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California Foundation for Stronger Communities

To provide financial grants or other financial support or benefits to nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporations to strengthen and enhance charitable activities throughout the state of california.

$8.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
201
Grants FY2025
174
Organizations funded FY2024
52%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$265,000
Organizations funded a year
78 to 181
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$38k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 52% of the organizations California Foundation for Stronger Communities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving194$7.6M51%
FY2024174$5.0M52%
FY2023181$4.5M43%
FY2022138$4.0M70%
FY2021109$2.7M55%
FY2020128$2.7M70%
FY201978$1.8M73%
FY2018105$2.0M83%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$8.5MHealth$3.7MFood & Nutrition$3.6MHousing & Shelter$2.5MYouth Development$2.5MPhilanthropy$2.1MEducation$1.9MArts & Culture$1.9MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oscar de la Hoya Foundation$847,000999%
Rainbow Family Inc$460,000959%
Olive Crest$380,00080%
Vistability$305,00021%
Bev S Angel Project Inc$302,0009n/a
California Fire Foundation$300,00020%
Las Trampas School Inc$260,00071%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$245,41260%
Project Ride Inc$245,000610%
The Forager School$240,000237%
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All grantees of California Foundation for Stronger Communities by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oscar de la Hoya Foundation$847,000999%
Rainbow Family Inc$460,000959%
Olive Crest$380,00080%
Vistability$305,00021%
Bev S Angel Project Inc$302,0009n/a
California Fire Foundation$300,00020%
Las Trampas School Inc$260,00071%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$245,41260%
Project Ride Inc$245,000610%
The Forager School$240,000237%
Operation Safe House Inc$220,00062%
Child Advocates of Contra Costa County$220,00094%
Special Olympics Southern California Inc$200,00041%
Second Harvest of the Greater Valley$200,00090%
Grandma's House of Hope$195,00032%
Berkeley Special Response Team Support Foundation$182,5005n/a
Lincoln$182,00060%
PRIDE Industries$180,00060%
Friends of Fieldworkers Inc$177,500337%
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation$175,00040%
Rodeo Baseball Association$175,0001n/a
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$170,00060%
Community Action Partnership of Orange County$170,00050%
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking$165,00041%
Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County$165,00050%
Skyhook Foundation$165,000316%
Maya's Music Therapy Fund$165,000147%
Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center$160,00078%
Lighthouse Counseling and Family Resource Center$160,00071%
San Joaquin County Child Abuse Prevention Council$160,00040%
The Respite Inn$145,000114%
Covenant House California$145,00030%
Home Again Los Angeles$140,00047%
Youth Homes Inc$135,00012%
Southwestern Law School$135,00030%
Adonai$135,000527%
Give Every Child a Chance$130,00062%
Family Assistance Ministries$130,00051%
Central California Food Bank$125,00070%
Mission Edge San Diego$125,00020%
Give US the Floor$125,000424%
Riverside County Philharmonic Assn Inc$120,000318%
Dyf$120,00023%
Baby2baby$120,0001n/a
Redwood Empire Food Bank$115,31850%
Ladera Education Institute$115,00032%
Manteca Caps Corporation Dba Valley Caps$110,00071%
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes$110,00030%
Reach Out Worldwide Inc$110,00044%
Food in Need of Distribution Inc$110,00040%
Sfr Community Fund Inc$108,0001n/a
You Did It for Me Inc$105,000320%
Lassen Family Services Inc$105,00032%
White Pony Express$105,0001n/a
Daniel Hernandez Youth Foundation Inc$105,000455%
Access Youth Academy$100,00024%
Haight Ashbury Food Program$100,000220%
Laura's House$95,00041%
Fairfield Community Services Foundation$95,000348%
Tracy Tree Foundation$95,0004n/a
Childrens Crisis Center of Stanislaus County$95,00031%
Alzheimers Aid Society of Northern California Inc$93,559243%
Michaels Miracle$93,5592n/a
Stockton Historical Maritime Museum Inc$90,000232%
Just in Time for Foster Youth$90,00011%
Calicinto Ranch Inc$90,00028%
Boys and Girls Club of the South Coast Area$90,00023%
Pasadena Educational Foundation$90,00010%
Larkin Street Youth Services$90,00030%
My Safe Harbor Inc$90,00047%
Shoes That Fit$90,00031%
Seal-Nsw Family Foundation$90,00014%
New Horizons Career Development$87,00029%
Casa of Tulare County$85,00034%
Uc Riverside Foundation$85,00020%
L-Arche Wavecrest$85,00025%
Edventuremore$85,00030%
Patriots and Paws$85,00022%
Homeless Childrens Network$85,00023%
Feeding San Diego$84,10040%
Chicks in Crisis Inc$82,808211%
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc$81,22611%
Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens$80,00025%
Gary Sinise Foundation$80,00020%
Mercy Medical Center Merced Foundation$80,00032%
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission$80,00020%
Japanese American National Museum$80,00021%
The Claddagh Fund Charities Inc$80,00055%
Center for Farmworker Families$79,000212%
Abrazo Foster Family Agency$78,48035%
Robynes Nest$78,186111%
Project Self-Sufficiency$78,186118%
StandUp for Kids$78,18613%
East Los Angeles Community Youth Center$76,140319%
Seniors First Inc$75,21041%
Housing Trust Placer Inc$75,20948%
Placer Land Trust$75,20941%
Fisher House Southern California Inc$75,00035%
Kidsave International Inc$75,00031%
A Sense of Home$75,0001n/a
Bay Area Community Resources Inc$75,00010%
Shelter From the Storm Inc$75,00042%
Childnet Youth & Family Services$75,00030%
Worthy of Love$75,000214%
East Bay Innovations Inc$75,00010%
Community Action of Napa Valley$74,10021%
Together California Inc$70,00011%
The Cambodian Family$70,00022%
Community Housing Improvement Program$70,00011%
Elevate Your G a M E$70,000221%
Education Is Forever Corp$70,000137%
Parentchild Inc$70,00021%
Regional Center of the East Bay Inc$70,00010%
Kiwanis Family House$70,00026%
ARC California$70,00015%
Youth Mentoring Connection$70,00024%
Voices for Children$70,00020%
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County$69,10040%
Fostering Youth Independence$68,038120%
Lincoln Area Archives Museum$65,6072n/a
Clergy Community Coalition Inc$65,0001n/a
End 68 Hours of Hunger$65,00013%
Friends of Children with Special Needs$65,0001n/a
Plumas Crisis Intervention and Resource Center$65,00032%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$65,00040%
Raphael House of San Francisco Inc$65,00021%
San Diego Food System Alliance$65,00032%
Healthy Kids Healthy Lindsay$65,000114%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego County Inc$65,00011%
Stanislaus County Affordable Housing Inc$65,00031%
Vietnam Veteran Project Inc$62,4572n/a
Friends of Norman Park Senior Center$61,3131n/a
Chula Vista Police Activities League$61,3131n/a
Rodeo Youth Mentoring Program Inc$60,0001n/a
Shelter Inc$60,00020%
Calipatria Unified School District$60,0001n/a
Meals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc$60,00022%
East County Transitional Living Center$60,00011%
Meals on Wheels of Solano County$60,00021%
Afghan Coalition$60,00022%
The Skatepark Project$60,00022%
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service Inc$60,00020%
John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust$60,00011%
Boys & Girls Club of Manteca$60,00048%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Sacramento County$60,00033%
Feeding America$60,00010%
Manteca Police Chiefs Foundation$60,0004n/a
STANFORD YOUTH SOLUTIONS dba STANFORD SIERRA YOUTH & FAMILIES$60,00020%
Solano-Napa Habitat for Humanity Inc$60,00022%
The Rotary Foundation of Hercules Rodeo & Crockett$60,000136%
Mindful Life Project$60,00021%
Save Mount Diablo$60,00021%
Community Action Agency of Butte County Inc$60,00020%
The Magic Yarn Project$60,000121%
Shelter to Soldier Inc$60,00013%
Yolo County Court Appointed Special Advocates$60,00034%
School on Wheels Inc$60,00031%
Women Helping Women$60,00024%
Age Well Senior Services Inc$60,00030%
Food Share Inc$59,10040%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$59,10040%
Downtown Women's Center$56,41320%
Contra Costa Kops for Kids$55,000343%
San Francisco Food Bank$55,00030%
Vine Life Ministries Inc$55,00024%
Pittsburg Community Theatre$55,000158%
Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County$54,10030%
Community Action Partnership of Kern$54,10030%
Food Bank for Monterey County$54,10040%
Workshops for Warriors Inc$51,00020%
East Los Angeles Women's Center$51,00020%
California Municipal Finance Authority$50,2331n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles$50,00030%
Pawsitive Teams Inc$50,000211%
Support Our Students$50,00033%
The American Legion Department of California$50,00012%
Casa Youth Shelter$50,00023%
Pathways to Independence$50,00013%
Desert Arc$50,00040%
Advocates for the Desert Hot Springs Library$50,0002100%
The Steps Foundation$50,0001n/a
Forgotten Children Inc$50,00014%
Walden Environment Dba Walden Family Services$50,00020%
New Hope Grief Support Community$50,000210%
Eastside Student Center$50,000111%
Time For Change Foundation$50,00021%
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service$50,00010%
Marine Raider Foundation$50,00024%
Mendocino Food and Nutrition Inc$50,00031%
Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally$50,00028%
Operation Jump Start$50,00032%
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization$50,00020%
Furnishing Hope Inc$50,00015%
Life Rolls on Foundation$50,00016%
Tracy Friends for Parks Recreation and Community Services$50,0002n/a
