The Armrod Charitable Foundation concentrates on local basic-needs and community services in the Rocklin/Placer County area, with a strong emphasis on homelessness and services for vulnerable populations. Most dollars support direct human services and community health, with occasional support for local arts and disability-focused programs. The foundation gives a large share to a small number of local service providers, including repeat funding to emergency shelter/homelessness organizations.
Armrod Charitable Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by repeated $40,000 grants to Union Gospel Mission in Sacramento across 2023, 2024, and 2025 for helping the needy and homeless. That three-year pattern signals a stable preference for direct-service organizations serving people facing homelessness and immediate hardship. Beyond that anchor, the foundation supports a small set of California-based local providers that address shelter, recovery, health access, and disability services. Examples include The Salvation Army’s Auburn Corps, Stand Up Placer, and Supporting the Taylor House, which each serve different vulnerable groups in the foundation’s local network. The foundation’s portfolio also shows attention to community infrastructure and specialized care. It has backed regional health organizations such as Petaluma Valley Hospital Foundation and Marshall Foundation for Community Health, plus programs for children and young adults with disabilities through California-Hawaii Elks Major Project and Meristem. Smaller grants extend to youth programs, emergency response, and local recreation and arts. Taken together, the pattern is of a funder that favors practical, place-based support for basic needs and related community services, with repeat funding going to organizations that can absorb ongoing operating support.
Homelessness and emergency shelter are the clearest throughline. Armrod Charitable Foundation gave $10,000 to The Salvation Army (Auburn Corps) for helping the needy and homeless, and $5,000 to Stand Up Placer for emergency intervention, education, housing, advocacy programs, and emergency shelter. It also supported Feed the Hungry with $1,500 for the same broad basic-needs mission. Health and disability services form another cluster. The foundation awarded $15,000 to Western Healthconnect for Petaluma Valley Hospital Foundation for high-quality and compassionate healthcare, $15,000 to Marshall Foundation for Community Health for community health programs in El Dorado County, and $15,000 to California-Hawaii Elks Major Project Inc. for unmet needs of children with disabilities in California and Hawaii. The foundation also funds transition and recovery-oriented services. House of Hope Foundation received $6,000 for residential, outpatient, and recovery bridge housing for women learning to live without alcohol and other drugs, while Supporting the Taylor House received $1,500 for life skills and affordable rents for former foster and at-risk girls ages 18–24.
$135K
$8.6M
$336K
$272K
Most grants fall between $1K and $3K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$3K
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Concentrated and locally focused: a small portfolio of mid‑to‑large grants with one dominant recipient (Union Gospel Mission) receiving repeat funding; most grants support direct-service organizations rather than national or unrestricted initiatives.
Notable grantees: Union Gospel Mission, The Salvation Army (Auburn Corps), Marshall Foundation for Community Health, California‑Hawaii Elks Major Project, Placer Repertory Theater
Grant sizes cluster tightly around small operating gifts: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $1,500, and the 75th percentile is $2,500. That middle band is consistent with a foundation that uses many modest awards alongside a few larger anchors. Recurrence is visible in the recent record: Union Gospel Mission appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Friends of the Auburn Area Recreation and Parks Inc. appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Meristem and Supporting the Taylor House each received funding in multiple years. The foundation is not a grantmaking trust with program-related investments; it also funds individuals. The grant history shows direct, programmatic support rather than complex financing.
Armrod Charitable Foundation gives locally, with 89% of grants going to recipients in California. The strongest concentration is in Placer County and nearby communities, including Sacramento, Auburn, Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, and Placerville/Placerville. Sacramento appears repeatedly through Union Gospel Mission and the California Fire Foundation, while Auburn shows up through The Salvation Army’s Auburn Corps, Stand Up Placer, Feed the Hungry, and the Auburn Area recreation and parks group. Outside California, recipients include Boone, North Carolina; Doral, Florida; Tampa, Florida; and Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts.
The recent distribution is centered on small awards: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $1,500, and the 75th percentile is $2,500. Larger gifts do appear, including $40,000 grants to Union Gospel Mission and $15,000 grants to several health and disability organizations.
The strongest themes are homelessness services, emergency shelter, community health, disability services, recovery housing for women, and local emergency response. Recent grants include support for shelter providers, hospital foundations, a disability services group, and wildfire or firefighter-related relief.
