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Grant Funders in Berkeley, CA

Bespoke Grants indexes 49 grant-making foundations headquartered in Berkeley, California — together $469.2M in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports education, health care, environment & conservation and higher education. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Berkeley nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

49
Foundations in Berkeley
$469.2M
Combined annual giving
40
Listed below
CA
State

Foundations headquartered in Berkeley

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1University of California Berkeley Foundation$247.7M2024
2The Jewish Community Foundation$53.5M2020
3Navigation Charitable Fund$37.0M2024
4Community Partners International$32.0M2024
5Contina Impact$9.0M2024
6Activate Global Inc$7.9M2023
7Climate Breakthrough Inc$6.9M2024
8Young Men's Christian Association of the East Bay$6.7M2022
9Solidaridad North America$6.2M2024
10Carestar Foundation$5.3M2024
11General Service Foundation$4.7M2024
12Seva Foundation$3.6M2025
13Animal Charity Evaluators$3.5M2025
14Ecology Center$3.3M2024
15Satellite Affordable Housing Associates$2.9M2024
16National Writing Project$2.5M2024
17The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation$2.4M2024
18Arkay Foundation$2.3M2024
19Commonwealth Foundation Inc$2.1M2024
20Torrey Foundation$2.0M2024
21California Institute for Biodiversity$1.8M2023
22Satellite Senior Homes Inc$1.6M2024
23Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable$1.6M2023
24The Paros Foundation$1.5M2024
25The Mosse Foundation$1.5M2024
26Lafetra Foundation$1.4M2024
27Global Alliance for Incinerator$1.4M2025
28Earth Innovation Institute$1.3M2023
29Venture Strategies for Health$1.1M2024
30Earth Island Institute Inc$1.1M2024
31Atlas Fellowship Inc$1.0M2023
32Climate Justice Alliance$978K2024
33The Pollination Project Foundation$950K2023
34Berkeley Public Schools Fund$949K2024
35Jewish Community Federation of the$830K2020
36Battle Family Foundation$789K2024
37Seacology$729K2024
38The Springcreek Foundation$718K2024
39Kt Foundation$680K2024
40Redwood Research Group Inc$680K2024

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Berkeley, CA address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Berkeley nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.