Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project

Upper Investment Group Foundation

Hacienda Heights, CA

Environmental Health Coalition

National City, CA

The Environmental Health Coalition is dedicated to achieving environmental and social justice. We believe that justice is accomplished by empowered communities acting together to make social change. We organize and advocate to protect public health and

Health in Partnership

Oakland, CA

Health in Partnership transforms the field of public health to center health equity and builds collective power with social justice movements.

Eleven Twenty Seven Foundation

Pasadena, CA

California Environmental Justice Alliance

Oakland, CA

The California Environmental Justice Alliance funds environmental justice work focused on clean energy, land use, civic engagement, and climate policy, primarily in California. Its 2024 grants ranged from $37,222 to $317,547, with a median of $90,555. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Oakland, CA

Asian Pacific Environmental Network funds environmental justice, climate resilience, community organizing, and related efforts that build immigrant and refugee power, with a focus on California, including Oakland, Richmond, and Los Angeles. In 2024, its 12 grants ranged from $10,000 to $35,900, with a median of $17,500; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

KIWA funds organizations advancing immigrant worker and renter power, community development, and worker and economic justice. Its 2025 grants ranged from $10,000 to $250,000, with a median of $24,750; nearly all grant dollars went to California, especially Los Angeles-area work. The profile does not state whether KIWA accepts unsolicited requests.

Charles and Patricia Rasmussen Family Foundation

Valencia, CA

The foundation’s 2025 grants supported California organizations working in areas including education, local history, services for people with special needs, family support, veterans, health care, and community-college resources. It awarded 17 grants totaling $186,247, ranging from $500 to $50,000, with a median grant of $5,000; it accepts no unsolicited requests and funds only preselected organizations.

Penney Family Fund

Berkeley, CA

The Penney Family Fund supports grassroots organizing, advocacy, civic participation, and movement building focused on racial, economic, and environmental justice, with recent grants concentrated in North Carolina, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Georgia. Its 2024 grants ranged from $250 to $35,000, with a median of $20,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests; proposals are by invitation only.

Fund for Santa Barbara Inc

Santa Barbara, CA

Fund for Santa Barbara supports grassroots organizations advancing progressive social change and economic, environmental, political, racial, and social justice in Santa Barbara County. Its 2024 itemized grants ranged from $5,530 to $60,000, with a median of $10,000; active programs offer up to $10,000 or, through the Racial Equity Fund, up to $100,000. It accepts applications through an initial inquiry, followed by a draft and formal proposal.

Scharpf Family Foundation Inc

Old Bridge, NJ

The foundation supports education and charitable causes, including environmental, LGBTQ+ and gender-equity work. Its 2024 grants ranged from $300 to $50,000, with a median of $10,000, and went to organizations in several states, especially New York, California, Washington, D.C., Indiana, and New Jersey. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Powerswitch Action

Oakland, CA

PowerSwitch Action funds grassroots organizations and coalitions working on jobs, housing, worker power, racial and environmental justice, and local or state policy campaigns. Its 2024 grants ranged from $12,000 to $549,343, with a median of $149,000; it is a national network, with nearly half of 2024 grant dollars going to California. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.