California · Private foundation
California Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $200k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations California Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| ILM Foundation | $16,166 | 3 | 7% |
| IL Muslim Civic Coalition | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Teaching for Change | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Orange County Islamic Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
About California Charitable Foundation
- How much does California Charitable Foundation give?
- California Charitable Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $200,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does California Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (92%), Human Services (4%), Civil Rights (2%).
- Who are California Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of California Berkeley Foundation ($400k), ILM Foundation ($16k), IL Muslim Civic Coalition ($10k).
- Does California Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does California Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is California Charitable Foundation based?
- California Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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