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League of California Community Foundations

The LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS promotes and strengthens community foundations in california.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$167k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

64% of League of California Community Foundations’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of The Napa Valley, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’20
0
’21
0
’22
0
’23
2
’24
4
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2020–2025.

Philanthropy$8.4MEducation$167kOther$215k
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $599k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $803k
$45,330
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIERRA BUSINESS COUNCIL$166,500
PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$145,330
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEVADA COUNTY$120,330
NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$120,330
INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$115,330
SOLANO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$70,000
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY$65,000
CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$45,330
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY$45,330
EL DORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$45,330
VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$45,330
SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION$45,330
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY$45,330
SACRAMENTO REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$45,330
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY$45,330
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PLACER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150k → 6%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SAN BENITO COUNTY: $94k → 7%WEST MARIN FUND: $100k → 8%NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $120k → 9%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY: $100k → 9%VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $275k → 10%SIERRA BUSINESS COUNCIL: $167k → 11%RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION: $94k → 11%INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $200k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $185k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $194k → 12%SACRAMENTO REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $194k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE: $205k → 14%SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $155k → 14%STANISLAUS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY: $206k → 18%KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 18%HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION: $194k → 18%NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $175k → 18%CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 19%PLACER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $105k → 6%NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $125k → 10%SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $115k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $94k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $141k → 12%SACRAMENTO REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $94k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $178k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE: $171k → 14%PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $145k → 14%SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%STANISLAUS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $94k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY: $194k → 18%HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION: $100k → 18%PLACER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $94k → 9%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEVADA COUNTY: $120k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $110k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $108k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE: $100k → 14%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY: $105k → 18%HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION: $100k → 18%CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $194k → 19%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE: $100k → 14%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY: $100k → 18%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY: $100k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Community Foundation of the Valleys

To inspire, encourage and to facilitate charitable giving for lasting impact on those who live in the san fernando valley and santa clarita valley

Philanthropy
2
Sonora Area Foundation

Strengthens its community through assisting donors, making grants, and providing leadership.

Philanthropy
3
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) connects people, ideas and resources to ensure equity and opportunity for all.

Philanthropy
4
Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico

The Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico serves as a community resource, connects donors to needs, and supports charitable organizations in their work.

Philanthropy
5
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
6
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
7
Tahoe Community Foundation

The Foundation envisions a thriving community created through meaningful philanthropy, inclusive communication, and the willingness to explore possibilities together.

Education
8
Pasadena Community Foundation

Pasadena Community Foundation builds and preserves permanently endowed charitable funds, provides grants and assistance to nurture and strengthen community organizations, serves donors to meet their philanthropic goals and promotes and…

Philanthropy
9
Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley

Dedicated to improving the quality of life in the brazos valley through the development of philanthropic giving, responsible grantmaking, professional stewardship and collaborative leadership.

Philanthropy
10
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
11
Community Foundation for Brevard Inc

To inspire and support powerful, rewarding philanthropy and engage in civic leadership to make local communities stronger and more vibrant.

Philanthropy
12
Community Foundation of Snohomish County

The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation for Monterey County and the most unlike its peers is Pasadena Community Orchestra Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%6%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr17%52%20–35yr11%27%35–55yr13%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%2%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr17%57%20–35yr11%25%35–55yr13%11%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/35
the rest of the field
15%
15,770/108,072

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY — $770,585 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTYCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE — $605,751 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATEVENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $539,665 · PhilanthropyVENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONPlacer Community Foundation — $534,803 · PhilanthropyPlacer Community FoundationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — $524,665 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTYCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY — $490,665 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTYInland Empire Community Foundation — $409,665 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO — $399,165 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION — $394,665 · PhilanthropyHUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION — $394,335 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NAPA VALLEY — $377,165 · PhilanthropyCentral Valley Community Foundation A Corporation — $347,165 · PhilanthropySONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $297,331 · Philanthropy+19 more — $2,273,495 · Philanthropy+19 morePasadena Community Orchestra Foundation — $145,330 · OtherSolano Community College Educational Foundation — $70,000 · OtherSierra Business Council — $166,500 · Education
Philanthropy$8,359,120Other$215,330Education$166,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY — $770,585 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE — $605,751 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetVENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $539,665 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPlacer Community Foundation — $534,803 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — $524,665 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY — $490,665 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetInland Empire Community Foundation — $409,665 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO — $399,165 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION — $394,665 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION — $394,335 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NAPA VALLEY — $377,165 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCentral Valley Community Foundation A Corporation — $347,165 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $297,331 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $274,665 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetSacramento Region Community Foundation — $245,915 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $234,335 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $220,330 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetStanislaus Community Foundation — $204,335 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $194,335 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SAN BENITO COUNTY — $144,335 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEVADA COUNTY — $120,330 over 1y, 19% of budgetTHE WEST MARIN FUND — $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MERCED COUNTY — $99,880 over 1y, 30% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION — $94,335 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $90,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSolano Community College Educational Foundation — $70,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VERDUGOS — $60,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetLAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetAMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $49,120 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSolano Community Foundation — $31,250 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ALTOS MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The California Endowm…Silicon Valley Commun…The California Wellne…Sierra Health Foundat…California Community …Marin Community Found…California Foundation…The James Irvine Foun…The San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…California Fire Found…Sacramento Region Com…
The California EndowmentCA29.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The California Endowment · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · California Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · The James Irvine Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · California Fire Foundation · Sacramento Region Community Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization League of California Community Foundations funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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