Hands of Hope Resources for Homeless Families$50,00023%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$50,0001n/a
On the Move$50,00011%
Inner City Youth Orchrstra of Los Angeles Inc$50,00012%
Laguna Food Pantry$50,00021%
Napa Green$50,00027%
California Association of Food Banks$50,00010%
Inland Valley Council of Churches$50,0001n/a
All Desert Aquatics Inc$50,000269%
Women's Empowerment$50,00032%
Meals on Wheels Diablo Region$50,00020%
Downtown Lincoln Association$50,000359%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$47,94430%
Project Angel Food$45,00021%
Boys Club of Napa Inc Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley$45,00011%
Project Street Vet$45,00012%
Wawos$45,0001n/a
Southern California Wheelchair Veterans Association$45,00019%
Youth Empowerment Siskiyou$45,00016%
United Way of Ventura County Inc$45,00011%
Comprehensive Youth Services of Fresno Inc$45,00020%
Kathys House Inc$45,0001n/a
Monument Crisis Center$45,00020%
Early Alert Canines$45,000116%
Long Beach Museum of Art Foundation$45,00031%
Children's Home of Stockton Inc$45,00020%
Community Initiatives$45,00020%
Mychals Learning Place$45,00021%
The Coalition For At-Risk Youth$45,0001n/a
Yuba Sutter Gleaners Food Bank Inc$44,10031%
Yolo Food Bank$44,10030%
California Emergency Foodlink$44,10030%
Su Casa - Ending Domestic Violence$41,66712%
Community Family Guidance Center$41,66711%
Pathways Volunteer Hospice$41,66719%
Housing Trust Fund Ventura County$40,85522%
Operation Gratitude Inc$40,00010%
Many Mansions$40,00010%
Bridges to Housing Inc$40,000218%
Felidae Conservation Fund$40,00038%
Interval House$40,00010%
Home Start Inc$40,00020%
Mind Oc$40,00010%
Foothill Family Shelter Inc$40,00022%
Mercy House Living Centers$40,00010%
Disciple Design Lab$40,0001n/a
Wild Iris Family Counseling & Crisis Center$40,00021%
Community Awareness Resources Entity$40,0002n/a
Southern California American Indian Resource Center Inc$40,00013%
Futures Explored Inc$40,00040%
Unchained at Last Inc$40,00012%
Miracle Messages$40,00021%
Western University of Health Sciences$40,00010%
Voices of Our City Choir Inc$40,00021%
Grand Foundation$40,000212%
Dignitymoves$40,00010%
Food for People Inc$40,00020%
Vacaville Solano Services Corporation$40,00021%
Foodbank of Southern California$40,00010%
Happy Camp Community Action Inc$40,0001n/a
Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise$40,00011%
Mollys Angels$40,00019%
The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle$40,00020%
Lytle Creek Community Center$40,000235%
Families Forward$40,00021%
San Francisco Opera Association$40,00020%
Mama's Kitchen$40,00021%
Tracy Community Connections Center Inc$40,00032%
Elk Grove Adult Community Training Inc$37,74620%
Black Youth Leadership Project$36,23313%
Sacramento Shelter Pets Alive Inc$35,0251n/a
Desert Hot Springs Microloan Inc$35,0002100%
Mountain Jewels Home$35,00024%
Larraine Segil Scholars Foundation$35,000115%
Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center$35,0001n/a
Ticket to Dream Foundation$35,00020%
CASA of Solano County$35,00014%
Meals on Wheels Yolo County$35,00011%
Community Food Bank of San Benito County$35,00021%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme$35,00011%
California Bully Rescue$35,000114%
Weave Inc$35,00020%
Training Employment & Community Help Inc$35,00030%
Project Scientist Inc$35,00013%
Family Promise of San Joaquin County$35,00016%
United Way of Northern California$35,00011%
Abuelitos Foundation$35,0001n/a
The Resource Connection of Amador and Calaveras Counties Inc$35,00020%
Plumas Rural Services Inc$35,00011%
Special Olympics Northern California Inc$35,0001n/a
The Chest of Hope Inc$35,00023%
Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County$35,00011%
John Swett Education Foundation$35,0001n/a
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc$35,00014%
Oceanside Museum of Art$35,00012%
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank$35,00020%
KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International$35,00023%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$34,10020%
Feeding the Foothills$34,10020%
Westside Food Bank$34,10020%
The Merced County Food Bank$34,10020%
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services$34,10020%
Hands and Feet Food Pantry$33,4882n/a
KidsFirst Child Abuse Prevention Council of Placer County$31,93421%
Valley Health Foundation (Vhf)$31,34120%
Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center$30,000212%
Share Our Selves Corporation$30,00010%
Upward Bound House$30,00010%
Berkeley Rotary Endowment$30,00018%
Friends of Litter4tokens$30,0001n/a
Caterinas Club$30,00011%
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert$30,00014%
AIDS Services Foundation Orange County$30,00010%
California Resiliency Alliance$30,000164%
South Central Family Health Center$30,00010%
Vetshelpingveterans$30,0002n/a
