Housing grants for nonprofits in California
977 private foundations reported 2,185 housing grants to organizations in California on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $170.6M in all. 630 of them are based in California.
Foundations977
Grants on record2,185
Total granted$170.6M
Their typical grant$7,500
Foundations that fund housing in California
20 of the 977: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of housing grants to California organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
-
Invitation Only
Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- San Diego Rescue Mission, San Diego - General support$1,975
- Orange County Rescue Mission Inc, Tustin - General support$1,968
- Los Angeles Mission Inc, Los Angeles - General support$1,741
-
Invitation Only
Wells Fargo Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · latest return: tax year 2025- DignityMoves, San Francisco - Accelerating Interim Housing for San Francisco$1,000,000
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles - RLA Coalition ADU Program$1,000,000
- Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles - Transitional Housing Development$500,000
-
Gave $3.2M in 2024
Banc of California Charitable Foundation
Santa Ana, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Affordable Housing Clearinghouse, Lake Forest - The purpose of this grant is to support affordable housing$65,000
- Innovative Housing Opportunities, Santa Ana - The purpose of this grant is to support affordable housing$56,000
- Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles, Bellflower - The purpose of this grant is to support affordable housing$50,000
-
Gave $287.7M in 2024
Conrad N Hilton Foundation
Westlake Village, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Ltsc Community Development Corporation, Los Angeles - To support housing preservation work across the los angeles region and increase the organizations capacity in…$2,142,000
- Corporation for Supportive Housing, Los Angeles - To support a multifaceted plan to address chronic homelessness in los angeles county through increasing…$1,620,000
- Brilliant Corners, Los Angeles - To support a partnership with los angeles county's department of health services and the department of public…$1,215,000
-
Invitation Only
Crankstart Foundation
San Jose, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- The Affordability Project Inc, San Francisco - To create affordable homes at 5250 third street in san francisco$3,000,000
- East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, Oakland - To support organizational sustainability and production and preservation of affordable housing$1,500,000
- Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, San Francisco - To increase affordable housing in the region through policy advocacy$1,000,000
-
Gave $18.2M in 2024
The Ralph M Parsons Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- People Assisting the Homeless, Los Angeles - Over two years for general support of housing and homeless services in los angeles county$200,000
- People Assisting the Homeless, Los Angeles - Over two years for general support of housing and homeless services in los angeles county$200,000
- Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles - For general support of housing and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness$150,000
-
Invitation Only
The California Endowment
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Common Counsel Foundation, Oakland - Fund for an inclusive california - supporting health through housing$375,000
- Oakland Community Land Trust, Oakland - Increasing community power and health through community land trusts$300,000
- Causa Justa Just Cause, Oakland - General operating support$250,000
-
Invitation Only
The James Irvine Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco - To support Housing Affordability in CA$7,550,000
- University of California Berkeley Foundation, Berkeley - To support Housing Affordability in CA$1,600,000
- California Community Foundation, Los Angeles - To support Housing Affordability in CA$1,300,000
-
Invitation Only
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Tipping Point Community, San Francisco - Housing & Homelessness$2,600,000
- 3rd Street Youth Center & Clinic, San Francisco - Housing & Homelessness$1,300,000
- San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco - Housing & Homelessness$500,000
-
Invitation Only
Sunlight Giving
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Abode Services, Fremont - General support, $250,000 per year for three years$250,000
- Shelter Inc, Concord - General support, $130,000 in 2024, $135,000 in 2025, and $140,000 in 2026$130,000
- Community Homeless Solutions, Marina - General support$80,000
-
Invitation Only
Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025- Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles - In support of neighborhood revitalization$1,500,000
- Terner Housing Innovation Labs Inc, Oakland - In support of neighborhood revitalization$1,000,000
- Social Justice Learning Institute Inc, Inglewood - In support of creating economic mobility and career pathways$655,979
-
Gave $38.1M in 2024
