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Community Improvement and Capacity Building foundations in California

611 grantmaking foundations in California focused on community improvement and capacity building, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $8.1B combined).

Top foundations by giving

  1. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    Mountain View, CA
    $3.3B (2024)
  2. University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA
    $1.1B (2025)
  3. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Redwood City, CA
    $890M (2025)
  4. University of California San Francisco Foundation
    San Francisco, CA
    $500M (2025)
  5. Sandler Foundation
    San Francisco, CA
    $350M (2025)
  6. Loyola Marymount University
    Los Angeles, CA
    $170M (2025)
  7. President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College
    Santa Clara, CA
    $160M (2025)
  8. California Institute of Technology
    Pasadena, CA
    $140M (2025)
  9. Orange County Community Foundation
    Irvine, CA
    $130M (2025)
  10. Stanford Health Care 227
    Stanford, CA
    $86M (2025)
  11. Pac-12 Conference
    San Ramon, CA
    $59M (2025)
  12. California Health Foundation and Trust
    Sacramento, CA
    $53M (2024)
  13. San Diego Tourism Marketing District
    San Diego, CA
    $50M (2025)
  14. Foodbank of Southern California
    Long Beach, CA
    $49M (2024)
  15. Internews Network
    Arcata, CA
    $39M (2024)
  16. Open Philanthropy Action Fund
    Palo Alto, CA
    $37M (2024)
  17. Choc Foundation
    Orange, CA
    $37M (2025)
  18. Focusing Philanthropy Inc
    Santa Monica, CA
    $36M (2025)
  19. Stand Up to Cancer
    Los Angeles, CA
    $35M (2024)
  20. Foodshare Inc
    Oxnard, CA
    $34M (2025)
  21. Give2asia
    San Francisco, CA
    $33M (2024)
  22. California Pacific Medical Center Foundation
    Sacramento, CA
    $28M (2024)
  23. Rose Hills Foundation
    Pasadena, CA
    $28M (2024)
  24. Sacramento Region Community Foundation
    Sacramento, CA
    $27M (2024)
  25. Inland Empire Community Foundation
    Riverside, CA
    $25M (2025)

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