181 private foundations based in California whose IRS 990-PF grant purposes mention youth and children; 51 filed application instructions. Data as of 2026-11-02, sorted by grants paid.
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| Foundation | City | Status | Grants paid | Typical grant | Tax year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samueli Foundation | Corona Del Mar | Preselected only | $80,597,050 | $39,470 | 2024 |
| Simpson Foundation | Orinda | Open to applications | $17,408,345 | $22,500 | 2024 |
| The Baszucki Family Foundation | San Mateo | Preselected only | $15,470,208 | $20,500 | 2024 |
| John Pritzker Family Fund | Redwood City | Preselected only | $14,141,350 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| The Kenneth T And Eileen L Norris Foundation | Torrance | Preselected only | $13,864,000 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Wasserman Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $13,681,470 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The William G Irwin Charity Foundation | San Francisco | Open to applications | $13,656,020 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| The David And Meredith Kaplan Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $12,761,500 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Www Foundation | Pasadena | Preselected only | $12,387,693 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Alliance Healthcare Foundation | San Diego | Open to applications | $9,401,490 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Goldrich Family Foundation | Culver City | Preselected only | $9,231,318 | $37,215 | 2024 |
| Sand Hill Foundation | Menlo Park | Open to applications | $9,228,033 | $40,000 | 2024 |
| The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation | Santa Barbara | Open to applications | $8,448,500 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| David C Copley Foundation | San Diego | Preselected only | $8,268,008 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Cs Fund | Petaluma | Preselected only | $7,829,185 | $40,000 | 2024 |
| Friese Foundation | Chatsworth | Preselected only | $7,661,900 | $20,000 | 2024 |
| Elaine P Wynn And Family Foundation Bt | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $7,471,286 | $17,500 | 2024 |
| Mitchell Kapor Foundation | Oakland | Open to applications | $7,146,051 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| David Bohnett Foundation | Beverly Hills | Preselected only | $7,003,293 | $2,500 | 2024 |
| Crabill Family Foundation | San Francisco | Open to applications | $6,753,589 | $20,000 | 2024 |
| The Cayton-Goldrich Family Foundation | Culver City | Preselected only | $6,637,757 | $14,000 | 2024 |
| Swenson Family Foundation | Orange | Preselected only | $5,951,073 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Sun Family Foundation | Fountain Valley | Preselected only | $5,514,250 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou Ndation | Pasadena | Preselected only | $5,432,755 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| The Katie Mcgrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation | Encino | Preselected only | $5,311,995 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Joseph Drown Foundation | Los Angeles | Open to applications | $5,206,600 | $50,000 | 2025 |
| Room To Breathe Project | San Francisco | Open to applications | $5,035,342 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Lillian Lincoln Foundation C/O Lincoln Howell | Hillsborough | Preselected only | $5,010,500 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Spaht Family Foundation | San Francisco | Open to applications | $4,724,599 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| The Confidence Foundation | Pasadena | Preselected only | $4,363,670 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Henry L Guenther Foundation | Seal Beach | Open to applications | $4,199,500 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Alletta Morris Mcbean Charitable Trust | La Quinta | Open to applications | $4,195,000 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Rady Foundation | San Diego | Preselected only | $4,088,122 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| The Antone And Marie Raymus Foundation | Manteca | Open to applications | $3,931,235 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation C/O Lr Business Management Inc | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $3,722,103 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Ross Stores Foundation | Dublin | Open to applications | $3,667,560 | $8,616 | 2025 |
| The David William Upham Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $3,575,000 | $25,000 | 2025 |
| Amateur Radio Digital Communications | San Diego | Preselected only | $3,421,327 | $11,524 | 2024 |
| Chambers Family Foundation | Palo Alto | Preselected only | $3,399,500 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Lauren B Leichtman & Arthur E Levine Family Foundation | Beverly Hills | Preselected only | $3,369,797 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Age Fisher Foundation | San Jose | Preselected only | $3,253,961 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| 1011 Foundation Inc | Santa Monica | Preselected only | $3,220,195 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Bcm Foundation | Whittier | Open to applications | $3,198,975 | $40,000 | 2024 |