Weingart Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles - Support for the restore the legacy coalition$500,000
- Common Counsel Foundation, Oakland - Support for the common counsel foundation's fund for inclusive california's five-year phase two housing…$250,000
- Greenline Housing Foundation, Sierra Madre - Unrestricted operating support$250,000
-
Gave $69.3M in 2024
The Sobrato Family Foundation
Mountain View, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- County of San Mateo, Redwood City - To advance the production of 47 housing units focused on low-income farmworkers in half moon bay and support…$1,000,000
- Abode Services, Fremont - General operating support for abodes core operations, and project support for abodes guaranteed income…$500,000
- Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (Nph), San Francisco - To provide one-year flexible funding that will help the non-profit housing association of northern ca support…$250,000
-
Gave $69M in 2024
The Ahmanson Foundation
Beverly Hills, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, North Hills - Toward construction of the community center at the new centerpointe interim housing site in the san fernando…$2,000,000
- Los Angeles Mission Inc, Los Angeles - Additional support toward renovation of the transitional housing dormitories$867,000
- Abode Communities, Los Angeles - Toward phase II of the technology infrastructure modernization project$493,000
-
Gave $9.2M in 2024
Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles - Housing & comprehensive services for homeless individuals & families$138,000
- Our Lady Queen of Angels Housing Alliance, Los Angeles - Repurposing church property to provide affordable housing$130,000
- St Anne's Family Services, Los Angeles - Supportive housing programs and services.$80,000
-
Gave $48.8M in 2024
The California Wellness Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, Los Angeles - Core operating support$150,000
- San Francisco Study Center Inc, Oakland - For project support for mindsite news to fund reporting that explores connections between mental health and…$50,000
- Ltsc Community Development Corporation, Los Angeles - For project support for okaeri to improve the health and wellness of lgbtq+ nikkei (japanese american) people…$5,000
-
Gave $622.6M in 2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- Grounded Solutions Network, Oakland - Scaling approaches to shared equity and inclusive housing to achieve racial and health equity through lasting…$1,000,000
- Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees, Petaluma - Supporting advocacy work at the intersection of housing, gender, and immigrant justice$500,000
- Policylink, Oakland - Continuing to design, amplify, popularize, and advance a racial justice housing narrative to recognize…$300,000
-
Gave $12.6M in 2024
Unihealth Foundation
Pasadena, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Jwch Institute, Commerce - Enhanced medical services and housing collaboration$350,000
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles - Los angeles county wildfires 2025 recovery$200,000
- Linc Housing Corporation, Long Beach - Establishing new health & housing services for people who are unhoused$150,000
-
Invitation Only
Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc
Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- PEOPLE CONCERN inc, Los Angeles - To support interim housing and wellness.$350,000
- UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS dba redrover, sacramento - To support the redrover safe housing pilot program.$300,000
- COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE community development, Los Angeles - To support the launching successful youth workforce through stable housing support.$250,000
-
Invitation Only
The Annenberg Foundation
Conshohocken, PA · latest return: tax year 2024- Affordable Living for the Aging, West Hollywood - General operating support$50,000
- Pueblo Unido Cdc, LA Quinta - General operating support$50,000
- Walden Environment, Encino - LA and san bernardino transitional housing placement program$50,000
Search more housing funders giving in California →
Organizations several of these foundations fund
California organizations that received housing grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
|---|---|---|
| LTSC Community Development Corporation Los Angeles | 8 | $2,737,702 |
| Esperanza Community Housing Corporation Los Angeles | 7 | $697,515 |
| Linc Housing Corporation Long Beach | 6 | $642,500 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County Los Angeles | 5 | $3,510,017 |
| Abode Communities Los Angeles | 5 | $1,033,066 |
| Kennedy Commission Irvine | 5 | $351,648 |
| Harbor Interfaith Services Inc San Pedro | 5 | $150,136 |
| Chinatown Community Development Center San Francisco | 4 | $2,052,979 |
| The People Concern Los Angeles | 4 | $1,485,000 |
| Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp San Francisco | 4 | $1,176,216 |
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 housing, 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 977 foundations, 273 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.