Foundations that fund organizations in Claremont, California
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Claremont nonprofits
422 private foundations gave $58M to Claremont organizations in their latest filings; 31 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
537 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Claremont around $88K. 51 of these funders are based in California; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 422
- Accept applications
- 31
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Claremont
- $58M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 537
- Typical median grant
- $88K
- Based in CA
- 51%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Claremont organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Marie-Josee and Henry R Kravis Foundation | Miami, FL | 6 | $12M | $1.5M | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Patrick F Cadigan Family Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | 1 | $7.0M | $7.0M | Yes | General support |
| Robert Day Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $6.5M | $6.5M | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Wm Keck Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $4.2M | $2.1M | Yes | For general support of charitable purposes.; To enhance claremont mckenna college's interdiciplinary sci… |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 16 | $3.2M | $90K | Yes | Scholarship support, 2025-2026; For the ahmanson veterans scholarship initiative, 2025-2026; For furnishing and equipping the expanded memory care center |
| The Shanahan Family Charitable Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $2.1M | $2.1M | Preselected only | General Purpose |
| The Fletcher Jones Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 2 | $2.0M | $1.0M | Yes | The robert day sciences center; A global liberal arts laboratory for leadership education i… |
| Willametta K Day Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Starpatch Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General support |
| Carolyn Lake Claremont Foundation | San Diego, CA | 1 | $991K | $991K | Preselected only | To fund the enhancement and beautification of scripps colle… |
| The Seaver Institute | Santa Monica, CA | 2 | $885K | $443K | Preselected only | Qualified exempt charitable purpose |
| The H Russell Smith Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | 2 | $825K | $413K | Preselected only | Stewart Smith Interdisciplinary Global Engagement Fund; General support |
| Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $714K | $357K | Preselected only | Vivienne Y. Massoud Memorial Scholarship Fund; Massoud Family Fund |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | 1 | $708K | $708K | Yes | Embracing love across cultures: decoding cultural beliefs o… |
| John Stauffer Charitable Trust | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $650K | $650K | Yes | To support a professorship in chemistry and art conservatio… |
| Syyk Foundation | Alexandria, VA | 1 | $625K | $625K | Preselected only | General Fund |
| Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $600K | $600K | Preselected only | Educational programming |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $550K | $550K | Yes | To support the creation of a critical justice education pro… |
| The Greenbaum Foundation | West Hollywood, CA | 1 | $543K | $543K | Preselected only | General fund |
| Pitzer Family Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | To support the keck science new building or expansion |
| Paul K Richter Memorial Fund | Dallas, TX | 2 | $475K | $238K | Yes | Research and dissertation; Exploration research |
| Elbaz Family Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 2 | $380K | $190K | Preselected only | To support humanistic studies.; To provide social, educational, cultural and religious prog… |
| Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $325K | $163K | Preselected only | To provide financial assistance to formerly incarcerated st…; To support the purchase of shoes for distribution to childr… |
| Tony and Kyra Rogers Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $270K | $135K | Preselected only | RDSC Pledge fund; General & Unrestricted |
| Glanville Grill Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 2 | $263K | $131K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Ito Foundation USA | Burlingame, CA | 1 | $260K | $260K | Preselected only | Education |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Yes | For sponsorship of a national convening on education leader… |
| Mildred E & Harvey S Mudd Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $229K | $229K | Preselected only | Qualified charitable exempt purpose |
| Jay and Sarah Flatley Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $203K | $101K | Preselected only | Robert Day Sciences Center, Jay '74 and Sarah Flatley Class…; Class of 1974 Endowed Scholarship fund and the Class of 197… |
| Acrocorinth Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | General support |
| Thomas D Klingenstein Fund | Cranbury, NJ | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Brant Foundation C/O Perelson Weiner Llp | New York, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | General support |
| Jean Perkins Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | To support the college's mission to educate engineers, scie… |
| Steven L Hallgrimson Foundation Inc | San Jose, CA | 3 | $167K | $5,000 | Yes | Education; Scholarship |
| Thomas W Smith Foundation Inc | Boca Raton, FL | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Education |
| UW Harold S Geneen Charitable Tr | Dallas, TX | 1 | $145K | $145K | Preselected only | Scholarships |
| Smith Richardson Foundation Inc | Greensboro, NC | 1 | $141K | $141K | Yes | General operating support |
| The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation | Torrance, CA | 2 | $140K | $70K | Preselected only | Kgis 2026 sure stem programs; Shoes for southern california children |
| Perenchio Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $135K | $135K | Preselected only | General |
| The Howdy Doody Good Times Foundation Inc | Carmel, IN | 1 | $131K | $131K | Preselected only | Education |
| Daniel X & Mary Freedman Foundation for Academic Psychiatry 23-08655 | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | Senior art exhibition |
| The Satterberg Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | 1 | $125K | $125K | Yes | General operating support |
| Navigage Foundation | LA Canada, CA | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | Alzeimers family support |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $125K | $63K | Preselected only | Farmed animal funders |
| The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $110K | $110K | Preselected only | Governance and democracy planning |
| J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | 2 | $105K | $52K | Preselected only | General operations |
| M3k Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $102K | $102K | Preselected only | Education |
