Tom & Nancy Elsaesser Foundation

The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation

Santa Barbara, CA

The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation supports California nonprofits, primarily in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, across areas including health care, education, museums, animal welfare, and community programs. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1 million, with a median of $30,000. It accepts requests from qualified 501(c)(3) organizations and asks applicants to submit a letter and supporting documents.

Higgins-Trapnell Family Foundation

Solvang, CA

The Janet Langdon Handtmann

Santa Ynez, CA

The foundation supports charitable organizations across areas including education, health care, arts and culture, and community activities, primarily in California. In 2024, it awarded 30 grants totaling $69,500, ranging from $500 to $10,000, with a median grant of $1,750. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Kim and Andrew D Busch Family Foundation

Pasadena, CA

The foundation supports education, wildlife rehabilitation, health and hospice care, emergency support, and conservation, with most 2024 grant dollars going to California organizations. Its 40 grants ranged from $500 to $78,100, with a median of $1,000. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Santa Barbara Foundation

Santa Barbara, CA

The Santa Barbara Foundation funds nonprofits serving Santa Barbara County in areas including education and youth, health and human services, arts, conservation, and organizational capacity building. Its 2024 grants had a median of $25,000, though amounts varied widely; applicants are directed to apply through specific grant opportunities, and the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Ann Jackson Family Foundation

Santa Barbara, CA

The Ann Jackson Family Foundation funds capital, operating, and program work across health and human services, arts, community infrastructure, and education, primarily for organizations serving Santa Barbara County, especially the South County. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $200,000, with a median of $10,000. It accepts proposals on a rolling basis, but says it does not consider unsolicited proposals from organizations serving outside Santa Barbara County unless a trustee requests one.

Conrad N Hilton Foundation

Westlake Village, CA

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation funds nonprofits working to improve lives and alleviate poverty, with initiatives including early childhood development, homelessness, refugees, safe water, and support for foster and opportunity youth. Its work is global, and its 2024 grants had a median award of $76,000. It generally does not accept unsolicited requests, except through its Good Neighbor Program for eligible local nonprofits and Title 1 schools.

Cheeryble Foundation

Encino, CA

The Cheeryble Foundation funds arts and cultural organizations, health and human services, and environmental work, with most of its giving going to California. Its 2024 grants ranged from $155 to $100,000, with a median of $1,625. The filing says giving is not limited to preselected organizations, but does not explicitly state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Sherwood Country Club Charitable Foundation

Thousand Oaks, CA

Sherwood Cares funds 501(c)(3) organizations serving children and families, especially low-income and vulnerable populations, through education, medical care, nutrition, safety, capital projects, and program support. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $100,000, with a median of $22,500; eligible organizations must provide significant services within a 25-mile drive of Sherwood Country Club. It accepts online applications in two annual cycles.

Alan B Slifka Foundation

New York, NY

The Alan B. Slifka Foundation funds Jewish life and shared-society work, initiatives related to Israel, biomedical research—especially sarcoma, cancer and autism—and international disaster relief. Its 2024 grants ranged from $300 to $2,086,900, with a median of $5,000; most funding went to New York, Virginia and Connecticut. Most grants are by invitation, but organizations in Shared Society and Jewish Life may submit a letter of intent; the sarcoma program also accepts letters of intent.

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 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.