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Human Services foundations in California

773 grantmaking foundations in California focused on human services, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $4.7B combined).

Top foundations by giving

  1. Genentech Patient Foundation
    South San Francisco, CA
    $3.5B (2024)
  2. Pepperdine University
    Malibu, CA
    $150M (2025)
  3. Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
    San Diego, CA
    $86M (2025)
  4. Public Health Institute
    Oakland, CA
    $60M (2024)
  5. Special Service for Groups Inc
    Los Angeles, CA
    $43M (2025)
  6. Sea Change Foundation
    San Francisco, CA
    $37M (2024)
  7. San Diego State University Foundation
    San Diego, CA
    $34M (2025)
  8. Pasadena Community Foundation
    Pasadena, CA
    $31M (2025)
  9. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy
    Palo Alto, CA
    $29M (2024)
  10. Wipfli Llp
    Lake Forest, CA
    $26M (2024)
  11. Sharp Healthcare Foundation
    San Diego, CA
    $26M (2025)
  12. Social Good Fund Inc
    Richmond, CA
    $24M (2024)
  13. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, CA
    $22M (2025)
  14. Energy Action Fund
    San Francisco, CA
    $20M (2024)
  15. Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation
    Los Angeles, CA
    $18M (2025)
  16. Project Angel Food
    Los Angeles, CA
    $17M (2024)
  17. Heising-Simons Action Fund
    Los Altos, CA
    $16M (2024)
  18. La Cooperativa Campesina De California
    Sacramento, CA
    $15M (2025)
  19. Sag-Aftra Producers Industry Advancement and Cooperative Fund
    Burbank, CA
    $14M (2024)
  20. Humboldt Area Foundation
    Bayside, CA
    $13M (2025)
  21. Policylink
    Oakland, CA
    $13M (2024)
  22. Giving Children Hope
    Buena Park, CA
    $12M (2025)
  23. Youth on Course
    Monterey, CA
    $11M (2025)
  24. California Primary Care Association
    Sacramento, CA
    $11M (2025)
  25. The Valley Rock Foundation
    Yountville, CA
    $9.4M (2024)

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