Miracle League of Orange County California$30,0002n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Sonoma County$30,00011%
Delhi Center$30,00012%
Bay Area Rescue Mission$30,00010%
Jmh-Anaheim Foundation Inc$30,00014%
Marin Court Appointed Special Advocates$30,00013%
Task Force Dagger Foundation$30,00012%
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Orange County Education Foundation$30,0001n/a
Girl Scouts Heart of Central California$30,00010%
Fair Housing Foundation$30,00012%
Colette's Children's Home Inc$30,00011%
East Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club$30,00026%
Shine Project Foundation$30,000133%
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association$30,00010%
El Centro del Pueblo Inc$30,00020%
Greater Los Angeles Fisher House Foundation$30,000144%
Womenshelter of Long Beach$30,00011%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Fresno and Madera Counties$30,00021%
Siskiyou Domestic Violence & Crisis Center$30,00022%
BACA International Inc$30,00012%
Love Chico Inc$30,00011%
Self-Help Enterprises$30,00010%
Breaking the Chains$30,000117%
Marjaree Mason Center Inc$30,00020%
Fly Compton Aeronautical Education Foundation Inc$30,00014%
Digital Nest Inc$30,00020%
Marine Corps League South Coast Detachment 022$30,000125%
Habitat for Humanity of Lake County$30,00012%
Nexus Youth and Family Services$30,00021%
Golf Fore Life Skills the First Tee of Orange County$30,00012%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$30,00010%
Youth Leadership Institute$30,00010%
New Life Beginnings Inc$30,00016%
Womens Division Christian Service Gum Moon Residence Hall$30,0001n/a
Saving Innocence Inc$30,00011%
Hamilton Families$30,00010%
Compassion Prison Project$30,00015%
Safe Family Justice Centers$30,00014%
Mixed Roots Foundation$30,000216%
Child Abuse Prevention Council of Sacramento$30,00020%
Lovebugs Rescue$30,000112%
Firefighters Burn Institute$30,00013%
Amvets Department of California Service Foundation$30,00010%
Coachella Valley Boxing Club$30,000123%
Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US$30,00011%
US for Warriors Foundation$30,000212%
Peninsula Family Service$29,81730%
Rocklin Public Safety Volunteers Inc$27,338127%
24 Hour Oakland Parent Teacher Children Center$26,98822%
Bay Area Crisis Nursery$26,77521%
San Lorenzo Family Help Center aka The San Lorenzo Food Pantry$25,64222%
Emergency Food Bank$25,00010%
Hope for Paws$25,0001n/a
Wind Youth Services Inc$25,00020%
Saint John's Program for Real Change$25,00010%
Galilee Center Inc$25,00010%
Eastern Sierra Foundation$25,000128%
The Open Door Network$25,00011%
Shelter Partnership Inc$25,00010%
Women's Center-High Desert Inc$25,00012%
Food Bank of El Dorado County$25,00020%
Pilipino Workers Center of Southern$25,0001n/a
Reading Partners$25,00010%
Carrington Charitable Foundation$25,0001n/a
Rim Family Services Inc$25,00012%
Cycles of Change$25,00013%
Friends of McBean Park Stadium$25,0001n/a
Anova Education & Behavior Consultation Inc$25,00010%
Shanti Project$25,00010%
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund$25,00010%
Rural Human Services$25,00011%
Veterans Legal Institute$25,00011%
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired$25,00010%
Deaf Plus Adult Community Inc$25,00012%
Great Northern Services$25,00021%
Kennedy-King Memorial College Scholarship Fund Ltd$25,00018%
My Sisters House$25,00011%
Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles$25,00011%
Tax-Aid$25,00018%
Native American Veterans Association$25,0001n/a
New Beginnings for Animals Inc$25,000116%
Trinity Youth Services$25,00010%
Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc$25,0001n/a
Children of the Night$25,00011%
10000 Degrees$25,00010%
Amador Tuolumne Community Resources$25,000112%
Challenges for Youth$25,00015%
Coastal Seniors Inc$25,00015%
Auction Napa Valley Collective Napa Valley$25,00011%
Ben Carlson Memorial & Scholarship Foundation$25,00013%
Home Free Animal Rescue & Sanctuary$25,000117%
Inland Empire United Way$25,00010%
Goodwill Industries of Orange County California$25,00010%
Rodeo Citizens Association$25,000138%
Full Circle Fund$25,00012%
Providence Trinitycare Hospice Foundation$25,0001n/a
Home on the Green Pastures$25,00013%
Paws for Purple Hearts$25,00010%
The Arc of Amador and Calaveras$25,00011%
Journey Out$25,00012%
Vida Verde Nature Education$25,00012%
John F Kennedy Memorial Foundation$25,00012%
Honor Flight Southland$25,000110%
San Pasqual Academy Foundation$23,02726%
Creating Opportunities for Educational Development$22,625147%
4 Paws 4 Patriots$22,23628%
Vision Alameda County$21,730212%
Therapy Center Inc Dba Challenge Center$21,0001n/a
Living Coast Discovery Center$20,43811%
Loving You Through It Inc$20,438139%
H E a R T of Chula Vista Animal Care Facility$20,438164%
Placer Arc$20,00011%
Urban Advocates & Achievers Inc$20,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods$20,00021%
Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation$20,00012%