| James S Bower Foundation | Santa Barbara | Open to applications | $3,170,750 | $27,500 | 2024 |
| The Mericos Foundation | Pasadena | Preselected only | $3,144,914 | $18,500 | 2024 |
| Rosenberg Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $3,126,722 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Jem Project | Tiburon | Preselected only | $3,022,819 | $25,075 | 2024 |
| The Iv Fund | Folsom | Preselected only | $2,691,150 | $16,500 | 2023 |
| La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation | Santa Barbara | Preselected only | $2,520,739 | $30,000 | 2023 |
| Anderson Childrens Foundation | Palm Springs | Open to applications | $2,501,816 | $19,900 | 2024 |
| The William G Gilmore Foundation | San Francisco | Open to applications | $2,270,000 | $20,000 | 2024 |
| Bothin Foundation | San Francisco | Open to applications | $2,201,300 | $30,100 | 2025 |
| Atkinson Foundation C/O Pacific Foundation Services | San Francisco | Open to applications | $2,162,951 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Harvey L & Maud C Sorensen Foundation C/O Kramer Blum & Associates | San Rafael | Preselected only | $2,151,110 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Greenbridge Family Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $2,055,000 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Indira Foundation | La Jolla | Preselected only | $2,001,080 | $41,520 | 2024 |
| J Yang & Family Foundation | Torrance | Preselected only | $1,997,300 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Sarlo Family Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $1,987,750 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Ramsay Family Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $1,963,000 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Flex Foundation (F/K/A Flextronics Foundation) | San Jose | Preselected only | $1,951,661 | $24,412 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Futures Fund | San Francisco | Preselected only | $1,860,000 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Trichell Family Foundation | Bakersfield | Preselected only | $1,855,000 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| The Foothills Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $1,833,333 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation | Monterey | Open to applications | $1,708,812 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Alan Donald Leve And Annette Melva Leve Family Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $1,669,145 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Glenn And Janice Mccoy Family Foundation | Westlake Village | Preselected only | $1,651,700 | $20,000 | 2025 |
| The Big E Family Foundation | Yreka | Open to applications | $1,625,000 | $50,000 | 2025 |
| Steinmetz Foundation | Irvine | Preselected only | $1,497,600 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Towbes Foundation | Santa Barbara | Open to applications | $1,475,000 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Ann Peppers Foundation | Pasadena | Open to applications | $1,384,000 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Pacific Youth Foundation | Covina | Open to applications | $1,312,256 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Snyder Family Foundation | Encino | Preselected only | $1,271,000 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Josephine Herbert Gleis Foundation | Corona Del Mar | Preselected only | $1,270,000 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Chip Conley Foundation | Berkeley | Preselected only | $1,260,143 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| The Marmor Foundation | Berkeley | Preselected only | $1,259,718 | $6,500 | 2024 |
| Stephenson Foundation | Palo Alto | Preselected only | $1,248,103 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Outride Fka The Specialized Foundation | Morgan Hill | Preselected only | $1,234,941 | $12,420 | 2024 |
| The Werner Family Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $1,222,848 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| The Tuffli Family Foundation | Torrance | Preselected only | $1,201,050 | $40,000 | 2025 |
| Llww Foundation | Pasadena | Preselected only | $1,187,130 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Van Konynenburg Foundation | Pacific Palisades | Preselected only | $1,162,594 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Fansler Foundation | Fresno | Open to applications | $1,146,687 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Sonoma County Vintners Foundation | Santa Rosa | Preselected only | $1,136,361 | $10,000 | 2021 |
| John And Linda Macdonald Foundation | La Quinta | Preselected only | $1,125,600 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| The Dmk Foundation | Santa Monica | Preselected only | $1,100,000 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Kanoff Family Foundation Co Jefferies & Company | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $1,089,602 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Zee Foundation | Long Beach | Preselected only | $1,067,200 | $19,900 | 2024 |
| The Barry And Wendy Meyer Foundation | Encino | Preselected only | $1,061,560 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Mccune Foundation | Ventura | Open to applications | $1,059,185 | $2,500 | 2022 |
