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Foundations that fund education in California

9,890 private foundations gave $3.1 billion for education to organizations in California in their latest year. The largest was Gates Foundation, with $203 million in 206 grants.

Foundations ranked by education grants to recipients in California, latest year
FoundationGrantsAmountAccepts applications
Gates Foundation (Washington)206$203 millionYes
Lilly Endowment Inc (Indiana)42$124 millionYes
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation126$61.2 millionNo
Dunard Fund USA LTD (Illinois)2$52.5 millionNo
Walton Family Foundation Inc (Arkansas)41$50.6 millionNo
Sergey Brin Family Foundation10$38.6 millionNo
Xie Foundation6$34.6 millionNo
Wm Keck Foundation46$31.7 millionYes
Good Ventures Foundation201$30.2 millionNo
Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation13$28.6 millionYes
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation (New York)37$26.3 millionYes
The Ahmanson Foundation154$25.3 millionYes
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation114$25.2 millionYes
The Helen Diller Foundation1$25.0 millionNo
Salesforce Foundation10$22.9 millionNo
Samueli Foundation62$22.2 millionNo
Conrad N Hilton Foundation129$22.2 millionYes
The Benificus Foundation7$21.3 millionNo
The Heising-Simons Foundation87$20.9 millionNo
Anderson Stewart Family Foundation6$20.5 millionNo
Halvorsen Family Foundation (Connecticut)2$20.1 millionNo
The Linda and Mike Mussallem Foundation (Delaware)1$20.0 millionNo
Sequoia Climate Foundation10$19.9 millionNo
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (New Jersey)112$19.5 millionYes
The James Irvine Foundation120$18.6 millionNo

Amounts count grants whose purpose or recipient matches education, paid to recipients in California. A foundation based in another state appears when it gives here.

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