Long Beach Youth Chorus$20,000171%
DAP Health Inc$20,00020%
Drew Child Development Corporation$20,00010%
Bay Area Scores$20,00011%
Echoes of Hope$20,00016%
Juanita a Portlock Memorial Scholarship Fund$20,0001n/a
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Creer Communidad y Familia$20,000121%
CASA of Placer Yuba and Sutter$20,00021%
Cancer Angels of San Diego$20,000112%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$20,00010%
Sacramento Self-Help Housing Inc$20,00011%
Tri-Valley Animal Rescue$20,00015%
Ride to Walk Inc$20,00015%
Renegade Girls$20,000120%
Creativity Explored Inc$20,00011%
Colorado River Senior Citizens Center Inc$20,000112%
Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation$20,00012%
Victory Village Inc$20,000110%
Cancer Champions$20,0001n/a
Forget Me Not Childrens Services$20,00016%
Sacramento Children's Home$20,00010%
National Forest Foundation$20,00010%
For Families of Active Military Inc Blehm$20,000112%
Bay Area Childrens Theatre Fka Active Arts Theatre for Young Audien$20,00020%
Shasta County Young Men's Christian Association$20,00020%
Dress for Success Bakersfield$20,0001n/a
Ecocenter Inc$20,00010%
Reading and Beyond$20,00010%
Help Me Help You$20,0001n/a
The Miles Project$20,0001n/a
Corona-Norco Settlement House Inc$20,00016%
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego Dba Veterans Village of San Diego$20,00010%
Burbank Housing Development Corporation$20,00010%
Stand Up Placer Inc$20,00011%
The Hercules Education Foundation$20,000151%
The Rightway Foundation$20,00011%
Mary Graham Childrens Foundation$20,00016%
Self-Help for the Elderly$20,00010%
Imperial County Work Training Center$20,00011%
United States Veterans Initiative$20,00010%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Del Norte County$20,00022%
Contra Costa County Historical Society Inc$20,000110%
La's Best$20,00010%
Fly Brave Foundation$20,000112%
South County Compassion Center$20,00012%
Pacific Symphony$20,00010%
Arts and Services for Disabled Inc Dba Able Arts Work$20,00010%
South County Outreach$20,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of South County$20,00010%
Project Open Hand$20,00010%
Arc - Imperial Valley$20,00010%
Gracelight Community Health$20,00010%
A Better Way Inc$20,00010%
Hermanitos Unidos-Siblings United Foster Family Agency$20,00010%
A Coming of Age to Adulthood$20,0001n/a
Eskaton Foundation$20,00014%
Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center$20,00012%
Siskiyou Opportunity Center$20,00011%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mendocino County$20,00014%
Wellspring Women's Center$20,00012%
Elderhelp of San Diego$20,00011%
Nehemiah Leaders Programs$20,00015%
Community Assistance League$20,000136%
Pacific Community Fund Fka National Asian American Coalition$20,00010%
Equi-Ed Inc$20,000121%
Self-Estem$20,00019%
South Yuba River Citizens League$20,00011%
Korean American Coalition$20,00013%
St Vincent de Paul Village Inc$20,00010%
Heart of Ida$20,00015%
Operation Freedom Paws$20,00011%
Waymakers$20,00010%
Square Root Academy$20,0001n/a
St Madeleine Sophies Center Inc$20,00010%
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center$20,00010%
One Fresno Foundation$20,00019%
Saffyre Sanctuary Inc$20,000119%
Food Forward Inc$20,00010%
Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco$20,00010%
White Memorial Med Cntr Charitable Fdtn Adventist Health White Memorial Ch Fdtn$20,0001n/a
Communicare Health Centers$20,00010%
Walk With Sally$20,0001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$20,00010%
Lipstick Angels$20,00013%
Long Beach Rescue Mission Foundation$20,00012%
Haven Hills Inc$20,00011%
Casa Cornelia Legal Services$20,0001n/a
American Indian Child Resource Center$20,00012%
San Francisco Forty-Niners Academy$20,00012%
Siskiyou Community Food Bank$20,00016%
The Bell Tower Foundation Inc$20,00015%
Families Uniting Families$20,00011%
Technovation$20,00011%
Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families$20,00010%
Freedom Dogs$20,00015%
Curry Without Worry$20,0001n/a
Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego$20,00010%
San Jose Firefighters Burn Foundation Inc$20,000115%
Riverside Humane Society Pet Adoption Center$20,00010%
Serving Kids Hope$20,00015%
Alternative Family Services Inc$20,00010%
St Vincent D Paul Riverbank$17,1751n/a
Live Love Animal Services Inc$17,000211%
Rancho Cordova Police Activities League$16,763213%
coffee 4 vets$16,063138%
Veterans Association of North County$16,000126%
Breaking the Cycle Treatment Program Inc$16,00017%
Golden State Family Services Inc$16,00010%
Oak View Park & Resource Center$15,6222n/a
Intersection for the Arts$15,00010%
Turnaround Arts California$15,00012%
Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action$15,00010%
Table of Plenty a California Not for Profit Corporation$15,000141%
Health Communication Research$15,00016%
