The James G. Boswell Foundation concentrates its giving on large, institution-level grants that primarily support medical care, medical education and research, and California agricultural leadership, with an occasional gift to public-interest legal work. Grants are made to established institutions (teaching hospitals and major universities) and often fund endowed positions, residency support, unrestricted hospital operating needs, or research programs. The foundation’s geographic focus is strongly California-centric and its portfolio reflects a blend of health-care philanthropy and legacy ties to California agriculture and civic/legal causes.
The James G Boswell Foundation’s most distinctive recent pattern is a series of very large, recurring commitments to California health care and agricultural leadership institutions. In medical philanthropy, it has backed an endowed chair in orthopedic surgery at Leland Stanford Jr University and major support for hospitals and research centers, including Huntington Hospital, Valley Children’s Hospital, and Huntington Medical Research Institutes. Those gifts sit alongside a separate but equally visible stream for California agriculture and youth development, where the foundation has funded the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, California Ffa Foundation, Ag One Foundation, and Calf - University Support. The portfolio is institution-heavy rather than project-fragmented, with grants often written at seven figures and aimed at endowments, unrestricted operating support, residency training, and program infrastructure. It also includes recurring support for legal advocacy through Pacific Legal Foundation and scholarship-oriented giving tied to Boswell-named programs. The result is a foundation with a clear preference for established organizations and sustained commitments over one-time, small-dollar awards.
Medical care is one of the foundation’s core themes. It gave $2,000,000 to Huntington Hospital for the Boswell Fund for Surgical Advancement and $1,000,000 to Huntington Medical Research Institutes for medical research, showing support for both clinical capacity and research. Academic medicine appears as well: Leland Stanford Jr University received $3,212,852 for the Boswell Endowed Chair in Orthopedic Surgery. On the agriculture side, the foundation has repeatedly funded California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, including $1,100,000 in 2023 and additional unrestricted grants in later years, indicating sustained backing for agricultural leadership development. Youth and student support also appears through California Ffa Foundation, which received multiple grants for the Cal. FFA Conference Scholarship and a Daniel J. Boswell Memorial Fund.
Typical grant size is substantial: the 25th percentile is $7,500, the median is $25,000, and the 75th percentile is $250,000. The recent record also shows many repeated recipients across multiple years, including Huntington Hospital, Pacific Legal Foundation, California Ffa Foundation, and California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, which points to ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation funds individuals as well as institutions, and its grants include operating support, unrestricted contributions, scholarships, and endowed or named funds. No application process is described in the provided data.
$8M
$141.7M
$7.5M
$8.1M
Most grants fall between $8K and $250K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$250K
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Very concentrated giving: a small number of large grants to a few repeat institutional grantees, often unrestricted or for named endowments/residencies rather than many small awards.
Notable grantees: Leland Stanford Jr. University, Huntington Hospital / Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Valley Children's Hospital, California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, Pacific Legal Foundation
Grantmaking is overwhelmingly California-centered: 94% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state. Recent awards land in Pasadena, Madera, Redwood City, Salinas, Sacramento, Galt, Fresno, Monterey, Los Angeles, and Corcoran. The only non-California recipient in the recent grants list is Sun Health Foundation in Surprise, Arizona, and the overall recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
Its recent grants go mainly to hospitals, medical research institutions, universities, agricultural leadership and FFA organizations, and legal advocacy groups. Examples in the data include Huntington Hospital, Valley Children’s Hospital, Leland Stanford Jr University, California Ffa Foundation, California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, and Pacific Legal Foundation.
The grant-size distribution is weighted toward larger awards: the 25th percentile is $7,500, the median is $25,000, and the 75th percentile is $250,000. Recent gifts also include multiple seven-figure grants, showing that its portfolio includes a mix of smaller scholarship awards and very large institutional support.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Huntington Hospital in 2023 and 2025, Pacific Legal Foundation in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, and California Ffa Foundation in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. That pattern suggests sustained relationships with selected institutions.
