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Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

$23M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
303
Itemized grants FY2024
314
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$21M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,808,979
Organizations funded a year
208 to 314
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
25
Total assets, FY2024
$252M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Community Foundation Santa Cruz County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving283$17M18%
FY2023314$22M26%
FY2022283$29M34%
FY2020249$19M31%
FY2019219$11M30%
FY2018222$8.8M36%
FY2017208$5.1Mn/a
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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 2024.

Health$25MEducation$18MEnvironment$17MHuman Services$10MPhilanthropy$10MArts & Culture$8.8MFood & Nutrition$7.6MPublic Safety & Disaster$6.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project$8,063,667240%
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County$4,755,378817%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey$4,419,9006n/a
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers$2,964,60388%
Community Action Board$2,884,301811%
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County$2,808,54984%
Encompass Community Services$2,801,47884%
Amah Mutsun Land Trust$2,403,750534%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$2,342,59985%
Community Bridges$2,052,62783%
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All grantees of Community Foundation Santa Cruz County by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project$8,063,667240%
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County$4,755,378817%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey$4,419,9006n/a
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers$2,964,60388%
Community Action Board$2,884,301811%
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County$2,808,54984%
Encompass Community Services$2,801,47884%
Amah Mutsun Land Trust$2,403,750534%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$2,342,59985%
Community Bridges$2,052,62783%
Cabrillo College Foundation$1,626,17888%
Dientes Community Dental Care$1,395,15086%
Elkhorn Slough Foundation$1,284,082812%
The 418 Project$1,234,059356%
Live Oak School District$1,231,3131n/a
William Marsh Rice University$1,156,00080%
Tahoe Expedition Academy Inc$1,092,900423%
Hospice of Santa Cruz County$1,047,03281%
Center for Farmworker Families$1,016,840567%
Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County$1,014,66085%
Housing Matters$986,37089%
Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center$933,661813%
Senderos$816,410783%
Arts Council Santa Cruz County$809,475813%
Shakespeare Play on Santa Cruz Shakespeare$782,619816%
The Trust for Public Land$779,50080%
Digital Nest Inc$730,71386%
Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance Inc$697,32576%
Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes Inc$680,982812%
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services$676,478813%
Salud Para la Gente$671,85081%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County$667,447810%
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay$630,00057%
California Polytechnic State University Foundation$555,00021%
The Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center$549,086811%
Grey Bears$511,19583%
Regents of the University of California$505,8273n/a
California Farmlink$500,00045%
Proact Foundation Inc$500,000188%
Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries Inc$498,739842%
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History$494,500810%
Aspire Public Schools$475,00070%
Cruzio$458,8134n/a
Rank the Vote Inc$450,000221%
Santa Cruz County Symphony Association$436,922724%
Dominican Hospital Foundation$427,00084%
The University of Tulsa$422,11620%
Agri-Culture Inc$409,861852%
Santa Cruz County Office of Education$406,7458n/a
ONeill Sea Odyssey$401,93588%
Planet Women$400,000315%
Ohio Bird Sanctuary Inc$400,000419%
Kalamazoo College$395,00070%
Central Coast Young Mens Christian Association$392,79081%
Casa de la Cultura Center$391,955660%
Jewish Community Center of Santa Cruz California Inc Temple Beth El$391,2048n/a
Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks$378,220614%
Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc$370,00040%
Ventures$369,850722%
Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast$365,58088%
Watsonville Wetlands Watch$363,85888%
Santa Cruz Local Inc$363,096336%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$351,00080%
Wildaid Inc$350,00081%
Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc$345,00080%
The Salvation Army$339,9578n/a
Monarch Services-Servicios Monarca$337,89685%
FoodWhat Incorporated$337,85089%
Jacobs Heart Childrens Cancer Support Services$330,03884%
Save Our Shores$327,684817%
Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building Board of Trustees$324,248371%
Teen Kitchen Project$315,89277%
Bruce W Woolpert Algebra Academy$315,000549%
Pajaro Valley Historical Association$306,354848%
Pajaro Valley Youth Soccer Club$304,471532%
Families in Transition Inc$302,00054%
Conservation Research and Education Opportunities$300,0004100%
Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County$296,66859%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$286,51070%
Salvation Army Residences Incorporated$284,0467n/a
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic$281,41124%
County of Santa Cruz$265,9895n/a
Family Service Agency of the Central Coast$264,17483%
Truckee Donner Land Trust$261,00030%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$259,21880%
Ecology Action of Santa Cruz$250,43942%
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc$250,00010%
Clinica De Salud Del Valle De Salinas$250,00011%
The Brookings Institution$250,00010%
Hope Crisis Response Network Inc- Hcrn$250,00016%
Clinicas del Camino Real Inc$250,00010%
Santa Cruz Waldorf School Inc$247,50044%
Walnut Avenue Family & Womens Center$246,27082%
Ceiba Public Schools$243,50051%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$243,48480%
The Watsonville Law Center$240,67078%
Save The Children Federation Inc$239,56760%
California Agricultural Leadership Found$239,33572%
Life Lab Science Program$236,30082%
Watsonville Film Festival$231,960735%
United Way of Santa Cruz County$230,63672%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County$225,55082%
Santa Cruz SPCA and Humane Society$225,04884%
Uc Law Sf Foundation$218,14581%
Kuumbwa Jazz Society$207,11183%
Bellarmine College Preparatory$205,0008n/a
Salud y Carino Inc$204,150851%
Food Share Inc$202,20040%
Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Foundation$201,742525%
The Montana Land Reliance$200,00080%
Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center$198,025612%
Native Animal Rescue$193,371538%
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks$189,20381%
Truckee Trails Foundation Inc$185,200615%
Coastal Watershed Council$184,82359%
Senior Citizens Legal Services$184,80049%
Senior Network Services Inc$183,82588%
Inclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration$183,2122n/a
St Anthony Foundation$182,2448n/a
Mar Vista Field Project$179,151182%
Health Care Foundation for Ventura County Inc$178,00029%
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation$173,470625%
Oxfam-America Inc$172,25070%
Community Alliance for Lifelong Independence$170,500261%
Ventana Wildlife Society$170,00068%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$170,00050%
Coastal Kids Home Care$170,00072%
United Policyholders$167,514311%
New Way Homes Inc$166,50049%
Aromas San Juan Bautista Community Schools Foundation$165,5003n/a
Santa Cruz City Parks and Recreation Department$164,1002n/a
Agricultural History Project$162,249828%
Valley Churches United$162,00075%
Homeless Garden Project$158,36664%
Next Generation Scholars Inc$157,00044%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$156,42770%
El Sistema Santa Cruz$155,50277%
San Benito Agricultural Land Trust$150,000131%
ProRep Coalition$150,000171%
Nami Santa Cruz County$149,850610%
Siena House Maternity Home of Santa Cruz County$146,89259%
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Inc$146,75046%
YWCA of Watsonville$143,26186%
National Audubon Society Inc$141,00080%
Sustainable Conservation$139,50041%
Health Projects Center$133,80071%
United Food Bank & Services of Plant City Inc$133,80051%
Environment in the Public Interest$132,0006n/a
kidSTREAM$130,00027%
Music Academy of the West$130,00060%
Friends of the Watsonville Public Library$129,805869%
Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship$129,75252%
Positive Discipline Community Resources$129,100527%
The Trustees of Reservations$125,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties$125,00021%
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University$124,00030%
Crisis Intervention Services Dba Sierra Community House$122,19621%
Moreland Notre Dame School$121,2188n/a
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust$119,30063%
Community Alliance With Family Farmers$118,00032%
Big Brothersbig Sisters Agency of Santa Cruz County Inc$117,51067%
Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project$116,32639%
Community Arts & Empowerment$115,300515%
California Council of Land Trusts$114,000126%
Association of Faith Communities of Santa Cruz County$110,86659%
International Scholarship and Tuition Services Inc$110,5002n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$110,36980%
Pajaro Valley Arts Council$108,55367%
St Francis Catholic Kitchen$107,550614%
KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International$106,00073%
Museum Associates$101,50060%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$101,00010%
Upwell Turtles$100,00055%
Emdr Research Foundation$100,0001n/a
White Stag Leadership Development Academy$100,00018%
International Mental Health Consult$100,000223%
Celebrity Adventures Inc$100,00014%
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast$98,64680%
Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust$98,500411%
Multiplier$96,33340%
Santa Barbara Education Foundation$95,00032%
West Valley Community Services of Santa Clara County Inc$95,00041%
Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center$94,00086%
Visiting Nurse Association of Santa Cruz County$93,5578n/a
Evergreen Union School District$93,0001n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$92,00010%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$90,00020%
Redlands Christian Migrant Association Inc$90,00020%
International Medical Corps$90,00010%
Ja Worldwide Inc$90,00080%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme$88,55051%
Watsonville High School Foundation$88,3628n/a
Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living$87,92058%
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance$87,45223%
COPA Communities Organized for Ralational Power in Action in Action$87,00057%
Cornell University$86,00040%
Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay$85,68281%
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music$85,40164%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$85,00030%
Celebrity Fight Night Foundation Inc$82,00014%
Vets 4 Vets Santa Cruz$81,833433%
Action for Community Transformation$81,6734n/a
Pajaro Valley Unified School$80,8671n/a
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$80,53011%
Academy Foundation$80,00040%
Mountains 2 Sea$79,000513%
Black Surf Santa Cruz Inc$77,150321%
College of the Desert Foundation$77,00051%
Bonny Doon Community School Foundation$76,587732%
Activities 4 All$76,0004n/a
Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory Foundation$75,00055%
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School$74,12540%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$73,00080%
Oasis in Baja Inc$72,400324%
National Park Foundation$70,00080%
The Carl Safina Center Inc the Safina Center$70,00082%
Bike Santa Cruz County Education Fund$69,775415%
Santa Cruz Art League Inc$69,000411%
Rancho Cielo Inc$69,00060%
El Pajaro Community Development Corporation$69,00036%
Kitchen Table Advisors$66,66711%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$66,00060%
Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau$65,000220%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$65,00020%
Cato Institute$65,00070%
Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties$65,00041%
Wharf to Wharf Race Inc$64,00064%
The Peoples Land Fund$61,31013%
Karimu International Help Foundation$61,02044%
Save the Redwoods League$61,00080%
World Central Kitchen Inc$60,45040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$60,25040%
United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc$60,00020%
The Center for Produce Safety$60,00041%
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc$58,8001n/a
City of Watsonville$58,1232n/a
Birchbark Foundation Inc$57,88839%
Live Earth Farm Discovery Program$56,79746%
California Native Plant Society$56,00021%
Watsonville Womans Club Foundation$55,7001n/a
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission$55,00040%
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter$54,9126n/a
Save the Waves Coalition$53,22043%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$52,50040%
Esperanza Del Valle Inc$52,500423%
Mentors Driving Change for Boys Men and Dads$51,550428%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$51,29810%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$50,80010%
Long Term Recovery Group of Santa Cruz County$50,608141%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Central Coast$50,60031%
Shared Adventures$50,250312%
Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz County$50,250212%
Holy Family$50,0001n/a
One Step Beyond Inc$50,0001n/a
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$50,00010%
Save the Music Foundation$50,00030%
Bend Science Station$50,00023%
Paws Helping People Inc$50,000511%
Proliteracy Worldwide$50,00030%
Operation Safe House Inc$50,00021%
Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa$50,00010%
Trust for Hidden Villa$50,00021%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$49,29810%
350org$49,29810%
Esperanza Community Farms Inc$48,05034%
EternityWorks$47,900211%
Fractured Atlas Inc$47,81420%
Road Runners Club of America$47,6005n/a
Jewel Theatre Company$47,19861%
Immigrant Legal Services of the Central Coast Inc$47,000510%
International Rescue Committee INC$47,00020%
