The Y & H Soda Foundation appears to be a concentrated, high-dollar funder that makes a very small number of large, undesignated charitable grants rather than many targeted awards. With all recorded giving rolled into three grants labeled generically as “Charitable” or “See Grant Statement,” the foundation likely provides general operating, capital, or endowment-style support and does not publicly categorize grants by program area. Its location in Moraga, CA suggests a potential preference for supporting regional nonprofits, but the grant records here do not specify beneficiaries or issue areas.
Y & H Soda Foundation’s recent giving is defined by three very large charitable grants, including a $4,040,000 award in 2025 and two other grants above $3.6 million. That pattern points to a concentrated funder that makes a small number of high-dollar awards rather than a broad spread of smaller grants. In the records provided, the grants are labeled generically as “Charitable” or “See Grant Statement,” so the public record here emphasizes scale over program detail. The foundation’s grant history also shows a strong East Bay orientation in how it supports nonprofits. Its active funding areas center on economic justice, immigrant rights and inclusion, and family economic success, with program descriptions that mention living-wage jobs, job training, asset building, community economic development, narrative change, and equity-centered advocacy. Those themes suggest a funder focused on organizational strength and community conditions rather than narrow project categories. Because the grant entries in this dataset do not identify named recipients, the clearest profile comes from the structure of the giving itself: large awards, repeated charitable labeling, and a regional strategy tied to Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
The foundation’s active programs point to a two-part emphasis: economic security and immigrant inclusion. Under Family Economic Success, it supports employment and job training, asset building, and community economic development in the East Bay, including work on credit improvement, savings, microenterprise, and worker cooperatives. Immigrant Rights and Inclusion is another core area. The strategy supports organizations that protect immigrant rights, build immigrant community power, expand civic participation, advance positive narratives about immigrants, and deepen collaboration with local communities in Alameda County, Contra Costa County, and the broader East Bay. Economic Justice adds a policy and organizing lens. That area backs local advocacy, organizing, and narrative change efforts aimed at the root causes of economic inequality in the East Bay. Across these areas, the foundation’s descriptions consistently connect grantmaking to community-level systems change.
The grant-size data show a tightly clustered pattern: the 25th percentile is $3,653,610, the median is $3,669,220, and the 75th percentile is $3,684,831. That narrow spread matches the recent grants table, where all three reported awards are multi-million-dollar charitable grants. This is a regular funder rather than a donor-advised fund. The records point to concentrated, episodic grantmaking, with a very small number of large awards rather than many small ones. Several active program areas accept unsolicited proposals, but General Grantmaking is by invitation after initial contact and alignment review.
$3.3M
$103.9M
$9.1M
$7.3M
Most grants fall between $3.7M and $3.7M, with a median of $3.7M.
25th Percentile
$3.7M
Median
$3.7M
75th Percentile
$3.7M
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Highly concentrated giving: very few (3) large grants totaling $11.38M, suggesting episodic, sizable commitments rather than many small or targeted awards; grants appear undesignated or broadly charitable and may be repeat or multi-payment disbursements to the same beneficiary.
Notable grantees: See Grant Statement (grantee not publicly specified)
Giving is local and fully concentrated in California: 100% of grants in the dataset went to recipients in CA. The active strategy language centers on the East Bay, especially Alameda County and Contra Costa County, with several programs explicitly naming those counties. The recent-grants table lists three California recipients, each shown with a CA location marker. The broader country distribution is also entirely domestic, with all 3 grants going to US recipients.
The active program areas center on Family Economic Success, Immigrant Rights and Inclusion, and Economic Justice. Within those, the foundation supports job training, employment, asset building, microenterprise, worker cooperatives, community economic development, civic participation, narrative change, and policy advocacy in the East Bay.
The grant-size distribution is tightly clustered at a very high level: p25 is $3,653,610, the median is $3,669,220, and p75 is $3,684,831. The recent grants table also shows three awards of $4,040,000, $3,700,441, and $3,638,000.
Some active areas do. Family Economic Success — Community Economic Development, Immigrant Rights and Inclusion, Asset Building, Employment & Job Training, Economic Justice, and Family Economic Success — Asset Building all accept unsolicited applications. General Grantmaking is by invitation after initial contact and alignment review.
Its giving is local and concentrated in California, with 100% of grants going to recipients in CA. Program descriptions repeatedly name Alameda County, Contra Costa County, and the East Bay as the main service area.
It is listed as a Regular Funder, not a funder that makes grants to individuals or program-related investments. The recent pattern is concentrated and high-dollar, with three large charitable grants recorded in the data.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Grant Statement | See Grant Statement, CA | $4,040,000 | 2025 | Charitable |
| See Grant Statement | See Grant Statement, CA | $3,638,000 | 2024 | Charitable |
| See Grant Statement | See Grant Statement, CA | $3,700,441 | 2023 | Charitable |
See Grant Statement
$4,040,000Charitable
See Grant Statement
$3,638,000Charitable
See Grant Statement
$3,700,441Charitable