Centro Legal De La Raza

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

San Francisco, CA

ILRC funds organizations advancing immigrant rights through immigration-law and policy work, legal-service capacity building, advocacy, civic engagement, and immigrant leadership development. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,500 to $1,140,579, with a median of $25,000; funding was concentrated in California, with additional grants in Maryland, Texas, Washington, D.C., and New York. The profile does not state whether ILRC accepts unsolicited requests.

United Way of the Bay Area

San Francisco, CA

United Way of the Bay Area funds nonprofits and partners addressing poverty through employment, housing, financial stability, and basic-needs work, primarily in the Bay Area. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,050 to $745,000, with a median award of $15,454; it does not accept unsolicited funding requests, though specific partner, community-fund, and county EFSP opportunities may have separate application processes.

Sierra Health Foundation

Sacramento, CA

Sierra Health Foundation funds projects improving health and well-being in underserved communities, with a focus on health equity, community and economic development, and healthy youth development. Its 2024 grants ranged from $6,000 to $2.5 million, with a median of $35,000; funding is primarily in California, including a focus on nine San Joaquin Valley counties. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Equality California Institute

Los Angeles, CA

Equality California Institute funds LGBTQ+ health equity, community health and outreach, leadership development, and efforts addressing safety and anti-LGBTQ+ hate. In 2024, its 29 grants ranged from $7,500 to $300,000, with a median of $10,000; all went to California recipients, though it also has programs in Nevada. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc

Silver Spring, MD

CLINIC funds nonprofit immigration legal service providers and related efforts such as staff training, citizenship and naturalization services, and access to convenings. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,100 to $1.53 million, with a median of about $99,000; recipients were across the United States, though 93% of grant dollars went to California. Whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

California Immigrant Policy Center

Los Angeles, CA

CIPC funds community organizations and coalitions working on immigrant rights, policy advocacy, health and food equity, civic engagement, and related racial, social, and economic justice issues, primarily in California. In 2024, grants ranged from $8,000 to $88,392, with a median of $20,000. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Bay Area Lawyers for Individua

San Francisco, CA

The group takes action on questions of law and justice that affect the lgbt community,strengthens professional and social ties among lgbt members of the legal profession, builds coalitions with other leg

The Allen Tate Foundation

Charlotte, NC

The Allen Tate Foundation funds charitable organizations working in areas such as homelessness prevention, community services, scouting, and local vitality, primarily in North Carolina, with occasional support in South Carolina. In 2025, it awarded six grants totaling $32,500, ranging from $500 to $10,000, with a median of $5,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

California Access to Justice Commission

Carmichael, CA

The California Access to Justice Commission funds California nonprofits providing civil legal aid to indigent people, with grants supporting legal-service infrastructure, innovation, and expanded access for underserved communities. Recent and current opportunities typically offer $25,000–$200,000 per project, though reported 2025 grants ranged from $10,000 to $350,000. Applications are accepted through specific grant opportunities; the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Firedoll Foundation

Walnut Creek, CA

The foundation funds community development and entrepreneurship, immigrant rights, environmental conservation, Middle East peace, and community-based services for traumatic brain injury survivors, with a geographic focus that includes Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $100,000, with a median of $25,000. Eligible new applicants may submit an LOI during the stated solicitation period, but unsolicited requests are not accepted for its immigrant issues and human rights program.

The Razi Family Foundation

Irvine, CA

Cultural Survival Inc

Cambridge, MA

Cultural survival advocates for indigenous people's rights and supports indigenous communities' self-determination, cultures and political resilience, since 1972.