About California Calls Education Fund
Restore the "California Dream" by engaging voters most impacted by budget cuts and the fiscal crisis—young voters, low-income voters, people of color, and immigrants—to build statewide power and address California's chronic fiscal challenges.
Focus Areas
Civic engagementVoter engagement and mobilizationEconomic justiceEducation policyCommunity organizing
Who They Fund
community-based civic organizationsyouth and student civic groupsunderrepresented and marginalized communitiesnonprofit advocacy organizations
Funding Style
project-based grantsadvocacy support
About California Calls Education Fund
California Calls Education Fund backs civic engagement infrastructure across California, with a grantmaking pattern centered on organizing groups that work with voters most affected by budget cuts and the fiscal crisis. The largest recent award in the data is $310,218 to Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education in Los Angeles for civic engagement, followed by $253,902 to Community Coalition, also in Los Angeles, showing sustained support for local advocacy and turnout work. The funder’s stated mission is to restore the “California Dream” by engaging young voters, low-income voters, people of color, and immigrants so they can build statewide power and address the state’s chronic fiscal challenges. Recent grants also show investment in organizations tied to immigrant communities, racial justice, and neighborhood-based mobilization, including Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco, Dolores Huerta Foundation in Bakersfield, and Alliance San Diego. Across the recent awards listed here, civic engagement is the dominant label, and the recipient network includes community-based civic organizations, youth and student civic groups, and nonprofit advocacy groups working in California cities from Los Angeles to Sacramento and San Diego.
What California Calls Education Fund Funds
Civic engagement is the core theme in the recent grants. In 2025, California Calls Education Fund gave $200,000 to Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco for civic engagement, and $182,179 to California Black Power Network Action Fund in Long Beach for the same purpose. The funder also supports immigrant and community advocacy groups: California Community Foundation on Behalf of Immigrants Are La received $115,000 in Los Angeles, and Alliance for a Better Community received $96,260, also in Los Angeles. Education-adjacent organizing appears as well, with Inland Empire United Education Fund in Ontario awarded $113,400 for civic engagement. These grants point to work that blends voter engagement, grassroots mobilization, and civic participation among underrepresented communities rather than a single issue silo.
How California Calls Education Fund Gives
Typical grants cluster in a mid-sized range: the 25th percentile is $43,850, the median is $80,000, and the 75th percentile is $142,983. Recent awards often recur to the same organizations across multiple years, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than isolated one-time gifts. Examples in the data include Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education, Community Coalition, Alliance San Diego, Dolores Huerta Foundation, Inner City Struggle, and Working Partnerships USA, each appearing in both 2024 and 2025 grant listings. California Calls Education Fund is a regular funder, not a DAF, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. The recent grants are project-based and support advocacy, capacity building, and community organizing.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.1M
Total Assets
$27.2M
Total Revenue
$8.9M
Total Expenses
$7.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $44K and $143K, with a median of $80K.
25th Percentile
$44K
Median
$80K
75th Percentile
$143K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
SABRINA SMITH
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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