Grants | Sunlight Giving

A national organization that works with government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and health care systems to provide benefit eligibility and enrollment services. It currently works in 6 states and 50 counties.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
family support	$50,000	2020	the Alluma and One Degree merger
family support	$50,000	2019	general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $150,000)
family support	$50,000	2018	general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $150,000)
family support	$50,000	2017	general support, $50,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $150,000)
family support	$50,000	2016	general support

CACFP Roundtable

A membership organization focused on increasing food security and nutrition through protection and improvement of the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
food security	$25,000	2021	charitable activities of the Child Care Food Roundtable, $25,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $50,000)
Responsive	$15,000	2021	the charitable activities of Child Care Food Program Roundtable
food security	$25,000	2020	charitable activities of the Child Care Food Roundtable
food security	$25,000	2019	charitable activities of the Child Care Food Roundtable
food security	$25,000	2018	charitable activities of the Child Care Food Roundtable
food security	$25,000	2017	CCFP Roundtable strategic planning
food security	$25,000	2017	charitable activities of the Child Care Food Roundtable

California Association of Food Banks

A statewide membership organization of 43 food banks. It provides members with a range of programs, services, and resources to help end hunger in their communities. Among its many programs, it helps build food bank capacity, provides funding opportunities and food resources, and strengthens local advocacy efforts.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
food security	$200,000	2021	general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $600,000)
Responsive	$100,000	2021	general support
food security	$200,000	2020	general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $600,000)
food security	$200,000	2019	general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $600,000)
food security	$100,000	2018	general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $300,000)
food security	$100,000	2018	general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $300,000)
food security	$100,000	2017	general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000)
food security	$100,000	2017	general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000)
food security	$200,000	2017	general support
food security	$100,000	2016	general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000)
food security	$110,000	2016	$4,080 for travel expenses and $105,920 for general support to be spent in calendar year 2019
food security	$100,000	2016	general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000)

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network

A membership organization of local child care resource and referral agencies. It works to expand and improve the supply and quality of family child care.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
safe spaces	$50,000	2021	general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000)
Responsive	$25,000	2021	general support
safe spaces	$50,000	2020	general support
safe spaces	$50,000	2019	general support

California Children And Families Foundation

A statewide nonprofit with a mission of promoting, supporting, and improving the health and early development of children from the prenatal stage to five years of age by partnering with local First 5 agencies.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
safe spaces	$50,000	2021	general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000)
Responsive	$25,000	2021	general support
safe spaces	$50,000	2020	general support
safe spaces	$50,000	2019	general support

California Coalition for Rural Housing

A statewide agency that supports the production and preservation of decent, safe, and low-cost housing for rural and low-income Californians by advocating for housing at all levels of government.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
housing stability	$50,000	2021	general support
Responsive	$115,000	2021	general support
Responsive	$65,000	2021	general support
Responsive	$50,000	2021	general support
housing stability	$25,000	2020	general support
housing advocacy	$25,000	2020	general support
Responsive	$65,000	2020	general support
Responsive	$50,000	2020	general support
housing stability	$25,000	2019	general support
housing advocacy	$25,000	2019	general support
housing stability	$50,000	2018	general support
housing stability	$25,000	2017	general support

California Immigrant Policy Center

A constituent-based statewide immigrant rights organization working to promote and protect safety, health and public benefits, and integration programs for immigrants. The organization combines legislative and policy advocacy, strategic communications, organizing, and capacity building to pursue its mission.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
family opportunity	$75,000	2022	general support; $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000)
Responsive	$40,000	2021	general support
immigration	$75,000	2021	general support
immigration	$50,000	2020	general support
immigration	$80,000	2019	Public charge response work
immigration	$50,000	2019	general support
bright spots	$3,500	2018	general support
immigration	$50,000	2018	general support

California Immigrant Resilience Fund 2

The California Immigrant Resilience Fund (CIRF) provides cash assistance to undocumented Californians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. CIRF was set up as part of a public-private partnership with the State of California. The separate state-financed immigrant relief fund, the first of its kind in the nation, distributed $75 million to 150,000 families.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
Responsive	$100,000	2021	the charitable activities of California Immigrant Resilience Fund 2
Responsive	$250,000	2020	California Immigrant Resilience Fund
Responsive	$250,000	2020	California Immigrant Resilience Fund

California Primary Care Association

A statewide membership organization of more than 1,200 clinics serving low-income Californians. It provides members with a range of training and technical assistance to ensure quality health care for patients and promotes policies to maintain high standards of care and funding.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
health care access	$200,000	2022	general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $600,000)
Responsive	$100,000	2021	general support
health care access	$200,000	2021	general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $600,000)
health care access	$200,000	2020	general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $600,000)
health care access	$30,000	2019	Protecting immigrant families work
health care access	$200,000	2019	general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $600,000)
health care access	$200,000	2018	general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $600,000)
health care access	$200,000	2017	general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $600,000)

California Rural Legal Assistance

A nonprofit legal service program created to help low-income families across rural California. It serves over 23,000 clients annually, with the majority of cases being related to housing and preventing homelessness.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
family support	$150,000	2021	general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $450,000)
Responsive	$90,000	2021	general support
Responsive	$20,000	2021	general support
Responsive	$25,000	2020	general support
Responsive	$20,000	2020	general support
family support	$150,000	2020	general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $450,000)
family support	$150,000	2019	general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $450,000)
housing stability	$150,000	2018	general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $450,000)
housing stability	$150,000	2017	general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $450,000)
housing stability	$150,000	2016	general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $450,000)

California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation

A social justice organization providing advocacy, legal services and community outreach and education on issues affecting low-income and farm-worker rural residents of California, regardless of their immigration status. Their services cover a broad range of issues including housing advocacy, immigration law, labor law, worker safety, and sexual harassment prevention.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
family support	$60,000	2021	general support, $60,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $120,000)
Responsive	$25,000	2021	general support
family support	$50,000	2020	general support
family support	$50,000	2019	general support
family support	$50,000	2018	general support

California WIC Association

A membership organization formed by directors of local WIC agencies that supports best practices for the WIC program through advocacy, training, and publications. It partners with 84 local WIC agencies which serve over 1.3M women, infants, and children per month in California. This represents approximately 60% of infants born in California annually.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
food security	$60,000	2022	general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $180,000)
Responsive	$30,000	2021	general support
food security	$60,000	2021	general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $180,000)
food security	$60,000	2020	general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $180,000)
food security	$75,000	2019	general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $225,000)
food security	$75,000	2018	general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $225,000)
food security	$65,000	2017	capacity building in support of modernizing the WIC program
food security	$75,000	2017	general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $225,000)
food security	$25,000	2016	general support

Common Counsel Foundation

A foundation that houses the Fund for Inclusive California, a combination of pooled and aligned funding focused on grantmaking to regions that are experiencing rapid growth in development, accelerating community displacement, and where there is significant potential for local-statewide impact.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
housing advocacy	$100,000	2020	Fund for Inclusive California
housing advocacy	$100,000	2019	Fund for Inclusive California

Ecology Center

A nonprofit that focuses on improving the health and the environmental impacts of urban residents. Core issues include food and farming, waste and consumerism, climate change prevention and resiliency, and sustainable living. It addresses these issues through education, demonstration, replication, and advocacy.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
food security	$100,000	2022	general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000)
Responsive	$50,000	2021	general support
food security	$100,000	2021	general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000)
food security	$100,000	2020	general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $200,000)
food security	$100,000	2019	general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $200,000)
food security	$100,000	2018	general support
food security	$100,000	2017	general support

Enterprise

A national housing organization that works to create opportunity for low- and moderate-income people through affordable housing in diverse, thriving communities. It is the only housing organization in the U.S. with deep expertise in each of the three catalysts for systemic change: impact capital, innovative solutions on the ground, and transformative public policy. It has locations in 11 regions including in Northern California.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
housing advocacy	$50,000	2020	the Northern California Office
housing advocacy	$50,000	2019	the Northern California Office
housing stability	$75,000	2018	the Northern California Office

Housing California

A nonprofit that works to prevent and end homelessness by increasing the variety and supply of safe, stable, accessible, and permanently affordable homes. It focuses on equitable land use; public investment in affordable homes; and coalition building for affordable-home residents.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
housing stability	$75,000	2022	general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $150,000)
Responsive	$40,000	2021	general support
housing stability	$75,000	2021	general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000)
housing advocacy	$25,000	2020	general support, $25,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $50,000)
housing stability	$50,000	2020	general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000)
housing advocacy	$25,000	2019	general support, $25,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $50,000)
housing stability	$50,000	2019	general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000)
housing advocacy	$75,000	2018	general support

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

A legal advocacy organization that seeks to improve immigration law and policy, expand the capacity of legal service providers, and advance immigrant rights. It distributes grants to 60+ nonprofits that work with immigrant communities and serves thousands of families through workshops, training, representation, and advocacy.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
immigration	$50,000	2021	general support, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000)
Responsive	$25,000	2021	general support
immigration	$50,000	2020	general support
immigration	$50,000	2019	general support
immigration	$50,000	2018	general support
immigration	$100,000	2016	general support

Northern California Grantmakers

An energetic partner in Northern California’s philanthropic community that brings public and private funders and other key stakeholders together to tackle big issues and achieve shared goals.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
sector support/research	$15,000	2022	membership dues, $15,000 per year for two years ($750 dues, $14,250 general support) (payment one of two, total grant amount $30,000)
Responsive	$75,000	2021	general support
sector support/research	$15,000	2021	membership dues, $15,000 per year for two years ($750 dues, $14,250 general support) (payment two of two, total grant amount $30,000)
sector support/research	$15,000	2020	membership dues, $15,000 per year for two years ($750 dues, $14,250 general support) (payment one of two , total grant amount $30,000)
sector support/research	$15,000	2019	membership dues ($750 dues, $14,250 general support)
sector support/research	$14,250	2018	general support
sector support/research	$14,250	2017	general support
sector support/research	$10,000	2016	general support

Nourish California

A statewide policy organization that dedicates its time, resources, and energy toward increasing low-income Californians' access to healthy food. Projects have focused on improving participation in CalFresh, National School Lunch Program, and Breakfast after the Bell, and supporting efforts to improve nutrition among children 0-5.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
food security	$125,000	2022	general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $375,000)
Responsive	$65,000	2021	general support
food security	$125,000	2021	general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $375,000)
food security	$125,000	2020	general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $375,000)
food security	$25,000	2019	efforts to protect benefits for immigrant families
food security	$150,000	2019	general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $450,000)
food security	$150,000	2018	general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $450,000)
food security	$150,000	2017	general support, $150,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $450,000)
food security	$70,000	2016	Healthy Food in Child Care, San Joaquin County Pilot

Public Policy Institute of California

A nonpartisan think tank and research institute that informs policy makers, practitioners, foundations, and the California electorate with research on issues that affect the lives of Californians.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
sector support/research	$25,000	2020	general support
2020 census	$50,000	2018	general support
sector support/research	$75,000	2017	research on 1) the scale, scope and location of need of families with young children in poverty in California and 2) California’s low-income families and the high cost of living
sector support/research	$325,000	2016	research on 1) the scale, scope and location of need of families with young children in poverty in California and 2) California’s low-income families and the high cost of living. $325,000 over eighteen months, effective July 2016

SIRUM

An innovative platform that enables the closed, safe, peer-to-peer redistribution of medications. It connects donor facilities directly with recipient safety-net clinics.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
health care access	$100,000	2016	general support

Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality

Stanford University is home to the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, one of the country's three national poverty centers supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The center is committed to providing research, policy analysis, and training on issues of poverty and inequality.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
sector support/research	$100,000	2018	to support the work of David Grusky and his team on reducing poverty in California. This is an unrestricted gift in the amount of $100,000.
sector support/research	$25,000	2016	general support

Tenants Together

A statewide coalition of local tenant organizations dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of tenants to safe, decent, and affordable housing.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
Responsive	$100,000	2021	The California Eviction Prevention Program
Responsive	$25,000	2021	general support
housing stability	$50,000	2021	general support
housing advocacy	$50,000	2020	general support
housing advocacy	$50,000	2019	general support

The Children's Partnership

A statewide organization dedicated to protecting children’s right to quality and affordable health care through research, policy advocacy, and community engagement.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
health care access	$75,000	2021	general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment two of two , total grant amount $150,000)
Responsive	$40,000	2021	general support
health care access	$75,000	2020	general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two , total grant amount $150,000)
health care access	$25,000	2019	Protecting immigrant families work
health care access	$75,000	2019	general support
health care access	$75,000	2018	general support
health care access	$100,000	2017	general support

Western Center on Law and Poverty

A statewide legal services support center that works on system-wide change to secure housing, health care, a strong safety net, and racial justice for low-income Californians. It advances this work through litigation; legislative and policy advocacy; and technical assistance and legal support for the state’s legal aid programs.

Giving Areas	Amount	Year	Purpose
family support	$120,000	2022	general support, $120,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $360,000)
Responsive	$60,000	2021	general support
family support	$120,000	2021	general support, $120,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $360,000)
family support	$120,000	2020	general support, $120,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $360,000)
family support	$100,000	2019	general support