Yes. Union Gospel Mission received $40,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Friends of the Auburn Area Recreation and Parks Inc. appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025 as well, and both Meristem and Supporting the Taylor House received repeat grants across multiple years.
Its grantmaking is overwhelmingly California-based, with 89% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Within that, the recent record clusters around Sacramento, Auburn, Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, and other nearby Northern California communities.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNION GOSPEL MISSION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $40,000 | 2025 | HELPING THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS |
| CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS MAJOR PROJECT INC | FRESNO, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | PROVIDES SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE UNMET NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN CA & HI |
| MARSHALL FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH | PLACERVILLE, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS TO EL DORADO COUNTY RESIDENTS |
| WESTERN HEALTHCONNECT FOR PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | PETALUMA, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY AND COMPASSIONATE HEALTHCARE |
| THE SALVATION ARMY (AUBURN CORPS) | AUBURN, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | HELPING THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS |
| HOUSE OF HOPE FOUNDATION INC (SAN PEDRO) | SAN PEDRO, CA | $6,000 | 2025 | RESIDENTIAL, OUTPATIENT AND RECOVERY BRIDGE HOUSING FOR WOMEN LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | BOONE, NC | $5,000 | 2025 | HELPING THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS |
| GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC | DORAL, FL | $5,000 | 2025 | PROVIDES IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES DURING TIMES OF CRISIS |
| FRIENDS OF THE AUBURN AREA RECREATION AND PARKS INC | AUBURN, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | SUPPORTS RECREATION FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN THE AUBURN RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT AREA. |
| STAND UP PLACER | AUBURN, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | PROVIDING EMERGENCY INTERVENTION, EDUCATION, HOUSING, ADVOCACY PROGRAMS, & EMERGENCY SHELTER. |
| INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC | YARMOUTH PORT, MA | $2,000 | 2025 | RESCUES, REHABILITATE, & RELEASE ANIMALS, RESTORE AND PROTECT THEIR NATURAL HABITAT |
| NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | CHICO, CA | $2,000 | 2025 | WILDFIRE & RELIEF & RECOVERY FUND PROVIDES SUPPORT TO NON-PROFITS & AGENCIES PROVIDING IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO EVACUEES, ANIMALS, & OTHERS IMPACTED BY FIRES IN THE BUTTE/GLENN COUNTIES |
| CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $2,000 | 2025 | SERVING FIREFIGHTERS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES |
| GOLD COUNTRY WILDLIFE RESCUE INC | AUBURN, CA | $1,500 | 2025 | INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND CULTIVATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL LEADERS AND NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDS |
| ANIMALSAVE | GRASS VALLEY, CA | $1,500 | 2025 | SOLVE PET OVERPOPULATION, ANIMAL ADVOCACY SRVICES, PROVIDE INFORMATION & PHYSICAL RESOURCES TO PET OWNERS |
| FEED THE HUNGRY | AUBURN, CA | $1,500 | 2025 | HELPING THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS |
| SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE | ROSEVILLE, CA | $1,500 | 2025 | EMPOWER INDEPENDENCE BY TEACHING ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS AND OFFERING AFFORDABLE RENTS TO FORMER FOSTER AND AT RISK GIRLS AGES 18-24 |
| SENIORS FIRST | AUBURN, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | PROVIDES LIFE SAVING ASSISTANCE & FOOD TO SENIORS |
| CENTER FOR LAND-BASED LEARNING | WOODLAND, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND CULTIVATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL LEADERS AND NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDS |
| UNION GOSPEL MISSION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $40,000 | 2024 | HELPING THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS |
| FRIENDS OF THE AUBURN AREA RECREATION AND PARKS INC | AUBURN, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | SUPPORTS RECREATION FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN THE AUBURN RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT AREA. |
| MERISTEM | FAIR OAKS, CA | $2,500 | 2024 | SERVES YOUNG ADULTS WITH AUTISM |
| SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE | ROSEVILLE, CA | $1,500 | 2024 | EMPOWER INDEPENDENCE BY TEACHING ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS AND OFFERING AFFORDABLE RENTS TO FORMER FOSTER AND AT RISK GIRLS AGES 18-24 |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA | SACRAMENTO, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | PROVIDES EXPERIENCES FOR CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | SACRAMENTO, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | FUNDS CANCER RESEARCH |