Caregivers Volunteers Assisting the Elderly$15,00014%
Dignity Health Connected Living$15,00010%
Path$15,00010%
All for Kids Organization$15,00010%
Iron Souls Motorcycle Club of Oakland California$15,0001n/a
Chamberlain's Youth Services$15,00011%
Court Appointed Special Advocates$15,00013%
Mini Therapy Horses$15,000124%
Support the Enlisted Project Inc$15,00011%
Toolworks$15,00010%
Hillview Mental Health Center Inc$15,00010%
Global Fund for Women Inc$15,00010%
Working Wardrobes For A New Start$15,00010%
Family Promise of Sacramento$15,00014%
Home of Guiding Hands Corporation$15,00010%
Assoc for Better Learning Exper Inc$15,00017%
Lincoln Veterans Memorial Coalition Inc$15,0001n/a
Project Get Safe Foundation$15,000111%
Long Beach Neighborhood Foundation$15,000126%
Hoops and Stars Inc$15,0001n/a
Make Someone Happy$15,0001n/a
Operation Surf$15,0001n/a
Veterans and Youth Career Collaboration$15,00012%
American Family Housing$15,00010%
Yolo County Childrens Alliance$15,00010%
Breast and Gyn Health Project$15,00014%
Kings Community Action Organization Inc$15,00010%
Imperial Valley Food Bank$15,00010%
Classics for Kids Inc$15,00014%
Veterans Accession House$15,00013%
PTA California Congress of Parents Teacher&StudentsInc5106 New Traditions$15,00018%
Clear Lake Gleaners Inc$15,000110%
Joy in Motion Inc$15,00012%
Wags and Walks$15,00010%
Summer House Inc$15,00011%
Mariposa Safe Families Incorporated$15,00017%
Helping Hands East Bay$15,00011%
The Heroes Project$15,00014%
Leaven Kids$14,2131n/a
Foodlink for Tulare County Inc$14,10010%
Interfaith Council of Amador$14,10011%
Cancer Kids of San Joaquin County Inc$12,9501n/a
Good Works Movement$12,6941n/a
Hope Sanger$12,20016%
Leslie J Nickels Testamentary Trust$12,08312%
Friends of the Colusa County Free Library$12,0831n/a
Friends of Colusa County Animal Shelter$12,0831n/a
Shafter Symphony Orchestra$11,9601n/a
Pet Hope Incorporated$11,250140%
Crisis House$11,00011%
A Step Beyond$11,00011%
United Health Centers Foundation Inc$11,00012%
Pathway Family Services Inc$11,00010%
Orange County Mentors for Youth$11,0001n/a
North Star Family Center$11,00011%
Butte County Local Food Network$10,00013%
Opportunity for Independence Inc$10,00010%
Infant Child Enrichment Services Inc$10,00010%
For the Child Inc$10,00010%
California Breastfeeding Coalition$10,00012%
Local Indians for Education Inc$10,00012%
Gary Center$10,0001n/a
Upwardly Global$10,00010%
Urban Compass$10,0001n/a
Junior Achievement of Southern California Inc$10,00010%
Conservation Corps of Long Beach$10,00010%
Lil Angel Bunny Dba Elevate Hope Foundation$10,0001n/a
Safe Refuge$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley$10,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$10,00010%
Heritage of San Clemente Foundation$10,0001n/a
San Diego Rescue Mission Inc$10,00010%
Exceptional Parents Unlimited Inc$10,00010%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Imperial County$10,00011%
Green Pastures Youth Center$10,0001n/a
Holos Inc$10,00010%
Siskiyou Community Resource Collaborative$10,00011%
Mental Health America of Los Angeles$10,00010%
Courage Foundation$10,00013%
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation$10,00010%
Carousel Ranch Inc$10,00011%
Desert Hot Springs Area Little League Inc$10,000116%
Accelerate Education Group$10,00014%
Lassen Fire Safe Council Inc$10,00010%
Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center Inc$10,00010%
The Foundation for Pierce College$10,00014%
A Reason To Survive$10,0001n/a
Santa Catalina Island Conservancy$10,0001n/a
Shasta Women's Refuge Inc Dba One Safe Place$10,00010%
Million Kids$10,00017%
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego$10,00010%
Jewish Family Service of San Diego$10,00010%
Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc$10,0001n/a
Community Karate Foundation Inc Santa Monica Dojo$10,000121%
Jacobs Heart Childrens Cancer Support Services$10,00010%
Cabots Museum Foundation$10,00015%
Kathys Legacy Inc$10,00017%
Family Dynamics Resource Center$10,00011%
Merging Vets and Players$10,00011%
Inyo County Sheriffs Posse Inc$10,00017%
Casa El Dorado$10,00011%
Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation$10,0001n/a
Starting Over Inc$10,00010%
Soroptimist International of Long Beach$10,000137%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Kern County$10,00011%
Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno$10,00011%
Eastern Sierra Dog Rescue$10,0001n/a
Sacramento Sheriff's Activities League Inc$10,00014%
Eagle's Wings Ranch$10,00012%
Lincoln Theatre Company$10,00017%
Travis Credit Union's Community Financial Wellness Fund$10,00017%
Sierra Harvest$10,00011%
Continuing Advancement for Special Adults$10,0001n/a
Court Appointed Special Advocate of Humboldt$10,00011%
Pinole Community Players$10,00016%
Community Health Action Network$10,00014%
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans$10,00013%
