Los Angeles & Southern California Grants for Nonprofits

Learn about grants for Southern California nonprofits by exploring the curated list of top funders below. Members can also research funding opportunities in Southern California using the search tool for GrantFinder. Become a member.

Key Funders

Funding Trends in SoCal

Southern California is a complex and diverse region, encompassing not only Los Angeles and San Diego, but also Ventura, Santa Barbara, Orange and several other counties. The region is famously expensive and home to great fortunes, and it is also home to ever-increasing economic inequality, a homelessness crisis, and formidable climate challenges. The region’s philanthropic landscape is as vast and varied as the region itself.

Across the region, the issue receiving the most philanthropic support is health, followed by arts and culture, K-12 education, and community and economic development. As in most regions, the organizations receiving the most grant money tend to be large institutions (like the Salk Institute or Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles). But there is a core group of locally focused foundations that reliably give to smaller nonprofits, including many social-justice-oriented and community-based groups.

Those leading foundations are a dominant force in Southern California philanthropy, and they often work together and have an influential voice in the civic sphere. These include The California Endowment (which makes grants statewide) as well as the Ahmanson, Annenberg, Parsons and Weingart foundations, which have locally or regionally focused programs.

California also has a strong network of community foundations, including in Southern California the California Community Foundation, the San Diego Foundation, and the Orange County Community Foundation. The Jewish Community Foundations of Los Angeles and San Diego are also important funders.

Trust-based philanthropy increased in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are also growing trends of collaboration, community-led grantmaking, and support of movement-building among many of the region’s top funders.

Foundations for Southern California

Greater Los Angeles | San Diego | Santa Barbara | Southern California At-Large

Greater Los Angeles

ADAMS-MASTROVICH FAMILY FOUNDATION

This foundation makes awards for human services, the arts, education, religion, and health.

AHMANSON FOUNDATION

Ahmanson is a longtime Southern California-based funder. The foundation regularly awards grants for arts & culture, education, healthcare, homelessness, and human services in Los Angeles.

ANAHEIM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The Anaheim Community Foundation supports basic needs, at-risk youth, health, arts and culture and emergency assistance in Southern California.

ANAHEIM DUCKS FOUNDATION

The Anaheim Ducks Foundation supports education, children and families, the sport of hockey and health in Southern California.

ANGELL FOUNDATION

This foundation addresses food equity, leadership and education.

ARGYROS FOUNDATION

The Argyros Foundation funds grantmaking related to education, youth, health, human services, and the arts. Orange County, California serves as an important region of giving.

AWESOME FOUNDATION

This funder makes awards for the arts, technology, community development, human services, youth and recreation in Los Angeles.

AYRSHIRE FOUNDATION

The Ayrshire Foundation invests in youth opportunity, science and the environment, healthcare, elderly and disabled and community culture. Its philanthropy is concentrated in the greater Pasadena, California area.

LYNN & LES BIDER FOUNDATION

The Lynn & Les Bider Foundation’s grantmaking funds Jewish and arts organizations, among other interests.

BINDER FOUNDATION

The low-profile foundation funds education and youth, arts and culture, health and human services, and Jewish causes. Along with LA, a region of interest is Massachusetts.

BOLTON FOUNDATION

The Bolton Foundation supports community development, education, youth services and multiculturalism in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California.

OTIS BOOTH FOUNDATION

Past grants suggest arts, healthcare, and education are leading areas of interest, with a wide range of organizations receiving support.

ALBERT AND ELAINE BORCHARD FOUNDATION

This funder supports youth development, health and medicine, education, the arts and the environment in Los Angeles County.

WARREN AND ELAINE BRESLOW FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Breslow Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to Jewish causes and human services organizations in L.A. County. It also supports health, arts, educational, and youth organizations.

RONALD W. BURKLE FOUNDATION

Ronald W. Burkle Foundation supports programs that “strengthen international understanding, foster worker’s rights, empower underserved communities, nurture the arts and architecture, engage children in learning and advance scientific research.”

