $50,000 |
| College of the Canyons Foundation | Santa Clarita, CA | For faculty innovation grants, scholarships to students from the santa clarita valley, and for scholarships for nursing students | $50,000 |
| Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture | San Francisco, CA | To restore and repurpose the guardhouse to provide visitors enhanced wayfinding and information about fort mason's history and current… | $50,000 |
| Marian Regional Medical Center Foundation | Santa Maria, CA | To establish an ob/gyn residency program clinic | $50,000 |
| Planned Parenthood California Central Coast | Santa Barbara, CA | To provide sexual health education services in santa maria valley | $50,000 |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | To provide emergency food & nutrition education programs | $45,000 |
| University of California Merced | Merced, CA | To offer college students and middle school students a program that teaches field research and laboratory science in support of sustainable… | $43,000 |
| Children's Resource Network of Central Coast | Pismo Beach, CA | To provide free clothing and other necessities to families in santa maria & santa clarita valley | $40,000 |
| Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley | Santa Maria, CA | To provide supportive services and mentorship to homeless and other at-risk youth. | $40,000 |
| Point Blue Conservation Science | Petaluma, CA | For conservation of rangelands and farms in merced county | $40,000 |
| Santa Barbara Humane Society | Santa Barbara, CA | To provide free veterinary care to pets in low-income families and to stabilize the feral cat population in santa maria | $40,000 |
| Single Mothers Outreach of Santa Clarita | Newhall, CA | For the moving to thrive program | $40,000 |
| Leading From Within | Santa Barbara, CA | For the leading for community impact program | $35,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley | Santa Paula, CA | To provide an art program to low-income youth in the santa clara valley | $30,000 |
| California Rangeland Trust | Sacramento, CA | To conserve elgorriaga ranch, a 5,000-acre working ranch near firebaugh | $30,000 |
| Gateway Public Schools | San Francisco, CA | To operate boys & girls clubs that are fully integrated into the schools and to support a seventh-grade trip to camp mendocino | $30,000 |
| Orcutt Area Seniors in Service (Oasis) | Santa Maria, CA | To provide food, services, and activities to seniors in the santa maria valley | $30,000 |
| Samuel Dixon Family Health Center | Valencia, CA | To provide critical health services to low-income individuals in the santa clarita valley | $30,000 |
| Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry | Newhall, CA | For general operating support | $30,000 |
| Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum | Santa Maria, CA | To support the museum's education programs and enrichment camps | $30,000 |
| Swords to Plowshares | San Francisco, CA | To provide case management and other services to low-income and homeless veterans in san francisco | $30,000 |
| Firebaugh Ffa | Firebaugh, CA | To upgrade the swine barn to ensure an important program of the ffa | $28,000 |
| America Scores Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | To provide afterschool programming in soccer and poetry to low-income elementary students who are english language learners in san francisco | $25,000 |
| Central Coast Rescue Mission | Santa Maria, CA | To provide food, clothing and support services to homeless and low-income individuals in northern santa barbara county | $25,000 |
| Child and Family Center | Santa Clarita, CA | To support the domestic violence program | $25,000 |
| Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos Inc | Nipomo, CA | To design and install interpretive and directional signs along a 5-mile trail in a historic rancho | $25,000 |
| Future Leaders of America | Oxnard, CA | To prepare santa maria youth for college | $25,000 |
| Gibbon Conservation Center | Santa Clarita, CA | To offer under-resourced schools in the santa clarita valley free field trips to learn about endangered gibbions and the environment | $25,000 |
| Healing Heroes Through Horsemanship | Nipomo, CA | To train and certify at-risk veterans from the santa maria valley for careers in horsemanship | $25,000 |
| Life Learning Academy | San Francisco, CA | To provide on-site mental health services at a residential public school serving high-risk students in san francisco | $25,000 |
| National AIDS Memorial Inc | San Francisco, CA | To preserve the AIDS memorial quilt at a series of repair workshops held in the main san francisco public library | $25,000 |
| Naturetrack Foundation | Los Olivos, CA | To provide field trips to beaches and trails to students and wheelchair users in north santa barbara county | $25,000 |
