California · Private foundation
The Moca Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $325k
- Granted FY2018
- 20
- Grants FY2018
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
84% of The Moca Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Moca Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $325k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 3
- Total assets, FY2018
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 67% of the organizations The Moca Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 18 | $325k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $298k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family House Inc | $327,510 | 6 | 1% |
| Girls Incorporated of Orange County | $307,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Project Sunshine Inc | $205,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Cancer Carepoint Inc | $197,600 | 6 | 3% |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | $147,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Juilliard School | $140,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kara | $122,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $115,000 | 3 | 0% |
| East Bay Center for the Performing Arts | $111,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Community Music Center | $110,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 52 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Moca Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Marin Community Foundation · The Taylor Family Foundation · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · Koret Foundation · Bothin Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Moca Foundation
- How much does The Moca Foundation give?
- The Moca Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $324,500 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does The Moca Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Health (15%), Education (8%).
- Who are The Moca Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Family House Inc ($328k), Girls Incorporated of Orange County ($308k), Project Sunshine Inc ($205k).
- Does The Moca Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Moca Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Moca Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is The Moca Foundation based?
- The Moca Foundation is based in CA.
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