FRITZ B. BURNS FOUNDATION

The Fritz B. Burns Foundation supports education, health, medical research, human services and religion in Los Angeles, California.

CALIFORNIA BLACK FREEDOM FUND

The California Black Freedom Fund supports racial equity through grants for Black-led organizations throughout the state of California.

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The CCF is often the crucial link between nonprofits and the community. Funding covers healthcare, education, human services, the arts, civic engagement, immigrants and housing.

CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES

California Humanities supports arts and culture, film, libraries and other humanities topics throughout the state of California.

CATHAY BANK FOUNDATION

The bank’s philanthropic affiliate supports a variety of causes in the Greater L.A. area, with community, education and economic development as top priorities.

CHARTWELL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

The foundation of media mogul Jerry Perenchio and his wife Margaret. Gifts mainly go to the Los Angeles area for arts, education and health.

COLBURN FOUNDATION

Endowed in 1999 by the late Richard D. Colburn, the Colburn Foundation aims to support the classical music community in Los Angeles.

CORMURA FOUNDATION

The Cormura Foundation supports education, immigrants, community recreation, and religious causes in Newport Beach and Santa Ana.

CRAIL-JOHNSON FOUNDATION

The foundation’s grantmaking funds improving the academic, emotional, and social well-being of disadvantaged youth in Los Angeles. It’s very accessible to grantseekers.

ROBERT A DAY FOUNDATION

The Robert A. Day Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, cultural organizations, and health across Los Angeles.

DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The Desert Community Foundation supports education, arts and culture, human services and youth in Southern California.

CARL AND ROBERTA DEUTSCH FOUNDATION

This funder is best known for its Halo Award, which is designed to encourage volunteerism in the Los Angeles area. The foundation has made other recent grants to local nonprofits working in the fields of poverty, homelessness and veteran support.

CARRIE ESTELLE DOHENY FOUNDATION

Focusing on education, health, medicine, religion and vulnerable populations, this foundation supports about 300 different organizations each year, and funding is almost exclusively limited to Los Angeles and the surrounding communities.

DURFEE FOUNDATION

This Los Angeles-centric funder is best known for helping local nonprofit leaders be creative and avoid burnout, and encouraging new leaders to emerge in the region.

EDGERTON FOUNDATION

The Edgerton Foundation supports artistic, educational and cultural institutions across Los Angeles; however, it funds the development of New American Plays nationwide. Its grantmaking also supports efforts to deal with creative environmental and energy solutions, and security and international policy.

BEN B. AND JOYCE E. EISENBERG FOUNDATION

This funder supports Jewish organizations in Los Angeles and also education, health (with a cancer focus), human services (with a focus on the elderly), and the arts.

EISNER FOUNDATION

The Eisner Foundation has a strict funding focus on children and the elderly in Los Angeles County. Grants go to large, well-established organizations and also to small grassroots nonprofits.

FLETCHER JONES FOUNDATION

The Fletcher Jones Foundation supports higher education and general education in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California.

FRIEDA C. FOX FAMILY FOUNDATION

Gives out grants mainly in Los Angeles to education, but not just in the traditional way one might expect. The foundation strongly supports youth philanthropy, as well education and the arts.

GETTY TRUST

The Getty Trust’s grantmaking arm, the Getty Foundation, is a major funder of organizations and individuals that advance understanding and preservation of the visual arts. Getty gives for research, conservation, and education & professional development.

ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT FOUNDATION

Grants for college access and retention and arts & culture education are Los Angeles-specific, and the foundation also regularly gives for local Jewish causes, diabetes prevention, and Alzheimer’s research.

JOHN GOGIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

This funder supports Los Angeles County nonprofits working for the developmental disabled, elderly, and abused and neglected youth. LOI deadlines happen twice a year.

GOLDRICH FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Goldrich Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related Jewish causes. It also earmarks funds for causes like education and health.

GOLDHIRSH FOUNDATION

The Goldhirsh Foundation provides financial and other forms of support to social innovators to “ensure that the strongest ideas have the best support systems.” Grantmaking focuses on but is not strictly limited to the Los Angeles Area.

