301 private foundations reported scholarships & financial aid grants in California on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2023–2025. 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 2023–2025, 301 private foundations reported 691 grants for scholarships & financial aid totaling $33,410,674 to 551 organizations in California. The most-funded California communities were Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pasadena. The Ahmanson Foundation reported the most scholarships & financial aid giving — $5,123,250 across 88 grants. The median grant was $15,000.
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| Foundation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| The Ahmanson Foundation | 88 | $5,123,250 |
| Waverley Street Foundation | 1 | $2,500,000 |
| Callahan Family Foundation Inc | 1 | $1,999,797 |
| Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation | 2 | $1,415,643 |
| The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation | 5 | $1,315,000 |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | 2 | $1,282,500 |
| Crescent Porter Hale Foundation | 2 | $1,200,000 |
| The Sobrato Family Foundation | 3 | $782,000 |
| The Annexstad Family Foundation | 16 | $520,765 |
| Jeff T Green Family Foundation | 1 | $508,967 |
| William Randolph Hearst Foundation | 5 | $474,750 |
| The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation | 8 | $468,000 |
| Recipient | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Fuse Corps | 1 | $2,500,000 |
| Polytechnic School | 2 | $2,049,797 |
| Techcongress Foundation | 1 | $1,280,000 |
| Children's Hospital LOS Angeles | 1 | $1,100,000 |
| The Basic Fund | 2 | $1,090,000 |
| Stanford University | 12 | $903,718 |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | 1 | $868,333 |
| University of Southern California | 9 | $806,500 |
| California College of the Arts | 1 | $547,310 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | 2 | $522,000 |
| California State University Channel Islands | 1 | $508,967 |
| Current Year Payments | 1 | $464,035 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | 6 | $459,568 |
| California Institute of Technology | 5 | $313,000 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson School | 1 | $300,000 |
301 private foundations reported scholarships & financial aid grants in California on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $33,410,674. The largest by reported dollars were The Ahmanson Foundation, Waverley Street Foundation, Callahan Family Foundation Inc. These are historical filings, not open application portals — check each foundation's own guidelines before approaching them.
551 distinct organizations appear as recipients in California, led by Fuse Corps, Polytechnic School, Techcongress Foundation. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from these figures.
The median reported scholarships & financial aid grant in California was $15,000, and the largest single reported grant was $2,500,000. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation for a historical tax year.
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Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2023–2025). 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.
