Community Foundation of the Napa Valley
Community Foundation of the an individual recipient is a public charity based in Napa, California. Formed in 1994, it awards grants through Community Impact, Legacy, and Donor Advised Funds to organizations serving Napa County’s needs.
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley at a glance
In short: Community Foundation of the Napa Valley gave $5.3M across 342 grants in 2025 (avg $16K), mostly in California. 20% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $5,305,956
- -11.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 342
- -22.8% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $15,514
- +15.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $96,591,211
- +21.2% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 20% first-time grantees (25 of 123, 2025)
- Primary geography
- California (92% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Community Foundation of the Napa Valley
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- Yes
- Invitation Only
-
The Foundation accepts unsolicited requests that fit its eligibility criteria. Its website asks applicants to email a 1–2 page letter describing the organization and its work or project, including the organization’s or fiscal sponsor’s EIN, annual budget, and how the work significantly benefits Napa County residents. Staff review and respond within 90 days and may request a site visit, phone call, additional application materials, or financial documents. The website says all other grant opportunities are by invitation at this time.
- Contact
Mailing address: 3299 Claremont Way 4, Napa, CA 94558
Phone: (707) 254-9565
Website: https://napavalleycf.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
8 open opportunities from Community Foundation of the Napa Valley
Abramowicz Family Fund
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Elaine Jones Safety Net Fund
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Elaine Jones Safety Net Fund Grant
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley
Amount
Up to US $150,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Community Foundation of the Napa Valley funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was On the Move ($373K across 15 grants). Together the top 10 received $2.4M.
Organizations only. It also paid 4 grants to individuals ($44,000), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
1,615 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1,459 grants of 1,615 (90%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Foundation’s grant opportunities and stated mission focus on Napa County. In 2025, 92% of grant dollars went to recipients in California; the remaining reported shares went to recipients in Washington, DC, Maryland, Illinois, and Georgia.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 342 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Community Foundation of the Napa Valley open to new grantees?
20%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 25 of 123 grantees (20%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $26K; repeat grants $47K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $24K repeat.
- 64% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−5%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5.3M (2025) to $10.2M (2021). In 2025 it made 342 grants totaling $5.3M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Napa Valley Community Organizations Active in Disaster Napa, CA | For General Support | $300,000 |
| Immigration Institute of the Bay Area San Francisco, CA | For participation in the citizenship legal services (CLS) collaborative that is part of napa valley community foundation's one napa valley initiative. This grant covers the period from july 1, 2024 through june 30, 2025 | $135,500 |
| Community Initiatives Oakland, CA | For the initial transfer of assets for the adu center | $125,000 |
| Brannan Center Calistoga, CA | For Audio/Visual System Support | $100,000 |
| Community Initiatives Oakland, CA | For General Support of the ADU Center | $100,000 |
| Migration Policy Institute Washington, DC | For the purposes of generating and publishing a sociodemographic profile of immigrants in Napa county | $95,000 |
| On the Move Napa, CA | For participation in the citizenship legal services (CLS) collaborative that is part of napa valley community foundation's one napa valley initiative.this grant covers the period from july 1, 2024 through june 30, 2025 | $87,400 |
| Direct Relief Santa Barbara, CA | For General/Operating Support | $80,000 |
| Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center Sun Inc Napa, CA | For participation in the citizenship legal services (CLS) collaborative that is part of napa valley community foundation's one napa valley initiative. This grant covers the period from july 1, 2024 through june 30, 2025 | $76,098 |
| Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County St Helena, CA | For participation in the citizenship legal services (CLS) collaborative that is part of napa valley community foundation's one napa valley initiative. This grant covers the period from july 1, 2024 through june 30, 2025 | $69,606 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $96,591,211 | $17,350,645 | $8,804,361 | $5,305,956 | 342 | $2,696,309 |
| 2024 | $79,717,579 | $13,543,928 | $9,230,370 | $5,962,427 | 443 | $1,990,110 |
| 2023 | $69,307,683 | $13,869,215 | $13,170,325 | $10,123,744 | 333 | $1,276,039 |
| 2022 | $64,371,837 | $19,995,222 | $7,656,435 | $5,574,001 | 385 | $910,557 |
| 2021 | $56,058,255 | $18,002,508 | $12,090,035 | $10,180,819 | 112 | $1,096,715 |
| 2020 | $43,367,839 | $6,877,073 | $8,813,761 | $6,443,776 | 92 | $756,600 |
| 2019 | $45,074,224 | $17,872,539 | $9,299,294 | $7,549,523 | 87 | $916,939 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Foundation’s stated mission is to mobilize resources, promote philanthropy, and provide leadership on vital community issues in Napa County. Its 2023 filing describes grants across youth, health, family services, legal immigration services, food, shelter, humanitarian efforts, education, religion, the arts, and disaster relief and recovery. The filing also describes community leadership and convening, the One Napa Valley initiative, work related to accessory dwelling units, and disaster relief and recovery efforts.