JERRY A. AND KATHLEEN A. GRUNDHORFER FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Jerry A. And Kathleen A. Grundhorfer Family Foundation primarily funds education, youth, arts, and health.

WILLIAM H. HANNON FOUNDATION

Although this foundation’s primary focus is on Catholic causes in the Los Angeles area, it also awards grants to education, health, and social service nonprofits throughout the region.

HAUPTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Hauptman Family Foundation’s grantmaking supports education and policy organizations.

HAVNER FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Havner Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to health and human services, arts and culture, and education.

JOHN RANDOLPH HAYNES AND DORA HAYNES FOUNDATION

This social science funder typically funds well-established organizations and universities in Los Angeles County, but smaller social science and local research organizations can definitely apply for grants, too.

HELD FOUNDATION

The Held Foundation funds grantmaking related to Jewish causes, education, health, human services, global, religious, the environment, civil rights, and the arts.

‘I HAVE A DREAM’ FOUNDATION – LOS ANGELES

The “I Have A Dream” Foundation – Los Angeles supports education in Los Angeles, California.

JAYASINHALA FOUNDATION

The Jayasinhala Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related Sri Lankan and religious causes, including Buddhism and Scientology.

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES

This prominent L.A. funder supports both Jewish and secular causes through grantmaking. Areas of support include education, human services, education, Jewish causes, arts & culture, and civic life.

JUNE FOUNDATION

The June Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to Jewish causes, particularly Torah education.

ALBERT AND TRUDY KALLIS FOUNDATION

The Albert and Trudy Kallis Foundation aims to foster, develop and create original documentary programming that educates and informs audiences in unique and entertaining ways.

KARSH FAMILY FOUNDATION

Karsh funds pre-selected organizations in higher education, human services and Jewish community programs.

KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS FOUNDATION

This funder makes grants for education, human services, health and homelessness in Los Angeles.

KAYNE FOUNDATION

The family’s giving focuses on Los Angeles, where they support education, the arts, and other causes. Kayne strongly supports his alma mater, UCLA.

W.M. KECK FOUNDATION

This is a well-known science research funder. For local fundraisers, though, Keck has a Southern California program prioritizing Los Angeles County organizations.

ROBERT J. KEOWN TRUST

The Robert J. Keown Trust supports health and human services for Christian-serving organizations in Los Angeles, California.

JOHN B. AND NELLY LLANOS KILROY FOUNDATION

The John B. and Nelly Llanos Kilroy Foundation’s grantmaking includes support for educational and youth organizations in Los Angeles County.

SARAH KETTERER FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Sarah Ketterer Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, youth, policy, and the arts. The foundation also earmarks funds for health and religious organizations.

JERRY AND TERRI KOHL FOUNDATION

The couple’s philanthropy is focused on Los Angeles and its suburbs, particularly Pasadena and the Greater San Gabriel Valley. The Kohls have a strong interest in the arts.

L.A. CLIPPERS FOUNDATION

This professional basketball team funder supports children and youth causes in the Los Angeles area. Unsolicited applications are accepted from local groups once per year.

JOHN AND MARIA LAFFIN TRUST

The John and Maria Laffin Trust supports education, environment, animal welfare, health and human services in Los Angeles, California.

LA GALAXY FOUNDATION

This pro soccer team funder is devoted to at-risk children and youth in Los Angeles. Funding interests are education, health, and soccer programs for youth.

LAKERS YOUTH FOUNDATION

The Lakers Youth Foundation supports children and youth, education, health and sports in Los Angeles, California.

LA VIDA FELIZ FOUNDATION

The philanthropic vehicle of Wall Streeter Aaron Sosnick. Grantmaking includes support for arts and culture, education, and community projects.

THOMAS & DOROTHY LEAVEY FOUNDATION

Focusing on higher education, medical research, healthcare and human services, this is a foundation L.A. nonprofit fundraisers should know about.

LAUREN B. LEICHTMAN AND ARTHUR E. LEVINE FAMILY FOUNDATION

The finance couple directs much of its grantmaking to education, health & human services, arts & culture, and Jewish causes in Los Angeles.

LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION

This funder supports social justice issues in Los Angeles, California. Funding interests are the local LGBTQ community and justice for all races, immigrants, the environment, and the economy.

BARI LIPP FOUNDATION

The Bari Lipp Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to the arts, education, youth, health, and Jewish causes.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION

This Major League Baseball team funder supports underserved youth in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Interests are education, literacy, sports, recreation, and health.

MCCOURT FOUNDATION

The McCourt Foundation supports health, medical research and physical fitness in Los Angeles and beyond.

RICHARD C. AND MELANIE LUNDQUIST FOUNDATION

Richard C. And Melanie Lundquist Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, human services, and animal organizations.

GARY MAGNESS FAMILY FOUNDATION

LA-focused giving from the film producer and his family go to causes in human services and health, education and youth, arts and culture, and others.

MAJESTIC REALTY FOUNDATION

The real estate developer’s foundation gives in eight regions where it operates. In SoCal, it’s L.A., Inland Empire and San Gabriel Valley. Grants for youth, education, health, violence prevention and families.

MAKOFF FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Makoff Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to human services, education and youth, health, and global causes.

MARINO FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

The Marino Family Charitable Foundation supports health and human services in Los Angeles, California.

MAYOR’S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES

Mayor Eric Garcetti created this fund to support city civic projects. Funding priorities are job access and creation, neighborhood resiliency, disaster preparedness, public spaces, traffic, and government efficiency.

KATIE MCGRATH & J.J. ABRAMS FAMILY FOUNDATION

The philanthropic vehicle of Hollywood mogul J.J. Abrams and his PR executive wife Katie McGrath. Funds education, policy, human services, and more.

MERKIN FAMILY FOUNDATION

The philanthropic vehicle of Richard N. Merkin focuses on education, health and the arts.

BARRY AND WENDY MEYER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

The Barry and Wendy Meyer Charitable Foundation funds grantmaking related to education, children’s and civil rights, health, human services, humanitarian, and Jewish causes.

MILKEN FAMILY FOUNDATION

Milken funds human services, healthcare, medical research and Jewish community organizations, with the majority of grants made in Los Angeles County.

ALON AND ROSANA MILLER FOUNDATION

The Miller Foundation primarily funds causes related to the Jewish community across Greater Los Angeles.

MOSS FOUNDATION

The foundation of former music producer Jerry Moss and his wife, Ann, gives away a million or two annually, mainly to various Los Angeles-area outfits.

DAN MURPHY FOUNDATION

Murphy is a major L.A. funder of Roman Catholic churches and organizations in Greater Los Angeles, although they do make some grants nationally.

Y&S NAZARIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

The foundation’s Los Angeles giving is focused on supporting educational causes, as well as policy, the arts, and more. The Nazarians are strong backers of Jewish causes.

C&R NEWMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

The C&R Newman Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, health, and the arts.

NOLAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Nolan Family Foundation’s grantmaking funds educational and social services organizations.

EILEEN HARRIS NORTON FOUNDATION

The Eileen Harris Norton Foundation’s mission is to achieve social and environmental justice through supporting organizations dedicated to education, families, and the environment.

OPUS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

California funding is largely centered in the Los Angeles area. Funding is for affordable housing, community revitalization, education, financial literacy, community health, human services, and the arts.

ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The Orange County Community Foundation supports Orange County, California in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment and animal welfare, human services, and health and wellness.

RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION

Parsons values transparency. Letters of inquiry for Parsons grants in health, higher education, civic engagement and social impact are accepted throughout the year.

PASADENA CHILD HEALTH FOUNDATION

This funder supports children’s health causes in the Greater Pasadena area and selected parts of Los Angeles County. Early childhood development, community and family strengthening, obesity, and access to care are key interests.

MARGIE & ROBERT E. PETERSEN FOUNDATION

The Margie & Robert E. Petersen Foundation supports children, foster youth, at-risk youth, health, and hospitals throughout Los Angeles County.

