What types of organizations does Sweet Geeks Foundation fund?

The foundation funds Southern California nonprofits working in youth development, including after-school enrichment, tutoring, mentoring, social-emotional learning, arts, STEAM/STEM, literacy, and girl empowerment. Its recent grants also show general operating support and operational assistance for nonprofit organizations.

Does Sweet Geeks Foundation fund individuals?

Yes. The recent grants list includes multiple cancer relief grants to individuals such as Scarlett Martinez, Gilma Maricela Dominguez, Cynthia Stevens Cantu, and others in California cities including El Segundo, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Newport Beach.

What is the typical grant size?

The typical grant size is modest: p25 is $3,009, the median is $3,430, and p75 is $5,000. The recent record includes both smaller relief awards near $3,000 and nonprofit grants at $5,000 and $10,000.

Can organizations apply directly?

Yes. Active programs accept unsolicited applications, including Youth Development General Operating Support Grant, Youth Development Grants, Cancer Relief Grants — Financial Relief Grant, and Cancer Relief Grants — Experience Grant.

Where does Sweet Geeks Foundation focus its giving?

Its grantmaking is regional and centered on Southern California. The active programs are limited to Southern California, and the recent grants list shows recipients in California cities such as Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, Compton, Oakland, and Riverside.

Sweet Geeks Foundation

Name: Sweet Geeks Foundation — grants, 990 financials & funding data
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ActivePhilanthropy & VoluntarismFunds Individuals

Houston, TXWebsite3233843847

About Sweet Geeks Foundation

Sweet Geeks Foundation appears to be a small, local funder that made a single grant to Patriots and Paws, suggesting an interest in supporting veteran-focused, animal-assisted services in the Houston area. Their giving profile looks targeted and issue-specific rather than broad-based, favoring hands-on community organizations.

Focus Areas

Service dog placement and training for military veterans (Houston area)Veteran support programs that use animal-assisted therapyLocal nonprofit capacity support for veteran–animal partnerships

Who They Fund

nonprofit organizations (grantee organizations)cancer patients and survivors

Giving Approach

Highly concentrated, one-time support: a single modest grant (~$10K) to a local, veteran-focused organization rather than diversified or repeat funding.

Funding Style

general operating supportoperational assistance

About Sweet Geeks Foundation

Sweet Geeks Foundation’s recent giving shows a narrow pattern: support for Southern California youth programs and direct relief for cancer patients, alongside a small set of operational support grants. The largest recent grant, $10,001 to Patriots and Paws in Huntington Beach, came through as general operating support, and the same city appears again with Pathways to Independence at $10,000 and STEM Advantage at $5,000. That cluster suggests the foundation often backs organizations that already have a clear local service role and need flexible funds to keep programs moving. The foundation also funds individual assistance. In 2025 it made multiple cancer relief grants to people in Los Angeles, Riverside, Panorama City, Newport Beach, and El Segundo, with awards mostly in the low-thousands. That mix of nonprofit operating support and direct relief points to a funder that gives both to organizations and to individuals, rather than using only one channel. Across the record, Sweet Geeks Foundation’s grantmaking is regional and California-centered, with repeated support for youth development, operational assistance, and cancer-related help.

What Sweet Geeks Foundation Funds

Youth development is one of the clearest organizational themes in the foundation’s grant history. It gave $10,000 to URBAN TXT Teens Exploring Technology in Los Angeles for general operating support, and $5,000 to Reading to Kids in Los Angeles for the same purpose. Other youth-serving recipients include Hack The Hood Inc in Oakland and Unearth and Empower Communities in Compton, both funded with $5,000 general operating grants. A second theme is cancer relief for individuals in Southern California. The foundation made cancer relief grants to Scarlett Martinez in El Segundo for $3,899, Gilma Maricela Dominguez in Los Angeles for $3,105, and Cynthia Stevens Cantu in Riverside for $3,100. It also uses operational assistance for nonprofit infrastructure. Examples include Stem Advantage in Huntington Beach and Uncle Kory Foundation in El Segundo, each funded at $10,000 in 2023.