| New Beginnings Counseling Center | Santa Barbara, CA | To provide homeless and low-income veterans in santa maria valley with housing assistance and support services | $25,000 |
| Special Operations Finding Kids | Sacramento, CA | To provide assistance to law enforcement in locating exploited children and to the recovered children during their healing journey | $25,000 |
| Fillmore Unified School District | Fillmore, CA | For continuing support of the henry mayo newhall foundation scholarships awarded to college-bound graduates in 2026 | $24,000 |
| Firebaugh High School | Firebaugh, CA | For scholarships awarded to college-bound seniors in 2026 | $24,000 |
| San Francisco Opera Guild | San Francisco, CA | For a film festival and awards ceremony for students | $21,000 |
| Access Institute for Psychological Services | San Francisco, CA | To provide support for an in-school mental health program operating at seven high-need elementary schools in san francisco | $20,000 |
| Apgate Village | Valencia, CA | To grow the capacity of a day program for youth adults with special needs in santa clarita | $20,000 |
| Care4paws | Santa Barbara, CA | To operate a mobile veterinary clinic and to provide free and low-cost veterinary services to communities in need in the santa maria valley | $20,000 |
| California 4-H Foundation | Davis, CA | To support the merced county 4-H in engaging more youth in ag education | $20,000 |
| Call of the Sea | Sausalito, CA | To provide free field trips for san francisco students to sail on a tall ship and learn about marine science | $20,000 |
| Community Music Center | San Francisco, CA | To provide private music lessons and ensemble classes to 1,300 low-income students in san francisco | $20,000 |
| Ica Cristo Rey Academy | San Francisco, CA | For the work-study program's summer orientation | $20,000 |
| Literacy for Environmental Justice | San Francisco, CA | For the eco-apprentices program | $20,000 |
| One Step a LA Vez | Fillmore, CA | To provide support for an after-school culinary arts program for at-risk teens | $20,000 |
| Outward Bound of California | San Francisco, CA | To provide students at mission high school with dual programming at a ropes course and a week-long backpacking expedition | $20,000 |
| Santa Barbara Maritime Museum | Santa Barbara, CA | To provide students in santa maria with free access to experiential outdoor education programs | $20,000 |
| Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation | Santa Clarita, CA | For the teacher innovation grant program | $20,000 |
| Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra | Santa Clarita, CA | To support a children's concert series that combines a youth orchestra with dance and animation | $20,000 |
| Santa Maria Joint Union High School District | Santa Maria, CA | For the mark richardson cte center & farm - to carry out upgrades to the center's cattle area to ensure a safe and functional environment… | $20,000 |
| Santa Maria Philharmonic Society | Santa Maria, CA | To provide classical music education to elementary students in the santa maria valley | $20,000 |
| Scrap | San Francisco, CA | To provide environmentally sustainable arts education programs to underserved youth in san francisco | $20,000 |
| Seeag | Ventura, CA | To provide third graders in santa maria experiential field trips to a farm | $20,000 |
| Sprouts Chef Training | San Francisco, CA | To provide underserved young adults in san francisco with paid internships in resturants | $20,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 69 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture | San Francisco, CA | To restore and repurpose the guardhouse to provide visitors enhanced wayfinding and information about fort mason's history and current… | $50,000 |
| Marian Regional Medical Center Foundation | Santa Maria, CA | To establish an ob/gyn residency program clinic | $50,000 |
| Single Mothers Outreach of Santa Clarita | Newhall, CA | For the moving to thrive program | $40,000 |
| Samuel Dixon Family Health Center | Valencia, CA | To provide critical health services to low-income individuals in the santa clarita valley | $30,000 |
| Swords to Plowshares | San Francisco, CA | To provide cash management and other services to low-income and homeless veterans in san francisco | $30,000 |
| Child and Family Center | Santa Clarita, CA | To support the domestic violence program | $25,000 |
| San Cayetano Elementary School | Fillmore, CA | For the weekly art program | $10,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,105,900 | 76 |
| 2024 | $2,092,400 | 75 |
| 2023 | $2,093,400 | 81 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Mar 24, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202610839349100921
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 94-6073084
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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