Examples of supported organizations illustrate the range of grantees. An individual recipient Community Organizations Active in Disaster describes its mission as coordinating the nongovernmental response across disaster phases. The Immigration Institute of the Bay Area says it helps immigrants, refugees, and their families join and contribute to the community. Brannan Center describes itself as a bicultural resource for educational and nonprofit organizations and a venue for performances. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not the Foundation’s.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the Foundation reported 342 grants totaling $5,305,956. Grant amounts ranged from $250 to $300,000, with a median of $10,000. Its largest reported grants included $300,000 to an individual recipient Community Organizations Active in Disaster for general support; $135,500 to the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area for participation in the Citizenship Legal Services Collaborative; and two grants to Community Initiatives for the ADU Center, totaling $225,000. Other notable grants included $100,000 to Brannan Center for audio/visual system support and $95,000 to the Migration Policy Institute to generate and publish a sociodemographic profile of immigrants in Napa County.
The Foundation’s website describes three grant pathways: Donor Advised grants, recommended by fundholders or Foundation staff; Community Impact grants, generally awarded by invitation annually; and Legacy Fund grants, also generally awarded by invitation annually. It currently lists a competitive request for proposals from the William A. and Theresa N. Boughn Fund for direct services to Napa County residents with developmental disabilities. The stated September 30, 2026 deadline has passed. That fund’s guidelines allowed requests of up to $50,000 for organizations with annual budgets of $1 million or more and up to $25,000 for smaller organizations, subject to a 20% cap on the applicant’s annual operating budget. Both general operating and program-specific requests were eligible under the fund’s stated guidelines.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Dawnine Dyer as chair; Pete Richmond as co-vice chair; Robert Murphy as treasurer; and Erika Lubensky as secretary. It also lists Meachan Becker, Colleen Chappellet, Maria Cisneros, J Kevin Corley, Bob Fiddaman, and Michael Holman as directors.
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley is led by Terence Mulligan, President on every filing since 2019; 4 of 20 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Terence Mulligan
President
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$230K (2019) → $268K (2025)
Dawnine Dyer
Chair
Co-Vice Chair → Director, 2021
Director → Chair, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Caitlin Childs
Senior Director of Comms & Marketing
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$116K (2025)
Manbin Khaira Monteverdi
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bob Fiddaman
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Colleen Chappellet
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
J. Kevin Corley
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Indira Lopez-Jones
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maria Cisneros
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Doug Shafer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janelle Sellick
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maya Dalla Valle
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meachan Becker
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Holman
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rick Jones
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia Denatale
Vice President of Community Impact
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$115K (2019) → $138K (2025)
Sandy Fasold
CFO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$122K (2019) → $152K (2025)
Erika Lubensky
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Murphy
Treasurer
Treasurer → Director, 2023
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pete Richmond
Co-Vice Chair
Director → Co-Vice Chair, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (15)
- Former: David Whitmer (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Liz Christensen (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Pablo Zatarain (2022–2024) — Co-Vice Chair
- Former: Ed Matovcik (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Maira Ayala (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Heidi Holzhauer (2019–2022) — Chair
- Former: Richard Pastcan MD (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Tom McBroom (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Sarah Lehman Left (2021) — Vice President of Development
- Former: Brad Nichinson MD (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Elba Gonzales-Mares (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Jamie Watson (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Jennifer Byram (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Loraine Stuart (2019–2020) — Chair
- Former: Sarah Lehman (2020) — Vice President of Development · Filing note: Started 21119
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $268K, to Terence Mulligan (President). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Community Foundation of the Napa Valley
How much does Community Foundation of the Napa Valley give each year?
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley gave $5.3M across 342 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $6.0M across 443 grants.
What is Community Foundation of the Napa Valley's typical grant size?
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $15,514, across 342 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Community Foundation of the Napa Valley that year got $26K on average.
Where does Community Foundation of the Napa Valley give grants?
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley gives mostly in California: 92% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Napa, CA (175 grants), St Helena, CA (67 grants), San Francisco, CA (20 grants) and San Rafael, CA (13 grants).
Does Community Foundation of the Napa Valley give general operating support?
Yes: 39% of Community Foundation of the Napa Valley's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (133 of 342) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990. Recurring purposes include "For the Fund-a-Need" (6 grants), "For Support of Meals for Our Community" (6 grants) and "For Support of Napa County Programs" (5 grants).
Who are Community Foundation of the Napa Valley's largest grantees?
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley's largest 2025 grantees include On the Move ($373,400 across 15 grants), Immigration Institute of the Bay Area ($333,500 across 10 grants) and Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County ($333,106 across 18 grants), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 4 grants to individuals ($44,000), which are not listed by name. Together they received 20% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Community Foundation of the Napa Valley?
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley reported $96.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $17.4M.
What does Community Foundation of the Napa Valley fund?
The Foundation’s stated mission is to mobilize resources, promote philanthropy, and provide leadership on vital community issues in Napa County. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Community Foundation of the Napa Valley?
The Foundation accepts unsolicited requests that fit its eligibility criteria. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Community Foundation of the Napa Valley's EIN?
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 68-0349777. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Community Foundation of the Napa Valley accept unsolicited proposals?
Yes, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 12, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS December 22, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 2, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 28, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 3, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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