The Pachamama Alliance$47,00050%
Los Angeles Ballet Inc$47,00061%
Ccof Foundation$46,50043%
Cal Strawberry Growers Scholarship Fund$45,000425%
Berkeley Youth Alternatives$45,00031%
Woodland Park Zoological Society$45,00010%
The Tlc Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors$44,10013%
Particular Council of Santa Cruz County Society of St Vincent De$44,000416%
Santa Cruz Hillel Foundation$42,43073%
San Lorenzo Valley Historical Society$42,275418%
Santa Cruz Montessori School$42,00070%
Organic Farming Research Foundation$41,80542%
Community Initiatives$40,80040%
Institute for Security and Technology$40,00051%
Preservation Hall Foundation Inc$40,00013%
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum$40,00050%
Coongie$40,00019%
Curiodyssey$40,00060%
Threesixty$39,75054%
Sempervirens Fund$39,75070%
St Francis High School-Salesian College Preparatory$39,5032n/a
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$39,38030%
Mid-County Senior Center Corporation$39,30037%
Globe International Ministries Inc$38,5005n/a
Kqed Inc$38,05050%
Santa Cruz Childrens Museum of Discovery$36,65042%
The Tech Interactive$36,50040%
Bonny Doon Community Preschool$36,353119%
Pacific Elementary School$36,3531n/a
William James Association$36,34123%
Watsonville Rotary Foundation$36,000714%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$35,50030%
Cupertino Rotary Endowment Foundation$35,00037%
Young Ladies Grand Institute$35,0003n/a
Aptos High School Sports Foundation Inc$35,000132%
El Sistema Usasalinas Inc$35,00044%
American Cancer Society Inc$34,85370%
International Committee of the Red Cross$33,35010%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$32,82511%
Groundworks Collaborative Inc$32,00030%
Rotary Club of SC Sunrise Foundation$31,54745%
Santa Cruz Rotary Community Fund$31,000127%
Vipassana Santa Cruz$31,0004n/a
Bear Yuba Land Trust$31,00021%
Living Desert The$30,50020%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$30,50010%
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired$30,00040%
Geffen Playhouse Inc$30,00020%
The Childrens Home Society of New Jersey$30,00020%
Food Bank for Monterey County$30,00010%
Independent World Television Inc$30,0003n/a
McCallum Theatre Foundation Inc$30,000210%
Theatreworks Silicon Valley$30,00011%
Impact Online Inc$30,00011%
Accion Opportunity Fund Community Development$30,00010%
Utah Film Center$30,00020%
Charity Navigator$30,00010%
Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics Inc$30,000161%
Birth Companions Community Center$29,900114%
Maia Inc$29,3183n/a
St John the Baptist Episcopal Church$29,0004n/a
Institute for Justice$29,00040%
Friends of Olympia Station Inc Dba Tandy Beal & Company$28,80025%
Overeaters Anonymous Inc$28,50060%
Mentors Driving Change for Boys$28,5001n/a
Monterey County Land Watch$28,50062%
Downtown Streets Inc$28,50010%
Boulder Creek Recreation and Park District$28,2003n/a
Music in May$28,0003n/a
Oxnard Wave Football Club$27,3701n/a
Ventana Wilderness Alliance$26,98851%
Cert Auxiliary of Santa Cruz County$25,6004n/a
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts$25,50040%
Peninsula Open Space Trust$25,50040%
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc$25,35010%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$25,25050%
Advaita Society-Mount Madonna School$25,00011%
Christian Counseling Services Assistance Fund Az$25,000158%
Homeboy Industries$25,00020%
Agriculture and Land Based Training Association$25,00011%
Homeward Bound of Marin$25,00010%
Calm Inc$25,00030%
Redwood Empire Food Bank$25,00010%
High Fives Nonprofit Foundation$25,00011%
Mountain Parks Foundation of Santa Cruz$23,79941%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$23,60220%
Advocacy Inc$23,50033%
Friends of Watsonville Parks and Community Services Inc$23,2002n/a
Kanbe's Markets$23,10021%
Assist International Inc$23,00040%
Compassion & Choices$22,55010%
Hanuman Fellowship$22,50020%
Final Exit Network Inc$22,05013%
PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc$22,000122%
Society for California Archaelogy$21,50017%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$21,00020%
Public Policy Institute of California$21,00020%
Your Future Is Our Business$21,00034%
Reggie Stephens Foundation$20,8502n/a
United Services Agency Inc$20,723115%
Motion Pacific Dance Inc$20,10015%
Junipero Serra High School$20,0001n/a
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center Inc$20,00030%
Sequoia High School$20,0001n/a
The J Paul Getty Trust$20,00020%
Pacific School Foundation$20,000152%
Fire Safe Santa Cruz County$20,0001n/a
The Vail Jazz Foundation Inc$20,0003n/a
The Louisiana Museum Foundation$20,00011%
Aptos Cabrillo Swim Club$20,000110%
The Uc Davis Foundation$20,00030%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$20,00030%
Seneca Family of Agencies$20,00030%
Whole Kids Foundation$20,0002n/a
