Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation

The Whitman Institute

San Francisco, CA

Cope Family Center

Napa, CA

Cope Family Center's mission is to empower parents, nurture children, and strengthen communities. We provide parents with education, resources and support they need to raise children who thrive.

Health Access Foundation

Sacramento, CA

Advocate for quality, affordable health care for all californians through research, policy analysis, organizing, coalition-building, public education and advocacy.

The Manzanita Foundation

Kentfield, CA

The Manzanita Foundation supports community-led work in climate and environmental justice, racial justice, Indigenous sovereignty, workers’ rights, and related movements, prioritizing low-income communities of color. It focuses mostly on Bay Area organizations but also funds beyond the region; most grants are $20,000–$30,000 per year. It does not accept unsolicited requests and funds preselected organizations only.

United Way of the Wine Country

Santa Rosa, CA

United Way of the Wine Country funds efforts that strengthen family financial stability and advance equity, collaboration, and systems change, including work on housing, jobs, childcare, education, climate resilience, and emergency readiness. In 2025, grants ranged from $9,417 to $50,000, with a median of $18,832; its service area covers Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties in California. The profile describes annual and emergency grant programs but does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Operation California Inc

Los Angeles, CA

It helps communities to alleviate the effects of disasters, disease and endemic poverty throughout the world by providing privately-funded relief, reconstruction and development aid. The organization works with partner agencies in many countries, including local and international ngo's, un and government health agencies and other civil society institutions. Each partner agency receives a list of available supplies and evaluates them in relation to local needs. Then the supplies are packed and shipped by air, sea and land to where the greatest need exists.

Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County

Healdsburg, CA

Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County funds healthcare access, mental health services, workforce development, and capacity-building for clinics and community organizations serving underserved people. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,000 to $154,294, with a median of about $25,000, and it prioritizes communities from northern Santa Rosa to Cloverdale. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Levine Hirshfield Foundation

Wilmington, DE

The Levine Hirshfield Foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, with most of its 2025 giving going to California recipients and the remainder to Colorado. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $10,000, with a median of $2,000. It accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

John Burton Advocates for Youth

San Francisco, CA

John Burton Advocates for Youth funds California organizations working on education, housing, tax assistance, and critical needs for young people who have experienced foster care or homelessness; its direct-assistance fund serves youth through participating organizations. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,500 to $80,000, with a median of $9,000. The fund’s toolkit describes an application process for organizations seeking to participate, but does not establish general unsolicited grant requests.

Anthony Crabb and Barbara

Healdsburg, CA

This foundation supports charitable organizations working in areas including civic engagement, journalism, climate policy, food access, and workforce education, with most 2025 funding going to California and the rest to organizations in Washington, DC, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington state. Its 25 grants ranged from $500 to $100,000, with a median of $5,500. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Bancroft Foundation Inc

Baltimore, MD

The Bancroft Foundation funds public charities working in education and the environment, with recent grants also supporting cultural, Jewish, and social justice work. Its 2024 grants ranged from $6,750 to $50,750, with a median of $25,000, and went mainly to California organizations, followed by recipients in Maryland and Washington, D.C. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Solano County Private Industry Council Inc

Fairfield, CA

Solano County Private Industry Council funds workforce development, employment and training, and related community services, including support for dislocated workers, youth, and justice-involved people. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,110 to $292,579, with a median of $82,150, and went primarily to California organizations, especially those serving Solano County. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.