Its grantmaking is heavily concentrated in California, where 94% of grants go to recipients in the headquarters state. Recent recipient cities include Pasadena, Madera, Redwood City, Salinas, Sacramento, Galt, Fresno, Monterey, Los Angeles, and Corcoran.
Yes. The recent grants list includes scholarships through Col James G Boswell Scholarship Program in Pasadena and Corcoran Community Foundation, as well as California Ffa Foundation awards tied to conference scholarships and a memorial fund.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL | PASADENA, CA | $2,000,000 | 2026 | BOSWELL FUND FOR SURGICAL ADVANCEMENT |
| VALLEY CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | MADERA, CA | $2,000,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| AG ONE FOUNDATION | FRESNO, CA | $1,000,000 | 2026 | PLANT PATHOLOGY LAB AND STUDENT INTERACTIVE AREA |
| PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $500,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION - INSTALLMENT 2 OF 2 |
| PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $500,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION - INSTALLMENT 1 OF 2 |
| CALIFORNIA FFA FOUNDATION | GALT, CA | $300,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| CALIFORNIA FFA FOUNDATION | GALT, CA | $300,000 | 2026 | DANIEL J. BOSWELL MEMORIAL FUND |
| CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION | MONTEREY, CA | $250,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| CORCORAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | CORCORAN, CA | $183,200 | 2026 | 2025 - 2026 COL. JAMES G. BOSWELL SCHOLARSHIP |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | PASADENA, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE | PASADENA, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | BOSWELL ENDOWED POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS |
| CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR AG IN THE CLASSROOM | SACRAMENTO, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER | TUSTIN, CA | $75,000 | 2026 | CONTRIBUTION IN SUPPORT OF CA. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS |
| CORCORAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT | CORCORAN, CA | $35,000 | 2026 | CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL FFA |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE SEQUOIAS | VISALIA, CA | $25,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| COS FOUNDATION | TULARE, CA | $25,000 | 2026 | 2025 JUMPSTART MECHANIZED AG PROGRAM |
| SEQUOIA RIVERLANDS TRUST | VISALIA, CA | $25,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT FOR KAWEAH OAKS PRESERVE |
| EUHS AG DEPARTMENT | EXETER, CA | $20,412 | 2026 | FARM VEHICLES COVERED PARKING PROJECT |
| COS FOUNDATION | TULARE, CA | $14,500 | 2026 | EQUIPMENT TECH PROGRAM |
| THE JONAH & TRAVIS DRUG AWARENESS FND | VISALIA, CA | $2,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| SCOTT KIRSCHENMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION | BAKERSFIELD, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | 2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | MADERA, CA | $3,000,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL | PASADENA, CA | $1,500,000 | 2025 | JAMES G. BOSWELL INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENT |
| PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $1,000,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT |
| CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION | SALINAS, CA | $600,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT |
| CALIFORNIA FFA FOUNDATION | GALT, CA | $600,000 | 2025 | CAL. FFA CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP |
| COL JAMES G BOSWELL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM | PASADENA, CA | $200,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | PASADENA, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT OF BOSWELL PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY |
| HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES | PASADENA, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM | SACRAMENTO, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | GRANT FOR STARTER KIT BOXES |
| KINGS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE | HANFORD, CA | $30,000 | 2025 | DONATION TO RURAL CRIMES UNIT |
| TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION | VISALIA, CA | $30,000 | 2025 | DONATION TO RURAL CRIMES UNIT |
| SEQUOIA RIVERLANDS TRUST | VISALIA, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION (TULARE COUNTY PROGRAMS) | DAVIS, CA | $21,579 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| COLLEGE OF SEQUOIAS FOUNDATION | TULARE, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | FUNDING FOR THEIR JUMPSTART - MECHANIZED AG PROGRAM. |
| PAWS AND CLAWS | HANFORD, CA | $10,015 | 2025 | SUPPORT THEIR WORK IN PROVIDING CARE FOR ANIMALS IN NEED. |
| LELAND STANFORD JR UNIVERSITY | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $3,212,852 | 2024 | BOSWELL ENDOWED CHAIR IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY |
| HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES | PASADENA, CA | $1,000,000 | 2024 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| CALIFORNIA FFA FOUNDATION | GALT, CA | $500,000 | 2024 | CAL. FFA CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP |
| VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | MADERA, CA | $500,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION |
| PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $500,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $500,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION IN MEMORY OF MARY ANNE DE BRIYN |
| CALF - UNIVERSITY SUPPORT | SALINAS, CA | $300,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT FOR FOUR UNIVERSITIES |
| SUN HEALTH FOUNDATION | SURPRISE, AZ | $250,000 | 2024 | OPERATING SUPPORT FOR BANNER BOSWELL HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT |
| CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION | SALINAS, CA | $250,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | PASADENA, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT OF BOSWELL PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY |
| AMA OLUKAI FOUNDATION | HONOLULU, HI | $100,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF MAUI FIRE |
| CORCORAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | CORCORAN, CA | $69,351 | 2024 | 2022 - 2023 SCHOOL YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION | VISALIA, CA | $60,000 | 2024 | DONATION TO RURAL CRIMES UNIT |
| KINGS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE | HANFORD, CA | $60,000 | 2024 | DONATION TO RURAL CRIMES UNIT |
HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL
$2,000,000BOSWELL FUND FOR SURGICAL ADVANCEMENT
AG ONE FOUNDATION
$1,000,000PLANT PATHOLOGY LAB AND STUDENT INTERACTIVE AREA
2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION - INSTALLMENT 2 OF 2
2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION - INSTALLMENT 1 OF 2
CALIFORNIA FFA FOUNDATION
2025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
CALIFORNIA FFA FOUNDATION
$300,000DANIEL J. BOSWELL MEMORIAL FUND
CORCORAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$183,2002025 - 2026 COL. JAMES G. BOSWELL SCHOLARSHIP
CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR AG IN THE CLASSROOM
$100,0002025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTION IN SUPPORT OF CA. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS
CORCORAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
$35,000CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL FFA
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE SEQUOIAS
$25,0002025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
COS FOUNDATION
$25,0002025 JUMPSTART MECHANIZED AG PROGRAM
SEQUOIA RIVERLANDS TRUST
$25,000SUPPORT FOR KAWEAH OAKS PRESERVE
EUHS AG DEPARTMENT
$20,412FARM VEHICLES COVERED PARKING PROJECT
COS FOUNDATION
$14,500EQUIPMENT TECH PROGRAM
THE JONAH & TRAVIS DRUG AWARENESS FND
$2,0002025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
SCOTT KIRSCHENMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION
$1,0002025 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION
CALIFORNIA FFA FOUNDATION
$600,000CAL. FFA CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP
COL JAMES G BOSWELL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
$200,000SCHOLARSHIPS
CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM
$50,000GRANT FOR STARTER KIT BOXES
KINGS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
$30,000DONATION TO RURAL CRIMES UNIT
TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION
$30,000DONATION TO RURAL CRIMES UNIT
SEQUOIA RIVERLANDS TRUST
$25,000OPERATING SUPPORT
FUNDING FOR THEIR JUMPSTART - MECHANIZED AG PROGRAM.
PAWS AND CLAWS
$10,015SUPPORT THEIR WORK IN PROVIDING CARE FOR ANIMALS IN NEED.
BOSWELL ENDOWED CHAIR IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
CALIFORNIA FFA FOUNDATION
$500,000CAL. FFA CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES
$500,000UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION IN MEMORY OF MARY ANNE DE BRIYN
CALF - UNIVERSITY SUPPORT
$300,000ANNUAL SUPPORT FOR FOUR UNIVERSITIES
OPERATING SUPPORT FOR BANNER BOSWELL HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
AMA OLUKAI FOUNDATION
$100,000SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF MAUI FIRE
CORCORAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$69,3512022 - 2023 SCHOOL YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS
TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION
$60,000DONATION TO RURAL CRIMES UNIT
KINGS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
$60,000DONATION TO RURAL CRIMES UNIT