How much does Golden State Community Foundation give?

Golden State Community Foundation reported 80 itemized grants totaling $5,298,500, out of $6,555,644 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 76 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Golden State Community Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Youth Development (24%), Community Improvement (4%).

Who are Golden State Community Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oakland Unified School District ($1.2M), Spark Sf Public Schools ($1.0M), Self-Estem ($883k).

Does Golden State Community Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Golden State Community Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Quest Foundation.

Where is Golden State Community Foundation based?

Golden State Community Foundation is based in CA.

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California · Community foundation

Golden State Community Foundation

To support programs of charitable organizations, organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 as amended, that promote education, teamwork, and self-esteem among underserved youth throughout the oakland, san francisco, and san jose areas.

$6.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 80
Itemized grants FY2025: 76
Organizations funded FY2024: 24%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $5.3M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $385,750
Organizations funded a year: 50 to 76; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $39M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Golden State Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $803k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther

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	65	$5.2M	15%
FY2024	76	$4.9M	24%
FY2023	54	$4.1M	6%
FY2022	64	$2.7M	19%
FY2021	67	$2.9M	27%
FY2020	54	$2.5M	11%
FY2019	55	$2.0M	5%
FY2018	50	$1.7M	4%

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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$16MYouth Development$6.6MCommunity Improvement$1.2MHealth$912kHuman Services$885kCrime & Legal$554kArts & Culture$553kRecreation & Sports$358kOther$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
Oakland Unified School District	$1,175,363	5	n/a
Spark Sf Public Schools	$1,037,500	9	2%
Self-Estem	$882,612	6	79%
Oakland Promise	$830,000	9	1%
Envision Education Inc	$739,188	9	1%
Techbridge Girls	$726,675	9	25%
Urban Ed Academy	$717,125	8	17%
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco	$629,689	9	0%
The Oakland Public Education Fund	$585,438	4	1%
College Track	$558,125	9	0%

