How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in California?

Start with the funders already giving to housing in California, currently Rhf Holdings Group Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in California?

Rhf Holdings Group Inc gives the most to housing organizations in California, $60M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in California?

$1.0B reached 655 housing organizations in California, from 1,960 funders. 67% came from funders also based in California.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · California · Housing

Who funds housing in California

Housing funding in California is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Rhf Foundation Inc leads, and the money reaches 655 groups.

$1.0B

granted

655

organizations

67%

from in-state

The short version

1,960 funders gave $1.0B to 655 housing organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
67% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in California is Rhf Holdings Group Inc, at $60M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Rhf Foundation Inc, at $67M.

Largest funders of housing in California

The funders giving the most to housing organizations in California, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Rhf Holdings Group Inc$60M 2The Chicago Community Trust$56M 3Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$43M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$41M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$25M 6Bridge Housing Ventures Inc$25M 7Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$24M 8Silicon Valley Community Foundation$22M 9California Community Foundation$22M 10The San Francisco Foundation$20M

Housing organizations in California that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

645 other housing organizations$660M

Rhf Foundation Inc$67M Habitat for Humanity Of$47M Midpen Housing Corporation$41M

How to find housing funders in California

1
Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to housing in California are Rhf Holdings Group Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
33% of housing money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in California, currently Rhf Holdings Group Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in California?: Rhf Holdings Group Inc gives the most to housing organizations in California, $60M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in California?: $1.0B reached 655 housing organizations in California, from 1,960 funders. 67% came from funders also based in California.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.