How Sweet Geeks Foundation Gives

Sweet Geeks Foundation’s typical grant size falls in the low-thousands: p25 is $3,009, median is $3,430, and p75 is $5,000. The recent record includes both larger operating grants around $10,000 and many smaller awards clustered near $3,000 to $5,000. The pattern also shows repeat recipients. Pathways to Independence appears in both 2025 and 2023, while STEM Advantage appears in 2023 and 2025. That indicates some continuity rather than strictly one-time giving. The foundation gives to nonprofits and individuals, and it accepts unsolicited applications through several active programs. It makes one-year general operating support grants for Southern California youth development nonprofits and direct relief grants for cancer patients in Southern California.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$91K

Total Assets

$525K

Total Revenue

$25K

Total Expenses

$113K

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $3K and $5K, with a median of $3K.

25th Percentile

$3K

Median

$3K

75th Percentile

$5K

Geographic Reach

Regional1 state funded

About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.

Funding intensity

Low

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
Patriots and Paws	Huntington Beach, CA	$10,001	2025	General Operating Support
Pathways to Independence	Huntington Beach, CA	$10,000	2025	General Operating Support
URBAN TXT Teens Exploring Technology	Los Angeles, CA	$10,000	2025	General Operating Support
Thomas House Temporary Shelter	Garden Grove, CA	$5,000	2025	General Operating Support
Unearth and Empower Communities	COMPTON, CA	$5,000	2025	General Operating Support
STEM Advantage	Huntington Beach, CA	$5,000	2025	General Operating Support
Reading to Kids	Los Angeles, CA	$5,000	2025	General Operating Support
Hack The Hood Inc	Oakland, CA	$5,000	2025	General Operating Support
Calibrate A Non-Profit Corporation	Pasadena, CA	$4,000	2025	General Operating Support
Sunnyside FiveSunnyside Baptist Church	Los Angeles, CA	$4,000	2025	General Operating Support
Scarlett Martinez	El Segundo, CA	$3,899	2025	Cancer Relief Grant
Gilma Maricela Dominguez	Los Angeles, CA	$3,105	2025	Cancer Relief Grant
Cynthia Stevens Cantu	Riverside, CA	$3,100	2025	Cancer Relief Grant
Beverly Shahid	Los Angeles, CA	$3,078	2025	Cancer Relief Grant
Monique Maldonado	Riverside, CA	$3,035	2025	Cancer Relief Grant
Cathrina Lowy	Panorama City, CA	$3,000	2025	Cancer Relief Grant
Valerie Martinez	Newport Beach, CA	$3,000	2025	Cancer Relief Grant
Danielle Watkins	Los Angeles, CA	$3,000	2025	Cancer Relief Grant
Bambi Lynn Anderson	Los Angeles, CA	$3,000	2025	Cancer Relief Grant
STEM ADVANTAGE	HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA	$10,000	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
UNCLE KORY FOUNDATION	EL SEGUNDO, CA	$10,000	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
BUILD FUTURES	HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA	$5,000	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
IMPACTO A PROGRAM OF PROYECTO PASTORAL	LOS ANGELES, CA	$3,500	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
YESSICA MUNOZ	HAWTHORNE, CA	$3,359	2023	EXPERIENCE GRANT
THE BOOK TRUCK INC	LONG BEACH, CA	$3,250	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
ORANGE COUNTY CHILDREN'S THERAPEUTIC ARTS CENTER	SANTA ANA, CA	$3,250	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
DIY GIRLS	PACOIMA, CA	$2,500	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
BLOOM FOUNDATION INC	IRVINE, CA	$2,500	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE	LOS ALAMITOS, CA	$2,500	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
RESOUNDING JOY INC	SAN DIEGO, CA	$2,500	2023	OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE

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Can organizations apply directly?

Where does Sweet Geeks Foundation focus its giving?

Recent Grants

Open Grant Opportunities

Youth Development General Operating Support Grant