The Encrantz Family Foundation

The Margaret Liu Foundation

Novato, CA

Schnitzer-Novack Foundation

San Francisco, CA

Chauncey and Marion D McCormick

Chicago, IL

The foundation supports social services, education, arts and humanities, health, and other areas, with recent giving concentrated in Illinois and grants also reaching Virginia, Michigan, California, and New York. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $350,000, with a median of $50,000; the 2024 filing says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations, but does not clearly state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Womenserve

Sebastopol, CA

J-P Conte Family Foundation

San Francisco, CA

The J-P Conte Family Foundation funds education, health, and community development, with a focus on first-generation college students, conservation, and immigration reform. Its 2024 grants ranged from $500 to $1.5 million, with a median of $50,000; most funding went to California, with additional grants in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Staley Family Foundation

Avon, CO

The Staley Family Foundation supports organizations working in housing, poverty alleviation, food systems, education, and services for families with critically ill children. In 2025, grants ranged from $2,500 to $350,000, with a median of $10,000, and funding went to organizations in several states, especially Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, and California. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited 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.

Tides Foundation

San Francisco, CA

Tides Foundation funds community-led organizations advancing equity and justice, including work on health, climate, gender equity, democracy, and immigrant communities. Its 2024 grants had a median of $50,000, though amounts varied widely, and it funds eligible organizations in the U.S. and abroad, with the most grant dollars going to California, New York, and Washington, D.C. Some programs are open or invitation-only; the Advancing Girls Fund is listed as open, but the profile does not state a general policy on unsolicited grant requests.

California Community Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The California Community Foundation funds work in education, health, housing, immigration, and other community needs, primarily in Los Angeles County. Its 2025 grants had a median of $50,000, though amounts varied widely; it does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Menlo Park, CA

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation funds education, climate and conservation, the arts, gender equity, governance, democracy, and philanthropy, with work in the San Francisco Bay Area, the U.S. West, nationally, and internationally. Its 2024 grants had a median of $150,000, though awards ranged from $50 to more than $11 million; it often provides long-term general operating support. It generally does not accept unsolicited requests, except through invited open processes.

Marin Community Foundation

Novato, CA

Marin Community Foundation funds equity-focused work, including affordable housing, homelessness, community resilience and power, and arts; its Buck Family Fund supports organizations serving Marin County, including those based elsewhere. Its 2025 grants had a median of $25,000 and ranged from $5,050 to $10 million; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Sempra Foundation

San Diego, CA

The Sempra Foundation funds climate action and resilience, inclusion, economic empowerment and workforce development, community engagement, and disaster preparedness in communities where Sempra employees live and work, including California, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Mexico. In 2024, grants ranged from $4 to $100,000, with a median of $260. It awards grants by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests.