California foundations

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There are 16,030 foundations and grantmaking organizations in California. Combined, these Californianfoundations employ 5,569 people, earn more than $30 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $159 billion.

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Types of foundations in California

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Private foundations	12,272	1,008	$18,156,067,568	$112,399,932,452
Grantmaking public charity foundations	2,102	2,765	$11,514,000,617	$46,336,643,475
Community foundations	479	1,953	$5,214,858,058	$20,980,871,012
Organizations supporting multiple foundations	361	31	$23,866,157	$26,998,880
Corporate foundations	103	0	$176,206,147	$977,276,293
Organizations supporting a single foundation	66	0	$15,417,514	$40,396,079
Foundation alliances and advocates	17	166	$36,636,497	$40,821,490
Foundation professional societies	13	0	$72,413	$104,711
Foundation technical and management assistance providers	8	828	$44,795,657	$15,588,070
Foundation research and public policy institutes	2	0	$0	$0

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Foundations by major California cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Los Angeles	6,495	1,015	$5,821,103,439	$53,308,280,920
San Francisco	2,835	2,196	$12,682,911,133	$51,154,557,493
San Jose	1,443	362	$8,683,910,738	$37,376,701,490
San Diego	1,296	339	$842,244,876	$4,784,263,773
Riverside	835	639	$240,005,558	$2,377,424,845
Sacramento	649	146	$127,162,749	$1,142,775,993
Santa Maria	343	141	$336,712,432	$2,119,176,618
Oxnard	281	42	$243,838,593	$1,124,852,978
Santa Rosa	217	57	$108,472,599	$618,094,297
Fresno	177	97	$55,445,044	$287,815,673

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Job trends for California foundations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	1,087
1-10	213
11-25	44
26-100	37
101 to 1,000	9
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in California foundations is driven by large organizations like Playworks, National Community Renaissance of Northern California, Giant Community Fund, Community Initiatives, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF).

Sizes of foundations in California

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	8,649
$250k to $1M	1,710
$1M to $5M	1,048
$5M to $25M	322
$25M to $100M	103
$100M+	27

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Schwab Charitable Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, Genentech Access To Care Foundation, and J Paul Getty Trust earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in California foundations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 4.2% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in California foundations with more than $100 million account for 61.4% of nonprofit earnings.

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Skoll Foundation

The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world's most pressing problems.

Revenue

$24.1m

Assets

$579.8m

Employees

N/A

EIN

11-3659133

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Stuart Foundation

The Stuart Foundation is dedicated to improving life outcomes for young people through education. They work to ensure that effective education systems in California and Washington provide opportunities for all students to learn, achieve, and thrive.

Revenue

$37.2m

Assets

$398.7m

Employees

N/A

EIN

20-0882784

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

To help nations grow while addressing increasingly scarce resources and climate risk. This is a complex challenge in which policy plays a crucial role.

Revenue

$13.8m

Assets

$21.4m

Employees

N/A

EIN

26-4129153

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Koret Foundation

The Koret Foundation is a private foundation based in San Francisco, committed to strengthening the Bay Area community and nurturing the continuity of the Jewish people worldwide.

Revenue

$30.2m

Assets

$225.7m

Employees

N/A

EIN

94-1624987

IRS type

501(c)(3)

California Community Foundation

Ccf has served as a public Foundation for greater los angeles since 1915. Its role continues to evolve, balancing a long-term perspective with responsiveness to immediate issues in the Community. It serves as a facilitator of meaningful and strategic ch...

Revenue

$305.8m

Assets

$1.6b

Employees

EIN

95-3510055

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Salesforce Com Foundation

Salesforce Com Foundation is a private foundation in San Francisco, CA, which was founded in 1999 and most recently had $2,364,547 in revenue and no employees.

Revenue

$2.4m

Assets

$7.6m

Employees

EIN

94-3347800

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a family foundation established in 1944 by the man who started Hilton Hotels. They provide funds to nonprofit organizations working to improve the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people throughout the world.

Revenue

$172.3m

Assets

$2.8b

Employees

N/A

EIN

94-3100217

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Rady Children's Hospital Foundation

Rady Children's Hospital Foundation's mission is to be responsible for developing, accepting and recognizing philanthropy in support of Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and its subsidiary corporations.

Revenue

$36.6m

Assets

$40.8m

Employees

EIN

33-0170626

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Santa Barbara Foundation

Santa Barbara Foundation's mission is to use every tool at their disposal to facilitate the building of philanthropy, strengthen the nonprofit sector, and identify and strategically address important community opportunities and needs.

Revenue

$25.9m

Assets

$372.6m

Employees

EIN

95-1866094

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)

Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a comprehensive center of philanthropy. Through visionary leadership, strategic grantmaking and world-class experiences, they partner with donors to strengthen the common good locally and throughout the world.

Revenue

$2.9b

Assets

$8.0b

Employees

232

EIN

20-5205488

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990 or 990PF with the IRS. We exclude Form 990EZ and Postcard filers, which are high in number but very small in size. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

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California foundations

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Koret Foundation

California Community Foundation

Salesforce Com Foundation

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