Family Supportive Housing Inc$20,00030%
The Bureau of Land Management Foundation$20,00010%
Friends of the Aloha Vickery Trail$20,0001n/a
Santa Cruz Breakers Academy Inc$20,00032%
Women for Women International$20,00030%
Young Men's Christian Association of Silicon Valley$20,00010%
Camphill Communities California$20,00011%
San Juan Home & School Club$19,4281n/a
Pacific Collegiate School$19,37530%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$19,30030%
Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire Department$19,00012%
Friends of the River Foundation$18,75031%
Redwood Roofing Repair$18,5751n/a
Horse Whispers$18,4002n/a
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Non-Profit$18,25025%
Natividad Medical Foundation$18,20030%
Little League Baseball Inc Live Oak Little League$18,000127%
CalWild$18,00031%
The Climate Center$18,00030%
University Corporation at Monterey Bay$17,84020%
Waddell Creek Association$17,5002n/a
Madre Inc$17,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$16,50030%
Boy Scouts of America 55 Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council$16,36620%
Blood Cancer United Inc$16,05110%
Happy Valley Elementary School Parent Club$16,00029%
Senior Citizens Organization of San Lorenzo Valley$16,000115%
Green Foothills Foundation dba Green Foothills$16,00021%
Sharsheret Inc$15,50020%
Partnership for Children$15,30016%
Read to Me Project$15,00014%
American Lung Association$15,00010%
Indexical Inc$15,00015%
Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley$15,00010%
Foundation for Fresh Produce by Ifpa Inc$15,00011%
Human Rights Watch Inc$15,00010%
National Conflict Resolution Center$15,00020%
Northwestern University$15,00020%
The Independent Institute$15,00020%
Oxnard United Soccer Club$14,9972n/a
Louis Armstrong House Museum$14,70012%
Warming Center Program$14,5002n/a
Jerry Loyola Foundation Inc$14,50026%
Land Dancers$14,1001n/a
New Music Works$14,065211%
Yoga for All Movement$13,500112%
Action Council of Monterey County Inc$13,50020%
California Film & Cultural Center$13,5002n/a
Felton Community Club$13,3701n/a
Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc$13,00010%
Hillside Foundation$12,50010%
Santa Cruz Black Coalition for Justice and Racial Equity$12,2002n/a
Earthjustice$12,00020%
PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc$12,0001n/a
The Children Are Our Future$12,0002n/a
Delta Charter School$12,0001n/a
The Santa Cruz Chorale$11,250116%
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue$11,00010%
Nourishing Generations Educational Project$11,0001n/a
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired$11,0002n/a
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$11,00010%
International Action Network For Gender Equity and Law IANGEL$10,70025%
Finding Sophia$10,5621n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,50010%
Friends of Wwoz Inc$10,20010%
Martha's Kitchen$10,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Durant$10,00010%
The Aopa Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Cancer Patients Alliance$10,00011%
CSP North America Inc$10,00011%
Free to Live Inc$10,00011%
Impact Experience Institute$10,00012%
Enloe Health Foundation$10,00010%
I'M-Possible Inc$10,000219%
Big Timber Fire Departmern$10,0002n/a
Pacific Environmental Education Center$10,00014%
Chanticleer Park Neighbors Association$10,0001n/a
Audubon Canyon Ranch Inc$10,00010%
Grameen Foundation USA$10,00010%
Hartnell College Foundation$10,00010%
A Place to Go Inc$10,0001n/a
Secondmuse Foundation$10,00010%
California Federation of Womens Clubs$10,0001n/a
Samaritan's Purse$10,00010%
Mediators Foundation Inc$10,00011%
North Bay Aikido Inc$10,0001n/a
Episcopal Church in the Diocese of El Camino Real$10,0001n/a
Serve Our Willing Warriors$10,00012%
Charity Global Inc$10,00010%
Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula$10,00011%
Pro Publica Inc$10,00010%
CANERS Foundation Endowment for Research and Scholarship$10,00016%
Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank$10,00010%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$10,00010%
The Wily Network$10,00010%
Feeding America$10,00010%
Fauna & Flora International USA Inc$10,00010%
Awaken INC$10,00021%
Sigma Alpha Chapter of Omega Nu$10,00015%
Coal Creek Meals on Wheels$10,00021%
Mayers Healthcare Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Read With Me Volunteer Programs$10,00014%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00020%
Xerces Society Inc$10,00010%
Breast Cancer Assistance Group$10,00016%
Santa Cruz Trial Lawyers Association$10,0001n/a
Collective Heritage Institute$10,00020%
Coastside Jewish Community$10,0001n/a
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$10,00010%
Achieve Tahoe$10,00010%
CalMatters$10,00010%
Wespark Inc$10,00011%
Ladera Recreation District$10,0001n/a
Unity Shoppe Inc$10,00010%
