Community Development grants for nonprofits in California
1,068 private foundations reported 3,704 community development grants to organizations in California on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $399.6M in all. 564 of them are based in California.
Foundations1,068
Grants on record3,704
Total granted$399.6M
Their typical grant$10,000
Foundations that fund community development in California
20 of the 1,068: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of community development grants to California organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Signal Technology Foundation, Mountain View - General support$8,494
- Burning Man Project, San Francisco - General support$2,881
- East Los Angeles Community Union, Commerce - General support$1,529
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Gave $3.2M in 2024
Banc of California Charitable Foundation
Santa Ana, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- National Diversity Coalition, Los Angeles - The purpose of this grant is to support economic development programs$100,000
- USS Midway Museum, San diego - The purpose of this grant is to support community development programs$50,000
- West Angeles Community Development Corporation, Los Angeles - The purpose of this grant is to support economic development programs$50,000
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The California Endowment
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- California Community Foundation, Los Angeles - Advancing health justice through civic engagement in california$2,000,000
- Community Partners, Los Angeles - California accountable communities for health initiative - improving health$1,500,000
- Power California, Los Angeles - General operating support$1,500,000
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Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025- Code for America Labs Inc, San Francisco - In support of underserved small business expansion$2,000,000
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles - In support of neighborhood revitalization$1,500,000
- Possibility Labs, Concord - In support of neighborhood revitalization$1,359,160
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Gave $38.1M in 2024
Weingart Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Black Freedom Fund, Mountain View - Support for the california black freedom fund$1,000,000
- Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Los Angeles - Support for capital campaign: center for community organizing$1,000,000
- Black Freedom Fund, Mountain View - Support for the cbff black vision & defense fund$500,000
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Gave $1.2M in 2024
The Gap Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Glide Foundation, San Francisco - For civic & community engagement$329,000
- Accion Latina, San Francisco - For civic & community engagement$55,000
- Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco, San Francisco - For civic & community engagement$55,000
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Wells Fargo Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · latest return: tax year 2025- Pasadena City College Foundation Inc, Pasadena - Altadena Small Business Recovery 2025$500,000
- TMC Community Capital, Oakland - Community-Based Lending - Rural Expansion$500,000
- Pacific Community Ventures Inc, Oakland - Unlocking Capital through AI/ML: CDFI Data Champions Pilot Program$301,000
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The James Irvine Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Movement Innovation Collaborative, Oakland - To support Research and Development in CA$4,000,000
- Community Partners, Los Angeles - To support Just Prosperity in California$2,150,000
- Ampac Tri-state CDC Inc, Ontario - To support Priority Communities in California$2,000,000
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Gave $48.8M in 2024
The California Wellness Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment, Los Angeles - Core operating support$500,000
- Inclusive Action for the City, Los Angeles - Core operating support$325,000
- Reinvent Stockton Foundation, Stockton - For project support for mayors for a guaranteed income to improve the economic well-being of low-income…$300,000
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Gave $69.3M in 2024
The Sobrato Family Foundation
Mountain View, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Somos Mayfair Inc, San Jose - To support rapid response$350,000
- Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, San Francisco - To support renaissance's programs throughout san mateo, santa clara, and unincorporated alameda counties.$250,000
- Somos Mayfair Inc, San Jose - General operating support of the si se puede collective$242,750
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The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, Los Angeles - Pathways - investment to create pathways to family wage-earning jobs in los angeles$1,010,000
- Community Partners, Los Angeles - Skills - investment to equip young people with skills, training, and experiences to thrive personally and…$600,000
- Partnership for Children and Youth, Sacramento - Skills - investment to equip young people with skills, training, and experiences to thrive personally and…$350,000
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Gave $287.7M in 2024
Conrad N Hilton Foundation
Westlake Village, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Los Angeles Lgbt Center, Los Angeles - To support a workforce training program and youth advisory council for lgbtq+ youth and young adults and…$800,000
- United Way Inc, Los Angeles - To develop and deploy a series of market level workforce solutions that expand recruitment, increase…$750,000
- Christ-Centered Ministries, Inglewood - For the los angeles regional reentry partnership, a project of christ-centered ministries, to strengthen…$550,000
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Gave $622.6M in 2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- Policylink, Oakland - Supporting liberation in a generation in advancing an economy in which all children and families of color…$2,700,000
- Policylink, Oakland - General operating support for policylink, 2023-2025$2,700,000
- Policylink, Oakland - Strengthening collective state-based capacity to ensure equitable water outcomes under federal infrastructure…$1,735,834
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Gave $844.7M in 2024
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Powerswitch Action, Oakland - General support and core support for institutional strengthening$1,600,000
- Common Counsel Foundation, Oakland - Core support for the movement for black lives: a transformational ecosystem and movement$900,000
- Common Counsel Foundation, Oakland - Core support for color congress initiative to actualize a reimagined documentary landscape toward one that…$715,000
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Gave $18.2M in 2024
The Ralph M Parsons Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management, Los Angeles - Over two years for general support of nonprofit capacity building services in los angeles county$150,000
- Southern California Public Radio, Pasadena - For general support of public service journalism and civic programs in los angeles county$125,000
- St Joseph Center, Venice - Over two years for general support of housing, job training, and supportive services$100,000
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Crankstart Foundation
San Jose, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Ucsf Foundation, San Francisco - To support the ucsf health workforce initiative$9,100,000
- The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco - To the india basin waterfront park equitable development plan fund for neighborhood beautification$2,000,000
- East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, Oakland - To support organizational sustainability and production and preservation of affordable housing$1,500,000
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Gave $625M in 2024
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Community Vision Capital & Consulting, San Francisco - For the performing arts acquisition fund$5,500,000
- Policylink, Oakland - For general operating support$3,000,000
- Greenlining Institute, Oakland - For general operating support$816,666
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Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Community Partners Inc, Los Angeles - For sponsorship of fund the people's talent justice summit. for socal can to continue and expand the work to…$418,525
- Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans, City Heights - To advance the full civic inclusion of black, arab, middle eastern, southeast asian, and muslim refugee and…$320,000
- Pico California, Los Angeles - To support faith-based organizing, civic engagement, narrative change, and leadership development. to support…$245,000
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Gave $4.2M in 2024
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd
Providence, RI · latest return: tax year 2024- Kinh 5 Foundation, Santa Ana - Matching gift to civic agency$74,200
- Injured Marines Semper Fi Fund, Camp Pendleton - General support to civic agency$20,000
- The Bail Project, Pasadena - Matching gift to civic agency$6,900
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Gave $185.4M in 2024
The Schmidt Family Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Kqed Inc, San Francisco - Strengthening civic engagement$3,000,000
- Movement Strategy Center, Oakland - Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation,…$1,367,000
- Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc, Calabasas - Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels,…$857,500
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
California organizations that received community development grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Community Partners Los Angeles | 16 | $11,513,573 |
| Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment Los Angeles | 8 | $3,024,877 |
| Inclusive Action for the City Los Angeles | 8 | $1,319,041 |
| Policylink Oakland | 7 | $16,815,762 |
| Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management Los Angeles | 7 | $1,032,323 |
| Movement Strategy Center Oakland | 6 | $3,482,000 |
| Power California Los Angeles | 6 | $1,965,062 |
| LA Cocina Inc San Francisco | 6 | $1,036,811 |
| Dolores C Huerta Foundation Bakersfield | 6 | $409,624 |
| Powerswitch Action Oakland | 5 | $6,814,182 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in California that we classify as community development, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 1,068 foundations, 294 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.