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All grantees of Golden State Community Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Oakland Unified School District	$1,175,363	5	n/a
Spark Sf Public Schools	$1,037,500	9	2%
Self-Estem	$882,612	6	79%
Oakland Promise	$830,000	9	1%
Envision Education Inc	$739,188	9	1%
Techbridge Girls	$726,675	9	25%
Urban Ed Academy	$717,125	8	17%
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco	$629,689	9	0%
The Oakland Public Education Fund	$585,438	4	1%
College Track	$558,125	9	0%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland	$556,189	8	4%
East Oakland Youth Development Center	$465,501	7	3%
Kipp Bay Area Schools	$460,000	9	0%
Aspire Public Schools	$450,000	9	0%
Foundation for Students Rising Above	$449,250	5	5%
Reading Partners	$425,000	8	0%
First Graduate	$405,250	9	8%
St Vincents Day Home	$404,000	9	2%
826 Valencia	$400,500	9	1%
Mission Bit	$394,487	5	6%
Playworks Education Energized	$392,001	6	0%
San Francisco Day School	$390,188	9	1%
Summer Search	$390,000	8	1%
Lighthouse Community Public Schools	$375,000	9	0%
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County	$365,000	9	1%
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc	$360,000	9	0%
Blueprint Schools Network	$349,250	4	n/a
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland	$347,875	8	0%
Leadership Public Schools	$345,000	9	0%
Aim High for High School	$342,500	9	1%
Hidden Genius Project	$330,000	9	2%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$325,000	9	n/a
The Basic Fund	$325,000	8	1%
Literacy Lab	$310,000	9	5%
Uaspire Inc	$307,500	9	1%
Scientific Adventures dba Scientific Adventures for Girls	$305,000	9	11%
Real Options for City Kids	$303,500	7	3%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc	$300,000	9	0%
Oakland Kids First	$290,000	9	3%
San Francisco Achievers	$280,000	9	4%
Kingmakers of Oakland	$270,250	4	4%
Booker T Washington Community Service Center	$270,188	5	2%
United Playaz	$270,000	8	2%
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc	$268,500	6	0%
Tandem Partners in Early Learning	$268,500	6	3%
Education for Change	$265,000	7	0%
Glide Foundation	$260,000	9	0%
The Bayview Association for Youth	$255,000	5	56%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence	$250,000	4	1%
Vision to Learn	$247,875	5	1%
Mission Graduates	$235,000	9	1%
San Francisco Friends School	$235,000	9	0%
Holy Family Day Home	$220,000	6	1%
100 Black Men of the Bay Area Inc	$215,188	3	13%
Community Initiatives	$200,000	2	0%
Safe Passages	$192,938	5	1%
Sfusd	$190,000	3	n/a
Camp Phoenix	$190,000	7	19%
Super Stars Literacy Inc	$185,000	5	38%
Blueprint Schools Network Inc	$170,000	5	1%
Hack the Hood Inc	$169,000	5	3%
University of California Berkeley Foundation	$156,470	1	0%
Imentor Inc	$140,000	4	0%
Lincoln	$135,500	4	0%
First 5 Alameda County	$126,000	4	n/a
Enterprise for Youth	$125,688	2	3%
Mk Level Playing Field Institute	$125,000	3	0%
Faith in Action Network	$123,500	2	0%
Alive and Free	$110,688	2	4%
Chapter 510 Ink	$110,000	5	4%
Dev Mission	$100,688	2	7%
National Equity Project	$100,000	1	1%
Bizworld Foundation	$100,000	5	7%
Alternatives in Action	$100,000	3	1%
Learn Fresh Education Co	$90,000	3	3%
Mindful Life Project	$79,000	1	2%
We Lead Ours	$79,000	1	n/a
Beats Rhymes and Life	$75,688	1	3%
10000 Degrees	$75,000	3	0%
Bay Scholars	$73,500	1	5%
Tipping Point Community	$73,500	1	0%
Education Outside	$67,938	1	2%
Bayview Futures Fka Center for Youth Wellness	$65,500	1	4%
Life Learning Academy	$65,500	1	2%
Kits Cubed Inc	$65,000	2	40%
Genesys Works	$62,500	1	n/a
San Francisco Education Fund	$62,500	1	3%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area	$62,500	1	3%
San Francisco CASA	$62,500	1	3%
University of San Francisco	$60,000	2	0%
Oakland Natives Give Back Fund Inc	$55,000	2	2%
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development	$55,000	2	0%
Schools Mentoring and Resources Team Inc (Smart)	$50,000	2	1%
Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn	$50,000	2	0%
Jayden T Gillespie Foundation Inc	$50,000	1	23%
Onegoal	$50,000	1	0%
A Better Way Inc	$50,000	1	0%
The Lovelife Foundation	$50,000	2	20%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc	$50,000	1	0%
Friends of the Children - San Francisco Bay Area	$50,000	1	n/a
San Leandro Adult Career Education Center	$45,000	1	n/a
Latin American Teachers Association	$45,000	1	94%
Tandem Community Birth Center and Postpartum House Inc	$45,000	1	53%
California Academy of Sciences	$40,000	1	0%
Tech Exposure & Access Through Mentoring Inc	$40,000	1	12%
The Oakland REACH	$40,000	1	26%
Kode With Klossy Inc	$40,000	1	1%
Community Youth Center of San Francisco	$40,000	2	0%
Cristo Rey de la Salle East Bay High School Inc	$40,000	1	n/a
De Marillac Academy	$35,000	1	n/a
First Place for Youth	$35,000	1	0%
Oakland Literacy Coalition Inc	$30,000	1	3%
Collegespring Inc	$30,000	3	0%
Streetcode Academy	$30,000	1	1%
Jaguars Booster Club	$25,000	1	66%
Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation	$25,000	1	1%
Attles Center for Excellence	$25,000	1	n/a
Beyond 12 Education Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence	$25,000	1	0%
Alameda County Office of Education	$25,000	1	n/a
Raising A Reader	$25,000	1	1%
The Marion Institute Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Bay Area Community Resources Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Boys Hope Girls Hope of San Francisco	$15,000	1	2%
Alameda County Community Food Bank	$13,650	1	0%
Athletic Scholars Advancement Program	$10,000	1	n/a
Occur	$10,000	1	0%
McClymonds High School	$10,000	1	n/a
Edesignc Inc	$3,700	1	n/a

Golden State Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 113 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 113.

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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.

The San Francisco FoundationCA81.6× affinity64 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Quest Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Ross Stores Foundation · Stupski Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Oakland Public Education Fund

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 Golden State Community Foundation

How much does Golden State Community Foundation give?: Golden State Community Foundation reported 80 itemized grants totaling $5,298,500, out of $6,555,644 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 76 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Golden State Community Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Youth Development (24%), Community Improvement (4%).
Who are Golden State Community Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oakland Unified School District ($1.2M), Spark Sf Public Schools ($1.0M), Self-Estem ($883k).
Does Golden State Community Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Golden State Community Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Quest Foundation.
Where is Golden State Community Foundation based?: Golden State Community Foundation is based in CA.