ANTHONY & JEANNE PRITZKER FAMILY FOUNDATION

This funder supports the Los Angeles community in the areas of education, environment, medicine, community, and foster youth. Unsolicited proposals are not accepted.

RESNICK FOUNDATION

Resnick keeps its portfolio pretty tight, working with a fixed group of organizations. There isn’t a lot of information about grantmaking available.

RESSLER/GERTZ FOUNDATION

The philanthropic vehicle of Antony Ressler and his wife, actress Jami Gertz, mainly supports education, arts, health, and Jewish causes.

ROSE HILLS FOUNDATION

The Rose Hills Foundation was established from the sale of the largest cemetery in North America. Mainly funds programs related to higher education, the natural sciences, and engineering.

ROTARY CLUB OF LOS ANGELES FOUNDATION

This funder makes grants for education, children, youth, homelessness, human services and other community needs in Los Angeles.

CAPPY AND BETH ROTHMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Cappy and Beth Rothman Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to health, Jewish, and environmental causes.

ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Rosenthal Family Foundation’s grantmaking includes support of educational and arts institutions.

RYZMAN FOUNDATION

The Ryzman Foundation mostly supports Jewish causes (education, religious, and community) in Los Angeles. It also supports health groups.

SABAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

The philanthropic vehicle of entertainment executive Haim Saban and his wife Cheryl. The foundation’s geographic focus is almost exclusively on Los Angeles and Israel.

GARY SALTZ FOUNDATION

The Gary Saltz Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to at risk youth and education. The foundation also earmarks funds for Jewish causes and the arts.

JOHN H. & CYNTHIA LEE SMET FOUNDATION

This funder’s main focus is on K-12 education for young people in the Los Angeles area.

MAY AND STANLEY SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST

The Smith trust funds programs in four areas: foster youth, elders, veterans, and people with disabilities. It focuses on 14 states in the western U.S., including California, as well as British Columbia, Canada.

SNYDER FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Snyder Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to arts and culture, Jewish causes, health, and youth organizations.

SPECIALITY FAMILY FOUNDATION

This funder has two primary grantmaking goals: K-8 Catholic education and alcoholism and substance abuse treatment. Both programs have a Los Angeles focus.

DWIGHT STUART YOUTH FUND

This funder focuses all grantmaking on youth in Los Angeles County. More specifically, it funds education enrichment, mentoring, youth leadership and early learning/literacy causes.

KEITH AND JUDY SWAYNE FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Keith and Judy Swayne Family Foundation supports Orange County, California and Hawaii in the areas of community wellbeing, immigrants, children and youth, domestic violence, arts and culture, mental health, civil engagement, access to justice, and job training.

TAPROOT FOUNDATION

The Taproot Foundation provides substantial in-kind professional consulting services to nonprofit organizations in several major cities, including Los Angeles.

TARSADIA FOUNDATION

The Tarsadia Foundation supports education, health and human services, and economic empowerment in Orange County and the Greater Los Angeles area.

JOHN AND MARY TU FOUNDATION

The billionaire tech entrepreneur and his wife do most of their grantmaking in the Los Angeles area, where the family lives and works. Education and the arts are priorities.

PETER & GINNY UEBERROTH FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Peter & Ginny Ueberroth Family Foundation supports youth, education, health, and human services in Orange County, California.

V VAN KONYNENBURG FOUNDATION

The Van Konynenburg Foundation funds grantmaking related to education, youth, religious institutions, health, and human services.

WASSERMAN FOUNDATION

Grants are made in four major domestic areas: education, arts and culture, service, and health. There are also global initiatives and a focus on volunteerism.

WEISMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Weisman Family Foundation funds grantmaking related to Jewish causes, largely in the Greater Los Angeles area.

WERTHEIMER FOUNDATION

The Wertheimer Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to health, education, youth, Jewish causes, as well as other community organizations.

DAVYD WHALEY FOUNDATION

The Davyd Whaley Foundation supports arts and culture and the visual arts in Los Angeles, California.

MARGO AND IRWIN WINKLER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Funding areas include health, human services, education and youth, arts and culture, Jewish causes, and the Los Angeles community.

