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Public and Societal Benefit foundations in California

157 grantmaking foundations in California focused on public and societal benefit, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $280M combined).

Top foundations by giving

  1. Thousand Currents
    San Francisco, CA
    $45M (2025)
  2. Cal Foods Logistics
    Pleasant Hill, CA
    $33M (2025)
  3. Wikimedia Foundation Org
    San Francisco, CA
    $29M (2025)
  4. College Futures Foundation
    Oakland, CA
    $24M (2024)
  5. Sonoma County Community Foundation
    Santa Rosa, CA
    $23M (2024)
  6. World Emergency Relief
    San Dimas, CA
    $19M (2024)
  7. Global Fund for Women Inc
    San Francisco, CA
    $14M (2025)
  8. Women Donors Network
    San Francisco, CA
    $13M (2024)
  9. The James B Mcclatchy Foundation
    Sacramento, CA
    $10M (2025)
  10. Open Doors International USA Inc
    Santa Ana, CA
    $7.7M (2025)
  11. Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission
    Los Angeles, CA
    $7M (2025)
  12. Earthjustice
    San Francisco, CA
    $6.2M (2025)
  13. Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management
    Los Angeles, CA
    $5.2M (2025)
  14. Womens Reproductive Rights Assistance Project Wrrap
    Santa Monica, CA
    $3M (2025)
  15. Womens Guild Cedars Sinai Medicial Center
    Los Angeles, CA
    $3M (2024)
  16. Sustainable Economies Law Center
    Oakland, CA
    $2.2M (2024)
  17. Just Transition Alliance
    San Diego, CA
    $1.9M (2024)
  18. Gwendolyn Strong Foundation
    Santa Barbara, CA
    $1.6M (2025)
  19. Jewish Federation of Orange County
    Irvine, CA
    $1.4M (2024)
  20. Natan Foundation
    La Jolla, CA
    $1.3M (2024)
  21. The Ward Economic Development Corporation
    Los Angeles, CA
    $1.3M (2023)
  22. Victor Valley College District Foundation Inc
    Victorville, CA
    $1.2M (2025)
  23. Uber Innovation Ballot Measure Committee
    Sacramento, CA
    $1.2M (2024)
  24. Greenlining Institute
    Oakland, CA
    $1.1M (2024)
  25. Carl and Lulu Mitchell Family Foundation
    Clovis, CA
    $1M (2024)

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