| UNION GOSPEL MISSION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $40,000 | 2023 | HELPING THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS |
| PLACER REPERTORY THEATER | ROCKLIN, CA | $13,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR 2022 SEASON PROGRAMS & EVENTS BOTH RELEVANT & TRANSFORMATIVE TO THE CITIZENS OF PLACER COUNTY |
| THE GATHERING INN | ROSEVILLE, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHELTER & COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS MEN, WOMEN & FAMILES IN PLACER COUNTY |
| FRIENDS OF THE AUBURN AREA RECREATION AND PARKS INC | AUBURN, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | SUPPORTS RECREATION FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN THE AUBURN RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT AREA. |
| PLACER BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION | ROSEVILLE, CA | $2,500 | 2023 | RAISE FUNDS FOR NEW RESEARCH AND HEALTH EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLACER REGION |
| MERISTEM | FAIR OAKS, CA | $2,500 | 2023 | SERVES YOUNG ADULTS WITH AUTISM |
| PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE SEARCH & RESCUE | AUBURN, CA | $2,500 | 2023 | PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS W: NECESSARY EQUIPMENT & TRAINING FOR SEARCH & RESCUE NEEDS |
| ALLEGIANT GIVING CENTER | ROCKLIN, CA | $2,000 | 2023 | CONNECTS VETERANS TO EMPLOYMENT, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES |
| CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTER MINISTRIES | GRASS VALLEY, CA | $2,000 | 2023 | YOUTH PROGRAMS |
| SHRINER'S HOSPITALS | TAMPA, FL | $1,500 | 2023 | SUPPORT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL |
| LIGHTHOUSE COUNSELING & FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER | LINCOLN, CA | $1,500 | 2023 | HELP INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES HEAL BY PROVIDING COUNSELING, EDUCAITONAL CLASSES & EASY ACCESS TO RESOURCES |
| SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE | ROSEVILLE, CA | $1,100 | 2023 | EMPOWER INDEPENDENCE BY TEACHING ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS AND OFFERING AFFORDABLE RENTS TO FORMER FOSTER AND AT RISK GIRLS AGES 18-24 |
| PLACER LAND TRUST | AUBURN, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | LAND CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION |
| CRIME VICTIMS UNITED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | AUBURN, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | OFFERS RESOURCES & PROGRAMS TO HELP SUPPORT VICTIMS OF CRIME & THEIR FAMILES |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | SACRAMENTO, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | YOUTH MENTORSHIP |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | AUBURN, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | PROVIDES US/INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FOR HOMELESSNESS, FOOD PANTRIES, DISASTERS, VETERAN SERVICES, AND OTHER HUMAN AID |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | SACRAMENTO, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | FUNDS CANCER RESEARCH |
| CHILD ADVOCATES OF PLACER COUNTY (CASA) | ROCKLIN, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | PROVIDES COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OR MENTORS TO ACT AS ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN |
| TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $1,000 | 2023 | SUPPORTS RIFT VALLEY CHILDREN'S VILLAGE WITH HOUSING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS |
| CENTER FOR LAND-BASED LEARNING | WOODLAND, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND CULTIVATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL LEADERS AND NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDS |
| CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY | BOSTON, MA | $1,000 | 2023 | SUPPORTS THE PRODUCTION OF STORIES NOT OFTEN TOLD IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA BY INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO PRODUCERS |
PROVIDES SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE UNMET NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN CA & HI
MARSHALL FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH
$15,000PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS TO EL DORADO COUNTY RESIDENTS
WESTERN HEALTHCONNECT FOR PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$15,000PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY AND COMPASSIONATE HEALTHCARE
THE SALVATION ARMY (AUBURN CORPS)
$10,000HELPING THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS
HOUSE OF HOPE FOUNDATION INC (SAN PEDRO)
RESIDENTIAL, OUTPATIENT AND RECOVERY BRIDGE HOUSING FOR WOMEN LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS
PROVIDES IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES DURING TIMES OF CRISIS
FRIENDS OF THE AUBURN AREA RECREATION AND PARKS INC
$5,000SUPPORTS RECREATION FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN THE AUBURN RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT AREA.
