The League of California Community Foundations builds and strengthens California’s communities by fostering collaboration and learning among the state’s community foundations.
League of California Community Foundations centers its grantmaking on disaster relief, recovery, and resilience across California, with a clear preference for local community-foundation partners. Its recent awards show repeated support for the same statewide network, including $275,000 to Ventura County Community Foundation for disaster relief recovery and resilience, capacity building, and community engagement, and $206,250 to Community Foundation of Mendocino County for disaster relief recovery and resilience with racial and health equity. The pattern is not limited to emergency response alone. The foundation also funds organizational strength and community engagement work, and its active grant programs include resilience, capacity building, community engagement, disaster response, gun violence prevention, and community foundation disaster response funds. Recent grants to Inland Empire Community Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, and North Valley Community Foundation show that it works through locally rooted intermediaries across the state. The foundation’s stated role is to build and strengthen California’s communities by fostering collaboration and learning among the state’s community foundations, and that role is reflected in the way its grants flow to regional foundations rather than direct individual recipients.
Disaster relief and recovery is the clearest throughline in the grant list. In 2025, League of California Community Foundations gave $175,000 to North Valley Community Foundation for disaster relief recovery, and $100,000 to San Diego Foundation for the same purpose. The same theme appears in 2024 awards to Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County and Community Foundation of Monterey County. Capacity building is another recurring use of funds. The foundation awarded $100,000 to Central Valley Community Foundation for resilience, capacity building, and community engagement, and it gave $100,000 to West Marin Fund for the same cluster of purposes. Its active CBCE program also identifies capacity building for community engagement as a named funding area. Equity appears inside the disaster response portfolio. A 2024 grant of $110,000 to Community Foundation for Monterey County was directed to disaster relief recovery and resilience, racial and health equity, while Community Foundation of Mendocino County received $206,250 for disaster relief recovery and resilience; racial and health equity.
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Most grants fall between $46K and $108K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$46K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$108K
TERENCE MULLIGAN
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Typical awards cluster around six figures: the p25 is $46,250, the median is $100,000, and the p75 is $108,125. The recent list also includes larger outliers such as $275,000 and $206,250. Grantmaking appears recurring rather than one-off, with several recipients appearing in multiple years, including Ventura County Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Mendocino County, Community Foundation for Monterey County, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Placer Community Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, and Community Foundation of the North State. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Active programs such as Resilience, Capacity Building, and Community Engagement Grants and CBCE are not unsolicited.
Grantmaking is entirely domestic and entirely in California: 44 of 44 recent grants went to U.S. recipients, and 100% went to recipients in the HQ state. The recipient map is statewide, with repeated awards to Camarillo, Ukiah, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, Aptos, Chico, Santa Barbara, Auburn, Monterey, Fresno, Redding, Sacramento, Stockton, Merced, Santa Rosa, and Truckee. The strongest concentration by state is California, which also matches the foundation’s local geographic scope of giving.
Its grantmaking is centered on disaster relief and recovery, resilience, and capacity building for California community foundations and local responders. Recent grants repeatedly pair disaster response with resilience and community engagement, including awards to Ventura County Community Foundation, North Valley Community Foundation, and San Diego Foundation.
The typical award is in the six-figure range. The p25 is $46,250, the median is $100,000, and the p75 is $108,125. The recent grants list also shows larger awards such as $275,000 and $206,250.
Its named active programs are marked as not accepting unsolicited requests, including Resilience, Capacity Building, and Community Engagement Grants, Community Foundation Disaster Response Funds, Disaster Resilience, Disaster Relief, Recovery and Resilience Fund, CBCE, and Gun Violence Prevention Grants.
The foundation mainly funds community foundations and closely related local intermediaries. Recent grantees include Ventura County Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Mendocino County, Inland Empire Community Foundation, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, and Community Foundation for Monterey County.
Yes. The geographic scope is local, the top state by grant count is California, and 100% of recent grants went to recipients in California. The recipient list includes cities and counties across the state, from Camarillo and Riverside to Ukiah, Monterey, Fresno, and San Diego.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIERRA BUSINESS COUNCIL | TRUCKEE, CA | $166,500 | 2026 | WILDFIRE SOLUTIONS COALITION |
| PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | PASADENA, CA | $145,330 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | NAPA, CA | $120,330 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; TRAVEL STIPENDS |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEVADA COUNTY | NEVADA CITY, CA | $120,330 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; TRAVEL STIPENDS |
| INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | RIVERSIDE, CA | $115,330 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; TRAVEL STIPENDS |
| SOLANO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FAIRFIELD, CA | $70,000 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; TRAVEL STIPENDS |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY | UKIAH, CA | $65,000 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; TRAVEL STIPENDS |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY | MONTEREY, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY | APTOS, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | STOCKTON, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY | SANTA ROSA, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | CAMARILLO, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY | SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FRESNO, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| SACRAMENTO REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| EL DORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | PLACERVILLE, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | CHICO, CA | $45,330 | 2026 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | BAKERSFIELD, CA | $40,000 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY |
| AMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | JACKSON, CA | $30,000 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; TRAVEL STIPENDS |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE | REDDING, CA | $30,000 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; TRAVEL STIPENDS |
| VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | CAMARILLO, CA | $275,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | RIVERSIDE, CA | $200,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY | APTOS, CA | $177,500 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | CHICO, CA | $175,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY |
| SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $155,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY | MONTEREY, CA | $141,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION | SAN DIEGO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY | UKIAH, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE | REDDING, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FRESNO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| STANISLAUS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | MODESTO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| WEST MARIN FUND | PT REYES STA, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | BAKERSFIELD, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY |
| PLACER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | AUBURN, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | STOCKTON, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | MERCED, CA | $99,880 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY | SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA | $75,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY | SANTA ROSA, CA | $75,000 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | NAPA, CA | $55,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY |
| TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | TRUCKEE, CA | $55,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY |
| LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | MIDDLETOWN, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY |
| AMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | JACKSON, CA | $19,120 | 2025 | RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY | UKIAH, CA | $206,250 | 2024 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE; RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY | SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA | $184,500 | 2024 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE; RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY |
| VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | CAMARILLO, CA | $125,000 | 2024 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY | MONTEREY, CA | $110,000 | 2024 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE; RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY | APTOS, CA | $107,500 | 2024 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE; RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY |
| SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SAN BENITO COUNTY | HOLLISTER, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE |
PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$145,330DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$120,330DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; TRAVEL STIPENDS
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEVADA COUNTY
$120,330DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; TRAVEL STIPENDS
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; TRAVEL STIPENDS
SOLANO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$70,000DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; TRAVEL STIPENDS
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; TRAVEL STIPENDS
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$40,000DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY
AMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$30,000DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; TRAVEL STIPENDS
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; TRAVEL STIPENDS
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY; RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
STANISLAUS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$100,000RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
WEST MARIN FUND
$100,000RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$100,000DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$100,000RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$99,880RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY
RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$50,000DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY
AMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$19,120RESILIENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE; RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE; RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE; RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE; RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY
DISASTER RELIEF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE
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