The Gouw Family Foundation

The Deutsch Foundation

Santa Monica, CA

The Deutsch Foundation supports nonprofit work benefiting children, youth, and families in Los Angeles County, with focus areas in education, humanitarian services, and capacity building. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $1 million, with a median of $100,000. It funds preselected organizations only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Rose Hills Foundation

Pasadena, CA

The Rose Hills Foundation funds education, arts and culture, support for at-risk youth and families, and human services benefiting people in Southern California, with an emphasis on Los Angeles County organizations. Its 2024 grants ranged from $6,000 to $1 million, with a median of $50,000; applications are accepted year-round, but unsolicited requests are not accepted from certain large medical institutions, schools, and higher-education institutions.

Wm Keck Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The W.M. Keck Foundation funds high-risk, high-potential science, engineering and medical research nationally, plus arts and culture, education, health and community-service projects in Southern California, with an emphasis on children, youth, families and under-resourced communities. Typical awards are $1 million–$1.3 million over three years for research and $100,000–$1 million through its Southern California Program. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Cathay Bank Foundation

El Monte, CA

The Cathay Bank Foundation funds established nonprofits serving low- and moderate-income communities, with support for community and economic development, education, and health and welfare in areas where Cathay Bank operates across portions of nine states. Grants ranged from $500 to $125,000 in 2025, with a median of $5,000; new applicants will not receive more than $5,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests: nonprofits must be invited by a Cathay Bank or Foundation officer to submit a letter of intent.

C & R Newman Family Foundation

Encino, CA

The foundation funds organizations working in health, education, arts, youth programs, and human services, primarily in California. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $1,061,000, with a median of $10,000. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Horn Foundation

Santa Monica, CA

The Horn Foundation supports education and environmental projects, along with organizations addressing related social and environmental challenges, with 2024 grants ranging from $500 to $550,000 and a median of $15,000. Its 2024 giving went mainly to recipients in New York, California, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, and North Carolina. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Arthur & Patricia Price Foundation

Encino, CA

The Arthur & Patricia Price Foundation supports emergency relief, food assistance, health, social services, and the arts, with most 2025 grant dollars going to California organizations. Grants ranged from $250 to $92,000, with a median of $1,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The Broad Art Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

Sam and Peggy Grossman Family Foundation

Phoenix, AZ

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. Remains a qualified organization.

The Cyrus Katzen Foundation Inc

Baileys Crossroads, VA

The Cyrus Katzen Foundation funds health care and medical research, children’s services, arts and culture, and community and religious organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,000 to $812,500, with a median of $10,000, and went mainly to organizations in Washington, DC, and Maryland. It accepts requests: applicants should submit a letter describing the organization and grant purpose, along with proof of tax-exempt status; no deadline is listed.

Prewoznik Foundation

Santa Monica, CA

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.