STAND UP PLACER
$5,000PROVIDING EMERGENCY INTERVENTION, EDUCATION, HOUSING, ADVOCACY PROGRAMS, & EMERGENCY SHELTER.
RESCUES, REHABILITATE, & RELEASE ANIMALS, RESTORE AND PROTECT THEIR NATURAL HABITAT
WILDFIRE & RELIEF & RECOVERY FUND PROVIDES SUPPORT TO NON-PROFITS & AGENCIES PROVIDING IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO EVACUEES, ANIMALS, & OTHERS IMPACTED BY FIRES IN THE BUTTE/GLENN COUNTIES
SERVING FIREFIGHTERS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES
INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND CULTIVATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL LEADERS AND NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDS
ANIMALSAVE
$1,500SOLVE PET OVERPOPULATION, ANIMAL ADVOCACY SRVICES, PROVIDE INFORMATION & PHYSICAL RESOURCES TO PET OWNERS
FEED THE HUNGRY
$1,500HELPING THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS
SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE
$1,500EMPOWER INDEPENDENCE BY TEACHING ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS AND OFFERING AFFORDABLE RENTS TO FORMER FOSTER AND AT RISK GIRLS AGES 18-24
SENIORS FIRST
$1,000PROVIDES LIFE SAVING ASSISTANCE & FOOD TO SENIORS
INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND CULTIVATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL LEADERS AND NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDS
FRIENDS OF THE AUBURN AREA RECREATION AND PARKS INC
$5,000SUPPORTS RECREATION FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN THE AUBURN RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT AREA.
SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE
$1,500EMPOWER INDEPENDENCE BY TEACHING ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS AND OFFERING AFFORDABLE RENTS TO FORMER FOSTER AND AT RISK GIRLS AGES 18-24
PROVIDES EXPERIENCES FOR CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
$1,000FUNDS CANCER RESEARCH
PLACER REPERTORY THEATER
$13,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR 2022 SEASON PROGRAMS & EVENTS BOTH RELEVANT & TRANSFORMATIVE TO THE CITIZENS OF PLACER COUNTY
PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHELTER & COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS MEN, WOMEN & FAMILES IN PLACER COUNTY
FRIENDS OF THE AUBURN AREA RECREATION AND PARKS INC
$5,000SUPPORTS RECREATION FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN THE AUBURN RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT AREA.
PLACER BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
$2,500RAISE FUNDS FOR NEW RESEARCH AND HEALTH EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLACER REGION
PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE SEARCH & RESCUE
$2,500PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS W: NECESSARY EQUIPMENT & TRAINING FOR SEARCH & RESCUE NEEDS
ALLEGIANT GIVING CENTER
$2,000CONNECTS VETERANS TO EMPLOYMENT, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES
CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTER MINISTRIES
$2,000YOUTH PROGRAMS
SHRINER'S HOSPITALS
$1,500SUPPORT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
HELP INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES HEAL BY PROVIDING COUNSELING, EDUCAITONAL CLASSES & EASY ACCESS TO RESOURCES
SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE
$1,100EMPOWER INDEPENDENCE BY TEACHING ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS AND OFFERING AFFORDABLE RENTS TO FORMER FOSTER AND AT RISK GIRLS AGES 18-24
CRIME VICTIMS UNITED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$1,000OFFERS RESOURCES & PROGRAMS TO HELP SUPPORT VICTIMS OF CRIME & THEIR FAMILES
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
$1,000YOUTH MENTORSHIP
THE SALVATION ARMY
$1,000PROVIDES US/INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FOR HOMELESSNESS, FOOD PANTRIES, DISASTERS, VETERAN SERVICES, AND OTHER HUMAN AID
PROVIDES COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OR MENTORS TO ACT AS ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN
SUPPORTS RIFT VALLEY CHILDREN'S VILLAGE WITH HOUSING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS
INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND CULTIVATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL LEADERS AND NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDS
SUPPORTS THE PRODUCTION OF STORIES NOT OFTEN TOLD IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA BY INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO PRODUCERS