| The Georgia B Ridder Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General support |
| Mars Hq Regional Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General support |
| Adam R Scripps Foundation | Fort Mitchell, KY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | general operations |
| McKenna Philip M Fdn | Latrobe, PA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Claremont review of books & |
| B Corry and Donna J McFarland Foundation | Lakewood, WA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | To provide scholarships |
| E C Fuller Trust U Art 16 Main | St Louis, MO | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Ralph M Parsons Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 4 | $95K | $18K | Yes | For student research and internships at the lowe institute…; For general support of hiv/aids services in los angeles cou…; For general support of programs and services for older adul… |
| Susan & Bruce Worster Foundation | Montecito, CA | 1 | $88K | $88K | Preselected only | General use |
| S Mark Taper Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $85K | $85K | Yes | General operating support. |
| Brown Samuel Rtuw | St Louis, MO | 1 | $80K | $80K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Winifred Stevens Foundation | Tempe, AZ | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | House of ruth prevention education program |
| Apricity Foundation | Conroe, TX | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Support for the center for the american way of life |
| The Jack H Brown Family Foundation | Riverside, CA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | Program Support |
| Tua Arnold & Lois Graves Char | Dallas, TX | 1 | $70K | $70K | Preselected only | Scholarship |
| Jw and Ida M Jameson Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 3 | $65K | $25K | Yes | Support for general operations |
| The Seaver Endowment | Sierra Madre, CA | 2 | $64K | $32K | Preselected only | To support public media; To support higher education |
| Helen C Cole Charitable Trust | Cleveland, OH | 1 | $63K | $63K | Preselected only | General |
| Croul Family Foundation | Irvine, CA | 1 | $63K | $63K | Yes | Program support |
| David B Jones Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $62K | $31K | Yes | Vertebrate Paleontology of the Mesaverde Formation (Late Cr…; Cosplay for Science - Paleontology and Pop Culture at San D… |
| Nakasone Family Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Support |
| Research Corporation Dba Research Corporation for Science Advancement | Tucson, AZ | 1 | $60K | $60K | Yes | Towards XNA PCR: Evaluating the potential of fusion domains… |
| Fosun Foundation (new York) | New York, NY | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | General support |
| Del E Webb Foundation | Prescott, AZ | 1 | $60K | $60K | Yes | Provide 2000 pairs of shoes for children |
| Joseph Stanley Leeds Charitable Foundation C/O Ellis Stern | Camarillo, CA | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Science research/travel/lodging to educate engineers and ma… |
| Peter K Barker Foundation | Montecito, CA | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | General support |
| Lam Yau Jong Charitable Foundation | San Marino, CA | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | To promote mission and marketplace ministries in China |
| Harry W and Virginia Robinson Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $55K | $55K | Preselected only | Student scholarships |
| Nancy Katayama Foundation Inc | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $55K | $55K | Preselected only | General support |
| Ingraham Memorial Fund | Pasadena, CA | 2 | $53K | $27K | Preselected only | To provide support of professorship; To provide support of library |
| The Annexstad Family Foundation | Alpharetta, GA | 2 | $53K | $26K | Preselected only | Scholarship |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Irvine, CA | 2 | $52K | $26K | Yes | Research, general support & education |
| Tuw Erma Walton Educational Tr | Dallas, TX | 2 | $52K | $26K | Preselected only | Scholarships |
| Tuw Russell Walton Education Tr | Dallas, TX | 2 | $51K | $25K | Preselected only | Scholarships for books & |
| Beatrix Finston Padway Charitable Trust for Arts and Education | Beverly Hills, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Urban leadership program |
| John Apostle & Helen Apostle Foundation C/O Whittier Trust | Newport Beach, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Social service |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Jose, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Prison library project |
| Novogradac Rivers Foundation | Orinda, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General asssitance |
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | To support the 2024-2025 Bradley Graduate and Post-Graduate… |
| Greenbridge Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | To support education services |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | to facilitate philanthropic support for farmed animals |
| Unihealth Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Unihealth specialty care fund |
| The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation | Yonkers, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Unrestricted grant |
| Moeller William E & Mary E Chartiable Trust | St Augustine, FL | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Supportfor programs |
| V Eugene & Rosalie Defreitas Char Fdn | Boston, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Religious |
| Shifrin Family Foundation | Green Brook, NJ | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General support |
| Nova Vista Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | The Plant-Based EU Policy Fund |
| Philadelphia Insurance Companies Fdn | Bala Cynwyd, PA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | For general charitable purposes |
| Ontario Community Foundation | Upland, CA | 6 | $48K | $7,750 | Yes | Food Pantry et al; Tutor et al; Nutritious Snacks et al |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $47K | $47K | Yes | K-12 education |
| William C and Mazy Bell Free Scholarship Fund C/O Karla Berentsen Trustee | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $46K | $46K | Preselected only | Scholarship fund |
| Durfee Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $45K | $45K | Yes | Springboard fund |
| The Eckstein Family Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | 2 | $45K | $23K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Mara W Breech Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 2 | $44K | $22K | Yes | Teacher training |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Claremont, California?
The Marie-Josee and Henry R Kravis Foundation, The Patrick F Cadigan Family Foundation, Robert Day Foundation, Wm Keck Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Claremont organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Claremont. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.