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Lindsay & Alex Ramsay Foundation

San Francisco, CA

The foundation supports education, youth opportunities, and conservation, with most grant dollars going to California organizations. Its 2024 grants ranged from $250 to $25,000, with a median of $2,250. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Our Blessed Mother

Reston, VA

Michael and Catherine Podell Fund

Hillsborough, CA

The Michael and Catherine Podell Fund supports 501(c)(3) charities across varied areas, including youth arts and technology, food relief, animal welfare, health, and conservation. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,500 to $100,000, with a median of $15,500; most funding went to California, with grants also made in South Carolina, Washington, DC, New York, and Vermont. It does not restrict giving to preselected organizations; applicants can contact Catherine H. Podell, with no required application materials or deadline.

Ramsay Family Foundation

San Francisco, CA

The Ramsay Family Foundation supports schools, arts and cultural organizations, education and youth programs, and community and civic initiatives, with most 2024 funding going to California. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,000 to $250,000, with a median of $50,000; it funds preselected organizations only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Michelson Foundation

Scottsdale, AZ

The Michelson Foundation’s stated focus areas are not specified; its grants have supported education, history, health, autism services, and other varied causes. In 2025 it made eight grants ranging from $10,000 to $453,140, with a median of $40,000, mainly to organizations in Tennessee and Washington, DC. It accepts formal written requests and does not list a deadline.

The PRBB Foundation

Bozeman, MT

The PRBB Foundation funds grassroots groups of Indigenous women, offering three-year general-support grants to qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofits with annual budgets under $1 million. Recent grants ranged from $5,000 to $29,000, with a median of $10,000; its work is global. It does not accept unsolicited requests—board members invite proposals from preselected organizations.

Ducommun & Gross Foundation

Healdsburg, CA

The Ducommun & Gross Foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, including educational institutions, museums, public media, and health and humanitarian groups, with recent grants concentrated in California and Massachusetts. In 2025, grants ranged from $2,500 to $375,470, with a median of $12,500. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Mountain View, CA

Silicon Valley Community Foundation funds work in areas such as housing, economic security, education, health, the environment, arts and culture, and civic engagement, with Community Action Grants supporting local, community-led organizations in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Its 2024 grants had a median of $51,716, though amounts varied widely; applications depend on the program, and SVCF states that it does not accept unsolicited proposals for advised funds.

California Community Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The California Community Foundation supports nonprofits through discretionary and donor-directed grants, with discretionary priorities including education, health, housing and immigration, alongside other areas such as arts, civic engagement and economic opportunity. Its 2025 grants had a median of $50,000, and its work is focused on Los Angeles County; prospective discretionary applicants are asked to contact the relevant program officer before submitting a letter of intent.

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Menlo Park, CA

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation funds education, climate and conservation, the arts, democracy, gender equity, racial justice, and efforts to strengthen nonprofits and philanthropy, with work spanning the San Francisco Bay Area, the U.S. West, and locations including East and West Africa and Mexico. Its 2024 grants had a median award of $150,000, though amounts varied widely. It generally does not accept unsolicited requests, but sometimes invites proposals through open processes.

Marin Community Foundation

Novato, CA

Marin Community Foundation funds work in affordable housing and homelessness, community resilience and power, as well as social services, education, arts and conservation, with a focus on marginalized Marin County residents and some broader U.S. and international grantmaking. Its 2025 grants had a median of $25,000, though amounts varied widely. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Direct Relief

Santa Barbara, CA

Direct Relief supports healthcare providers serving people affected by poverty or emergencies, including community health centers, clinics, and grassroots organizations, with medicines, supplies, and funding for health access and equity. In 2025, its grants had a median award of about $65,000, and its work spans all 50 U.S. states and countries around the world; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.