665 private foundations reported education grants in California on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2022–2025. Historical giving records — not an open application portal.
Themes are derived from the free-text purpose each foundation wrote on its own Part XV filing, so a grant is classified by what the funder said it was for. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from recipient counts and tables.
Across tax years 2022–2025, 665 private foundations reported 2,273 grants for education totaling $386,966,384 to 1,695 organizations in California. The most-funded California communities were Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland. Gates Foundation reported the most education giving — $130,102,328 across 120 grants. The median grant was $22,000.
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| Foundation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation | 120 | $130,102,328 |
| The T Boone Pickens Foundation | 1 | $21,000,000 |
| Anderson Stewart Family Foundation | 5 | $20,495,000 |
| Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation | 22 | $12,200,000 |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | 73 | $11,584,883 |
| Charles R Schwab Foundation for Financial Freedom | 1 | $10,999,511 |
| Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation | 37 | $9,813,000 |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | 29 | $9,475,400 |
| XQ Institute | 3 | $8,576,927 |
| The Sobrato Family Foundation | 52 | $7,119,500 |
| The Otis Booth Foundation | 21 | $6,832,500 |
| Helen and Will Webster Foundation | 22 | $6,281,656 |
| Recipient | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic Scholarship Fund | 1 | $31,500,000 |
| Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute | 1 | $21,000,000 |
| Ucla Foundation | 6 | $20,369,600 |
| Stanford University | 19 | $16,336,622 |
| Advanced Education Research & Development Fund | 2 | $10,075,000 |
| Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching | 3 | $8,832,909 |
| High Tech High Graduate School of Education | 3 | $7,875,721 |
| Cambiar Education | 4 | $7,727,500 |
| Wested | 14 | $6,933,636 |
| Roman Archbishop of LOS Angeles | 1 | $6,300,000 |
| Tides Foundation | 8 | $6,065,484 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | 5 | $6,055,000 |
| Khan Academy | 7 | $5,884,500 |
| Harvard-westlake School | 3 | $5,150,000 |
| Rand Corporation | 5 | $4,783,250 |
665 private foundations reported education grants in California on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $386,966,384. The largest by reported dollars were Gates Foundation, The T Boone Pickens Foundation, Anderson Stewart Family Foundation. These are historical filings, not open application portals — check each foundation's own guidelines before approaching them.
1,695 distinct organizations appear as recipients in California, led by Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, Ucla Foundation. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from these figures.
The median reported education grant in California was $22,000, and the largest single reported grant was $31,500,000. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation for a historical tax year.
The UseGrants feed tracks federal and state opportunities that are open today, each with the eligibility explained in plain English.
Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2022–2025). Theme classification is derived from the funder’s own purpose text and is a summary, not a legal categorization. UseGrants is an independent aggregator, not affiliated with any foundation listed.