| The Crail-Johnson Foundation | San Pedro | Open to applications | $1,028,716 | $6,250 | 2024 |
| Louise M Davies Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $1,023,000 | $15,000 | 2025 |
| The Bright Family Foundation | Modesto | Open to applications | $1,000,000 | $25,000 | 2023 |
| The Bernard J & Mary T Johnson Family Foundation | Tiburon | Preselected only | $911,192 | $25,000 | 2025 |
| Pinpoint Foundation | San Fransisco | Open to applications | $895,750 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Al-Ameen Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $892,630 | $13,500 | 2024 |
| The Fred And June Macmurray Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $887,500 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Krause Foundation | Los Altos Hills | Preselected only | $866,537 | $23,000 | 2024 |
| Albert And Janice Meister Family Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $845,500 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| John H Grace Foundation | Fullerton | Preselected only | $820,000 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation | Beverly Hills | Preselected only | $818,352 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Mccabe Walls Family Foundation | Lafayette | Preselected only | $804,900 | $25,000 | 2025 |
| The Joseph And Mercedes Mcmicking Foundation | San Francisco | Open to applications | $796,500 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $795,895 | $22,500 | 2024 |
| The Marilyn And Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $785,000 | $20,000 | 2024 |
| Annette M Williams Charitable Foundation C/O Wilfrid C Lemann | San Bernardino | Open to applications | $754,995 | $8,750 | 2024 |
| Thelma Doelger Charitable Trust | Daly City | Open to applications | $729,500 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Fremont Group Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $727,164 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| William Mccaskey Chapman And Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation | Monterey | Open to applications | $720,000 | $20,000 | 2024 |
| June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust Js Poucher Kl Englert & Cm Cooney Co-Tr | Santa Barbara | Open to applications | $717,500 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Ayesha Omar Khadbai Foundation | West Covina | Preselected only | $706,676 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| Kirchgessner Vision Foundation | Sherman Oaks | Open to applications | $694,150 | $30,000 | 2023 |
| Samantha And Darren Bechtel Family Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $690,500 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Pralle Krotts Family Foundation | Newport Beach | Preselected only | $688,000 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Patricia D & William B Smullin Foundation | Blue Lake | Preselected only | $673,714 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| The Segerstrom Foundation | Costa Mesa | Open to applications | $672,500 | $30,000 | 2025 |
| Waltmar Foundation C/O Larry Beltramo | Irvine | Preselected only | $670,000 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Roy And Ida Eagle Foundation | Santa Maria | Open to applications | $644,200 | $10,000 | 2023 |
| Bell Charitable Foundation | Rancho Santa Fe | Preselected only | $628,000 | $20,000 | 2024 |
| Hood Family Foundation | Woodland Hills | Preselected only | $602,784 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Wilson W Phelps Foundation | Irvine | Preselected only | $599,432 | $20,000 | 2024 |
| The Mark Hughes Foundation | Marina Del Rey | Open to applications | $595,000 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Spenuzza-Velastegui Family Foundation | Monarch Beach | Preselected only | $573,662 | $17,250 | 2025 |
| Mental Research Institute | Menlo Park | Preselected only | $560,280 | $20,000 | 2025 |
| E Richard Jones Family Foundation Mr E Richard Jones | Calistoga | Open to applications | $540,457 | $3,000 | 2024 |
| Ernest And Irene Pestana Charitable Foundation Inc | San Jose | Preselected only | $540,260 | $10,453 | 2024 |
| Nora Tertzag Hampar Charitable Trust | Beverly Hills | Preselected only | $522,500 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Trust Funds Incorporated | Sacramento | Preselected only | $515,700 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Rudi Schulte Family Foundation | Santa Barbara | Preselected only | $500,402 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| G L Connolly Foundation | Moraga | Open to applications | $491,400 | $5,500 | 2024 |
| Todd Schiffman Foundation Tr | W Hollywood | Preselected only | $490,000 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| The J Douglas And Marian R Pardee | Oakland | Preselected only | $484,850 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Harrington Family Foundation | Los Altos | Preselected only | $469,373 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Kathryne Beynon Foundation | Pasadena | Open to applications | $465,250 | $20,000 | 2024 |
| The Patron Saints Foundation | Pasadena | Open to applications | $455,000 | $20,000 | 2023 |
| The Kim And Harold Louie Family Foundation | Burlingame | Open to applications | $451,933 | $6,250 | 2024 |
