California · Public charity
California Emerging Technology Fund
Provide leadership statewide to minimize the Digital Divide by accelerating the deployment and adoption of broadband and advanced communications to unserved and underserved communities.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 55
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,867,230
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations California Emerging Technology Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementHealthEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 54 | $4.1M | 78% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $2.3M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $1.2M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $2.1M | 54% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $889k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $1.4M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $1.2M | 83% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $1.4M | 69% |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$5.4MCommunity Improvement$3.8MHuman Services$2.2MPublic Benefit$1.7MHealth$665kPhilanthropy$510kEmployment$344kEnvironment$250kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Gi Forum Education Foundation of Santa Maria Calif | $2,032,680 | 2 | 67% |
| World Institute on Disability | $535,000 | 3 | 17% |
| California State University Fresno Foundation | $519,760 | 5 | 0% |
| Sigma Beta XI Inc | $424,840 | 4 | 29% |
| United Ways of California | $410,000 | 2 | 17% |
| County Supervisors Association of Calif | $350,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Valley Vision | $323,500 | 6 | 4% |
| Southeast Community Development Corporation | $305,175 | 7 | 9% |
| Human-I-T | $288,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Nextgen Climate America Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Gi Forum Education Foundation of Santa Maria Calif | $2,032,680 | 2 | 67% |
| World Institute on Disability | $535,000 | 3 | 17% |
| California State University Fresno Foundation | $519,760 | 5 | 0% |
| Sigma Beta XI Inc | $424,840 | 4 | 29% |
| United Ways of California | $410,000 | 2 | 17% |
| County Supervisors Association of Calif | $350,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Valley Vision | $323,500 | 6 | 4% |
| Southeast Community Development Corporation | $305,175 | 7 | 9% |
| Human-I-T | $288,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Nextgen Climate America Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Bizfed Institute | $220,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks | $195,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Inland Empire Regional Broadband Consortium | $175,000 | 2 | 38% |
| Sierra Business Council | $155,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Imperial Valley Economic Development Cor | $145,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Monterey Bay Economic Partnership Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Economic Development Corporation of Los Angeles County | $120,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chicana Foundation of Northern Ca Dba Chicana Latina Foundation | $110,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Rise Economy | $100,000 | 2 | 4% |
| United Way Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wiconduit | $100,000 | 2 | 25% |
| El Concilio of San Mateo County | $90,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Delhi Center | $81,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Reading and Beyond | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California Forward | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges | $70,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Families in Schools | $70,000 | 3 | 1% |
| California Congress of Parents Teachers and Students Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Asian Youth Center | $58,560 | 2 | 2% |
| Economic Development Collaborative- Ventura County | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| mRelief | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Info Line of San Diego County | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connect to Compete Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Southern California Association of Governments | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Schools Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County | $49,175 | 3 | 0% |
| Insure the Uninsured Project | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Latinas Contra Cancer | $34,525 | 2 | 0% |
| Great Basin Unified Apcd | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Tech Exchange | $26,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Community Renaissance | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Contra Costa Unified School District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Radio Bilingue Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Partners in Care Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Greenlining Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Community Builders Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| National Digital Inclusion Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Newstart Housing Corporation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California Foundation for Independent Living Centers | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California Association of Councils of Governments | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Equalitech | $20,590 | 1 | 18% |
| Yuba County HHS | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rosemead | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Brawley | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Plumas Public Health Agency | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Cathedral City | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Counties Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| County of Sierra | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Mono | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Maywood | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Palmdale | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Napa | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of South El Monte | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bellflower | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of West Sacramento | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Marin | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The City of Sand City | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of San Anselmo | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Placerville | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of San Luis Obispo | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Isleton | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The City of Ontario Department of Museum Arts & Culture | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Long Beach | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| city of san diego | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City and County of San Francisco | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Santa Paula | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Moorpark | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Inglewood | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bell Gardens | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of American Canyon | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Nevada | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Artesia | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of San Benito Hhsa | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of del Norte | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mothers Helping Others | $18,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Literacy Lab | $16,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation Inc | $12,600 | 1 | 2% |
| Los Angeles City College Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of San Jose | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Community Service | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Association of Governments | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chico State Enterprises | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orange County Education and Research Institute | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pivotal Connections | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Goodwill of Silicon Valley Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Binational of Central California | $7,060 | 1 | n/a |
| Southland Integrated Services Inc | $6,120 | 1 | 0% |
| Occur | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Youth Policy Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Independent Living Center of Kern County | $5,000 | 2 | 2% |
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
California Emerging Technology Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 58.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
The California EndowmentCA38.1× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The California Endowment · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Public Health Institute · The California Wellness Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · California Fire Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · The James Irvine Foundation · The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation · California Healthcare Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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About California Emerging Technology Fund
- How much does California Emerging Technology Fund give?
- California Emerging Technology Fund reported 55 grants totaling $4,076,320 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does California Emerging Technology Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Community Improvement (25%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are California Emerging Technology Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Gi Forum Education Foundation of Santa Maria Calif ($2.0M), World Institute on Disability ($535k), California State University Fresno Foundation ($520k).
- Does California Emerging Technology Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as California Emerging Technology Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The California Endowment, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, California Community Foundation.
- Where is California Emerging Technology Fund based?
- California Emerging Technology Fund is based in CA.
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