WINNICK FAMILY FOUNDATION

This foundation of a wealthy couple focuses funds education, literacy, healthcare, art, culture, animal welfare and the needs of the worldwide Jewish community.

San Diego

THOMAS C. ACKERMAN FOUNDATION

This funder supports San Diego area nonprofits in the areas of K-12 education, STEM education, arts, music, and economic development. Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year.

LISA & STEVE ALTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Lisa & Steve Altman Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to health and medical research, particularly diabetes research. It also earmarks funds for causes like education, Jewish causes, and cultural institutions.

COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

This funder supports the North County coastal communities of San Diego County, including Encinitas, Oceanside, Carlsbad, Del Mar, and Solana Beach. Mental health, women and girls, and music are topics of interest.

DAVID C. COPLEY FOUNDATION

This private family funder supports the San Diego area in the fields of human services, military, youth development, medical research, arts and culture, education, and animal welfare.

DONALD C. & ELIZABETH M. DICKINSON FOUNDATION

The Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Foundation primarily funds grantmkaing related to education, cultural organizations and medical research.

GIRARD FOUNDATION

This private family funder is focused on K-12 education in San Diego County, California. Funding interests are charter schools and career readiness.

LARRY HIMMEL NEIGHBORHOOD FOUNDATION

This funder supports individuals and nonprofits in San Diego County, California in the areas of homelessness, neighborhoods, brain and spinal injuries, and youth.

LA JOLLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The La Jolla Community Foundation predominately supports beautification projects that enhance the environment, arts and culture, and social engagement in La Jolla, California.

MCCARTHY FAMILY FOUNDATION

The McCarthy Family Foundation supports child abuse prevention, K-12 science education, HIV/AIDS research, and assistance to homeless people in San Diego County, California.

OCEANSIDE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

The Oceanside Charitable Foundation supports the community of Oceanside, California in the areas of at-risk youth, arts and culture, community development, health and human services, education, community engagement, environment, hunger and homelessness, connecting to the outdoors, civic society, and science and technology.

PARKER FOUNDATION

This funder supports San Diego County organizations in the areas of community, arts and culture, education, medical, and social causes. Grant applications are accepted at various times of the year, online and via mail.

L. ROBERT & PATRICIA L. PAYNE FAMILY FOUNDATION

The L. Robert & Patricia L. Payne Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to organizations that provide medical or educational services and youth activities.

PRICE PHILANTHROPIES

This private family funder is focused on the San Diego area, especially the City Heights region of 16 inner city neighborhoods. Price funds work in education, youth, health, housing, human services, and environment.

RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION

This community grantmaker supports Coastal North County San Diego. Interests include workforce development, youth, human trafficking, and the needs of vulnerable seniors.

RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN’S FUND

This is a women’s giving circle focused on Northern San Diego County and the needs of women and families here. Local grants are awarded annually.

SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION

This funder supports San Diego, California-area nonprofits in age-friendly communities, civic engagement, climate, arts, outdoors, science and technology, and families and community. Most competitive grants are awarded through their regional affiliates.

SAN DIEGO WOMEN’S FOUNDATION

This women’s foundation supports San Diego-area nonprofits in health and human services, civil society, economic development and employment, environment, arts and culture, and education. Grants are awarded once per year.

Santa Barbara

HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION

This private family funder is exclusive to Santa Barbara County and is a big supporter of nonprofit longevity and sustainability. Funding interests are arts and culture, education, health and human services, children, youth and families, and civic and community.

LEHRER FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Lehrer Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to the arts and culture, Jewish causes, and other community organizations in Santa Barbara.

SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

This community funder supports nonprofits in Santa Barbara County, California, in many areas, including youth, organizational capacity, education, blood research and education, landscapes, ecosystems, agriculture and food systems, and community caregiving.

WOMEN’S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA

This is a women’s giving fund that is affiliated with the Santa Barbara Foundation but that researches and awards its own annual grants. Grants are largely focused on the needs of women and children in the Santa Barbara area of California.