| Tanimura Family Foundation | Salinas | Preselected only | $426,500 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Lenore S & Bernard A Greenberg Fund | Beverly Hills | Preselected only | $397,500 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Robert Grimm Family Foundation | Bakersfield | Open to applications | $391,783 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Wakerly Family Foundation | Los Altos | Preselected only | $363,000 | $20,000 | 2025 |
| A-Mark Foundation | Santa Monica | Preselected only | $360,926 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| The Julia Stearns Dockweiler Charitable Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $357,000 | $9,500 | 2025 |
| The Ohana Foundation C/O Tong & Fong | San Francisco | Preselected only | $355,000 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Edwards Foundation Inc | Redwood City | Preselected only | $352,132 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| The Gillian S Fuller Foundation Inc | Los Angeles | Open to applications | $350,000 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Heck Foundation | Guerneville | Open to applications | $350,000 | $1,000 | 2024 |
| Herbert Family Foundation | Corona Del Mar | Preselected only | $348,000 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Quint Family Foundation Inc | Malibu | Preselected only | $340,000 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| The Feltheimer Family Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $339,187 | $7,618 | 2024 |
| Bundy Family Foundation | Portola Valley | Preselected only | $337,000 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| The Seaver Endowment | Sierra Madre | Preselected only | $331,500 | $7,500 | 2024 |
| The Erich And Hannah Sachs Foundation | San Rafael | Preselected only | $330,566 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| William A Wheeler & Florence R Foundation | Bakersfield | Open to applications | $327,692 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Gonda Family Foundation | Woodland Hills | Preselected only | $327,150 | $2,500 | 2024 |
| Thagard Foundation | Fontana | Preselected only | $312,000 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Griffin Phoenix Foundation | Larkspur | Preselected only | $302,000 | $4,000 | 2024 |
| The Hyman And Mintz Family Foundation | Rancho Mirage | Open to applications | $289,186 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| The William Hall Tippett And Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation | Carlsbad | Preselected only | $283,000 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| The Friars Charitable Foundation | Beverly Hills | Preselected only | $281,150 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Keith & Pamela Fox Family Foundation | Rancho Santa Fe | Preselected only | $277,837 | $400 | 2023 |
| Strompolos Family Foundation | Santa Monica | Preselected only | $277,000 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| Julia Child Foundation For Gastronomy And The Culinary Arts | Santa Barbara | Preselected only | $259,250 | $12,500 | 2024 |
| El Gato Channel Foundation | Santa Barbara | Preselected only | $243,796 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Clark Pacific Foundation | West Sacramento | Preselected only | $236,143 | $1,500 | 2024 |
| The Uplands Family Foundation | Belvedere | Preselected only | $236,000 | $2,500 | 2024 |
| Richard And Ruth Lavine Family Foundation | Los Angeles | Preselected only | $234,200 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| Bay Area Physicians For Human Rights Inc | San Francisco | Open to applications | $230,000 | $7,000 | 2024 |
| Ranelletti Family Foundation Inc | Grover Beach | Preselected only | $224,882 | $6,500 | 2024 |
| The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation | Upland | Preselected only | $193,625 | $9,000 | 2025 |
| David & Susan Martin Foundation Inc | Oakland | Preselected only | $192,549 | $2,500 | 2025 |
| Peter & Masha Plotkin Memorial Foundation | Playa Vista | Preselected only | $190,000 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Woravka Family Foundation For Children | Huntington Beach | Preselected only | $188,000 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Natter Family Foundation | Hermosa Beach | Preselected only | $185,000 | $4,500 | 2024 |
| George B Page Foundation | Santa Barbara | Open to applications | $182,000 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| The Nurture Foundation | Santa Barbara | Preselected only | $178,078 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Helms Foundation Inc C/O Afps Llp | Irvine | Preselected only | $176,000 | $2,000 | 2024 |
| Hasso Philanthropic Foundation | Irvine | Preselected only | $165,500 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Vaquero Foundation | Monterey | Preselected only | $152,300 | $2,000 | 2025 |
| Armrod Charitable Foundation | Rocklin | Preselected only | $135,000 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Freitas Foundation | San Rafael | Preselected only | $115,500 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Lindsay And Alex Ramsay Foundation | San Francisco | Preselected only | $74,750 | $2,250 | 2024 |
| Grace Ford Salvatori Foundation | Beverly Hills | Preselected only | $66,444 | $2,988 | 2025 |