The James Storehouse Incorporated$10,00011%
North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center Inc$10,00012%
House of Benevolence$10,0001n/a
Modoc Work Activity Center$10,0001n/a
Cove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center$10,00011%
Bring Change 2 Mind$10,0001n/a
Charles Humphrey Keating IV Foundation$10,0001n/a
Colusa County Community Advocates for Parents and Children$10,000110%
Community Against Sexual Harm$10,0001n/a
Sierra Cascade Family Opportunities$10,00010%
Open Line Group Homes Inc$10,00011%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Stanislaus County$10,00011%
East Bay Agency for Children$10,00010%
Golden Rays Senior Citizens of Sierra County Inc$10,000113%
Jamboree Housing Corporation$10,00010%
Icec$10,0001n/a
Strategies for Change$10,00010%
College Park Athletic Booster Club$10,00011%
Orland Pantry$10,0001n/a
Build Futures$10,00012%
Operation Homefront Inc$10,00010%
People For Irvine Community Health$10,00010%
The Honor Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Lilliput Children's Services$10,0001n/a
Child Advocates of San Bernardino County$10,00011%
America's Promise the Alliance for Youth$10,0001n/a
Alpine Children's Center$10,0001n/a
Opening Doors Inc$10,00010%
Westside Domestic Violence Shelter$10,00017%
Ability First Sports$10,00018%
Assistance League of Sacramento$10,00011%
Karen S House$10,0001n/a
Fresno Fire Chief's Foundation$10,00017%
Assistance League Coachella Valley$10,00012%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$10,0001n/a
Friends of Alameda County CASA Inc$10,00011%
Slave 2 Nothing Foundation$10,00010%
Vitamin Angel Alliance Inc$10,00010%
Peaceplayers International$10,00010%
Bullies and Buddies Rescue$10,00013%
Alliance for Community Transformations$10,00010%
National Foundation for Transplants Inc$10,00011%
Everybody Healthy Body$10,0001n/a
4girls Organization Inc$10,000131%
Casa of Kings County Inc$10,00012%
Atomic Love Explosion Inc$10,0001n/a
Western Sierra Food Bank Inc$10,0001n/a
California Garden Clubs Inc$10,0001n/a
Casa of Los Angeles$10,00010%
Casa Teresa Inc$10,00010%
Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc$10,00013%
Assistance League of Riverside California$10,00011%
Madera County Food Bank$10,00013%
Fairfield Police Activities League$10,00016%
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation$10,00010%
Empower Tehama$10,00010%
Play Rugby Inc$10,00011%
TLC Child and Family Services$10,00010%
California Veterans Assistance$10,00010%
Hope for Youth Inc$10,00011%
Elk Grove Food Bank$9,60310%
Hayward Police Ofcrs Benef Foundation$9,15019%
Meals on Wheels of Lompoc$8,927146%
Serra Residential Center Inc$8,89810%
Rocklin Youth Soccer Club$8,86311%
Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Activities League Inc$8,84410%
Jurupa Mountains Cultural Center$7,58812%
Northern California Veterans Cemetery Endowment Fund$7,4551n/a
Rocket Cat Rescue$7,200114%
Lend a Heart Lend a Hand Pet Therapy Incorporated$7,0001n/a
Desert Haven Enterprises Inc$6,00010%
Community Youth Ministries$6,0001n/a
Selma Arts Foundation$6,000173%
Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark & Simi Valley Inc$5,77310%
Impact Young Adults$5,5201n/a
Community Violence Solutions$5,47010%
Central Valley Veterans$5,40013%

What it could do for these grantees

Where it is load-bearing

California Foundation for Stronger Communities supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 41 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOscar de la Hoya Foundation: $847,000 over 9y, 99% of budgetRainbow Family Inc: $460,000 over 9y, 59% of budgetOlive Crest: $380,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetVistability: $305,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCalifornia Fire Foundation: $300,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLas Trampas School Inc: $260,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc: $245,412 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetProject Ride Inc: $245,000 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetThe Forager School: $240,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetOperation Safe House Inc: $220,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetChild Advocates of Contra Costa County: $220,000 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetSpecial Olympics Southern California Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSecond Harvest of the Greater Valley: $200,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGrandma's House of Hope: $195,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetLincoln: $182,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPRIDE Industries: $180,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Fieldworkers Inc: $177,500 over 3y, 37% of budgetCal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation: $175,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $170,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of Orange County: $170,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCoalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking: $165,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of San Bernardino County: $165,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSkyhook Foundation: $165,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetMaya's Music Therapy Fund: $165,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetXenophon Therapeutic Riding Center: $160,000 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetLighthouse Counseling and Family Resource Center: $160,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetSan Joaquin County Child Abuse Prevention Council: $160,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Respite Inn: $145,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCovenant House California: $145,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHome Again Los Angeles: $140,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetYouth Homes Inc: $135,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSouthwestern Law School: $135,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAdonai: $135,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetGive Every Child a Chance: $130,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetFamily Assistance Ministries: $130,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCentral California Food Bank: $125,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMission Edge San Diego: $125,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGive US the Floor: $125,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetRiverside County Philharmonic Assn Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetDyf: $120,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetRedwood Empire Food Bank: $115,318 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLadera Education Institute: $115,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetManteca Caps Corporation Dba Valley Caps: $110,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSacramento Loaves & Fishes: $110,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetReach Out Worldwide Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetFood in Need of Distribution Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYou Did It for Me Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetLassen Family Services Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budget

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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 200.

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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.

In-N-Out Burgers FoundationCA73.7× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: In-N-Out Burgers Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Teichert Foundation · Calfoods Logistics · California Association of Food Banks · California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association · The PG&E Corporation Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · California Physicians' Service Fdn Dba Blue Shield of California Fdn · Dignity Health · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag

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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How do I get to California Foundation for Stronger Communities?

Find your warmest path to California Foundation for Stronger Communities through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About California Foundation for Stronger Communities

How much does California Foundation for Stronger Communities give?
California Foundation for Stronger Communities reported 201 grants totaling $8,052,063 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 78 and 181 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does California Foundation for Stronger Communities fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Health (11%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
Who are California Foundation for Stronger Communities's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oscar de la Hoya Foundation ($847k), Rainbow Family Inc ($460k), Olive Crest ($380k).
Does California Foundation for Stronger Communities fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as California Foundation for Stronger Communities?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include In-N-Out Burgers Foundation, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Teichert Foundation.
Where is California Foundation for Stronger Communities based?
California Foundation for Stronger Communities is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 759 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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