Challenge Success$10,00021%
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Desert Best Friends Closet$10,0002n/a
College Track$10,00020%
Institute for Shipboard Education$10,00010%
All Saints Episcopal Church-Cristo Rey$10,0001n/a
Sierra Senior Services Dba Meals on Wheels Tahoe$10,00012%
Nova Ukraine$10,00010%
Southeastern Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$10,00010%
Trustees of Boston College$10,00010%
Seven Fifty Nine Club Inc$10,00016%
Project Open Hand$9,80010%
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc$9,75010%
Monterey Bay Economic Partnership Inc$9,50021%
Trevor Project Inc$9,30010%
Shoreline Public Schools Foundation$8,90015%
The Diocese of Monterey Parish and School Operating Corporation$8,8501n/a
Goodenough Underground Inc$8,6001n/a
Union for Reform Judaism$8,0001n/a
The Brigid Alliance Inc$8,00020%
Alisal Union School District$7,6671n/a
San Andreas Regional Center$7,66710%
Jewish Family Service of Rochester Inc$7,50010%
Wild Farm Alliance$7,50011%
Pasatiempo Historical Foundation$7,50013%
Live Like Coco Foundation$7,50017%
The York School$7,50010%
Live Oak Education Foundation Inc$7,5001n/a
Calvary Episcopal Church$7,5001n/a
Fieldguides Incorporated$7,50013%
Center for Community Advocacy$7,50011%
United States Fund for Unicef$7,50010%
The Teachers Desk Inc$7,50012%
Santa Cruz Sailing Foundation$7,490234%
Otis Redding Foundation Inc$7,35012%
Sherman and Boone$7,3451n/a
Berkeley Baby Book Project$7,234111%
San Luis Obispo County Veteran Services Collaboration$7,0991n/a
Loyola University of Chicago$7,00010%
Palm Beach Day Academy Inc$7,00010%
Sierra Club$7,00010%
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$7,00010%
Pesticide Action Network North America$7,0001n/a
Watsonville Charter School of the Arts Home and School Club$7,00018%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$6,80010%
California State Parks Foundation$6,75010%
Natural Bridges Media KSQD$6,55012%
Brave Trails$6,50010%
Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal$6,4892n/a
American Cancer Society$6,1061n/a
First Christian Church$6,1001n/a
Junior Achievement of Northern California$6,00010%
Truckee River Watershed Council$6,00010%
La Cruz Habitat Protection Project Inc$6,00011%
Colgate University$6,00010%
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc$6,00010%
Water for People$6,00010%
Church Divinity School of the Pacific$6,0001n/a
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation$6,00010%
Computer History Museum$6,00010%
Animal Pad$6,00011%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$6,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$6,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$6,00010%
Angel-Strong LLC$5,70014%
Resurrection Catholic Church$5,5001n/a
Leadership Santa Cruz County$5,50017%
Common Cause Education Fund$5,50010%
Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony$5,50019%
Equal Justice Initiative$5,50010%
Roman Catholic Bishop of Monterey$5,5001n/a
Santa Cruz Hope Foursquare Church$5,3501n/a
Central Valley Steel Structuresllc$5,3411n/a
Green America$5,30020%
Big Sur Land Trust$5,25010%
Community Agroecology Network$5,25021%
Outreach for Nazareth Orphanage$5,10013%
Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture$5,01210%
Little Free Library$5,00010%
Special Parents Information Network of Santa Cruz County$5,00011%
Catamaran Literary Reader$5,0001n/a
Santa Cruz Mountain Art Center$5,00014%
Santa Cruz Derby Girls Dba Santa Cruz Roller Derby$5,00012%
The Living Breath Foundation$5,00012%
Neponset River Watershed Association$5,00011%
Marian Regional Medical Center Foundation$5,00010%
Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse$5,00010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Prevail Ca$5,00010%
California Alliance of Caregivers$5,00015%
The Gathering Place$5,00010%
Wings Homeless Advocacy$5,0002n/a
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$5,00010%
University of California Davis$5,0001n/a
La Wyld$5,0001n/a

Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Community Foundation Santa Cruz County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 37 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 budgetPajaro Valley Healthcare District Project: $8,063,667 over 2y, 40% of budgetLand Trust of Santa Cruz County: $4,755,378 over 8y, 17% of budgetSanta Cruz Community Health Centers: $2,964,603 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetCommunity Action Board: $2,884,301 over 8y, 11% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: $2,808,549 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetEncompass Community Services: $2,801,478 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetAmah Mutsun Land Trust: $2,403,750 over 5y, 34% of budgetUc Santa Cruz Foundation: $2,342,599 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $2,052,627 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetCabrillo College Foundation: $1,626,178 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetDientes Community Dental Care: $1,395,150 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetElkhorn Slough Foundation: $1,284,082 over 8y, 12% of budgetThe 418 Project: $1,234,059 over 3y, 56% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $1,156,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTahoe Expedition Academy Inc: $1,092,900 over 4y, 23% of budgetHospice of Santa Cruz County: $1,047,032 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetCenter for Farmworker Families: $1,016,840 over 5y, 67% of budgetVolunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County: $1,014,660 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetHousing Matters: $986,370 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetMuseum of Art and History at the McPherson Center: $933,661 over 8y, 13% of budgetSenderos: $816,410 over 7y, 83% of budgetArts Council Santa Cruz County: $809,475 over 8y, 13% of budgetShakespeare Play on Santa Cruz Shakespeare: $782,619 over 8y, 16% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $779,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetDigital Nest Inc: $730,713 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetPajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance Inc: $697,325 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetPajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes Inc: $680,982 over 8y, 12% of budgetPajaro Valley Shelter Services: $676,478 over 8y, 13% of budgetSalud Para la Gente: $671,850 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County: $667,447 over 8y, 10% of budgetFoundation of California State University Monterey Bay: $630,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetCalifornia Polytechnic State University Foundation: $555,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center: $549,086 over 8y, 11% of budgetGrey Bears: $511,195 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetCalifornia Farmlink: $500,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetProact Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 88% of budgetFriends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries Inc: $498,739 over 8y, 42% of budgetSanta Cruz Museum of Natural History: $494,500 over 8y, 10% of budgetAspire Public Schools: $475,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRank the Vote Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetSanta Cruz County Symphony Association: $436,922 over 7y, 24% of budgetDominican Hospital Foundation: $427,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $422,116 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAgri-Culture Inc: $409,861 over 8y, 52% of budgetONeill Sea Odyssey: $401,935 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetPlanet Women: $400,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetOhio Bird Sanctuary Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetKalamazoo College: $395,000 over 7y, 0.1% 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.

Monterey Peninsula FoundationCA166.9× affinity99 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Sunlight Giving · Caroline's Nonprofit Thrift Shop · Community Foundation for San Benito County · Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation · Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation · Arts Council Santa Cruz County · The J Miles and Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals

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 Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

How much does Community Foundation Santa Cruz County give?
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County reported 303 itemized grants totaling $20,690,367, out of $22,817,447 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 208 and 314 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Community Foundation Santa Cruz County fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (20%), Education (15%), Environment (14%).
Who are Community Foundation Santa Cruz County's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project ($8.1M), Land Trust of Santa Cruz County ($4.8M), Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey ($4.4M).
Does Community Foundation Santa Cruz County fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation Santa Cruz County?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County, Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust.
Where is Community Foundation Santa Cruz County based?
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County 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 687 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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