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Foundations that fund human services in California

3,714 private foundations gave $474 million for human services to organizations in California in their latest year. The largest was The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, with $31.1 million in 190 grants.

Foundations ranked by human services grants to recipients in California, latest year
FoundationGrantsAmountAccepts applications
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation190$31.1 millionYes
Conrad N Hilton Foundation68$26.7 millionYes
Crankstart Foundation57$20.2 millionNo
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (New Jersey)50$15.3 millionYes
Freedom Together Foundation (New York)10$11.5 millionNo
The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund11$9.5 millionNo
Sequoia Climate Foundation2$8.3 millionNo
Lilly Endowment Inc (Indiana)3$7.6 millionYes
The Levecke Family Foundation2$7.1 millionNo
California Physicians' Service Fdn DBA Blue Shield of California Fdn25$6.6 millionYes
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation (Montana)3$6.0 millionYes
The California Wellness Foundation43$5.7 millionYes
The Heising-Simons Foundation26$5.5 millionNo
Weingart Foundation51$5.5 millionYes
The California Endowment50$5.4 millionNo
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund20$5.3 millionNo
The James Irvine Foundation27$5.1 millionNo
The Jay Pritzker Foundation (Texas)2$5.0 millionNo
C D Spangler Foundation Inc (North Carolina)1$5.0 millionNo
The Grove Foundation15$5.0 millionNo
The Ford Foundation (New York)28$4.8 millionYes
The Sobrato Family Foundation39$4.7 millionYes
Samueli Foundation8$4.7 millionNo
CSX Foundation Inc (Florida)2$4.2 millionNo
Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc8$4.0 millionNo

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

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