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Grants awarded

Who does California Humanities fund?

California Humanities has awarded $8.9 million across 484 grants to 373 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $17,455, with most between $10,000 and $21,500. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $15,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$8.9M
Typical grant
$17K
Grantees
373
Grants
484
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 373 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
International Documentary Association INC $166K42020–20242024CA
Women Make Movies INC $150K22020–20222022NY
Center for Independent Documentary INC $135K32020–20242024MA
Kalw Public Media INC $118K42020–20242024CA
Film Independent INC $104K32020–20242024CA
Community Partners $103K72020–20212021CA
Bay Area Video Coalition INC $95K42020–20242024CA
Independent Arts & Media $91K32020–20222022CA
The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center $85K42020–20242024CA
Visual Communications Media $82K42020–20242024CA
R Regents Univ of California $75K22021–20222022CA
The Litquake Foundation $70K32020–20242024CA
Earth Island Institute INC $65K22020–20212021CA
R Regents of the University of California Davis $65K22020–20212021— —
The Kitchen Sisters Productions $65K22020–20212021CA
Los Angeles Poverty Department $62K22020–20212021CA
White Ash Broadcasting INC $58K22020–20212021CA
Museum of Latin American Art $55K22020–20212021CA
Teada Productions $52K22020–20212021CA
San Diego State University Foundation $50K120222022CA
Fjc $50K120242024NY
Alliance for California Traditional Arts $50K22020–20212021CA
Ltsc Community Development Corporation $50K120202020CA
From the Heart Productions INC $50K120242024CA
Santa Monica Historical Society INC $50K22021–20242024CA
El Teatro Campesino $50K22020–20212021CA
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles $49K22020–20212021CA
Kartemquin Educational Films $45K120242024IL
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology $45K22020–20222022CA
Csusb Philanthropic Foundation $45K22020–20222022CA
Filmmakers Collaborative INC $44K32020–20222022CA
Society of California Pioneers $42K22020–20212021CA
San Diego Historical Society $42K22020–20212021CA
Oxnard Performing Arts Center Corporation $42K22020–20212021CA
Uptown Tenderloin INC $42K22020–20212021CA
San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum $40K22020–20212021CA
Citizen Film INC $40K22020–20212021CA
Historic Italian Hall Foundation $40K22020–20212021CA
Mendocino County Public Broadcasting $40K22022–20242024CA
Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation $40K22020–20212021CA
S Swell Cinema $40K120202020CA
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco $40K22020–20212021CA
Museum of Sonoma County $40K22020–20212021CA
Arhoolie Foundation $40K22020–20212021CA
Historical Society of Long Beach $40K22020–20212021CA
Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation $40K22020–20212021CA
University of Southern California $39K220212021CA
Go for Broke National Educational Center $38K22020–20212021CA
Japanese American National Museum $38K22020–20212021CA
Pacific Arts Movement $38K120212021CA
The 1947 Partition Archive $36K22020–20212021CA
B Barcid Foundation $35K22021–20222022CA
Future Roots INC $35K120212021CA
The H E Art Project $35K22020–20212021CA
California Historical Society $35K22020–20212021CA
R Riverside Public Library System $35K22020–20212021— —
Holocaust Museum La $35K22020–20212021CA
Filmforum INC $35K120202020CA
San Diego Childrens Discovery Museum $35K22020–20212021CA
Media Arts Center San Diego $35K22020–20212021CA
T Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians $34K22020–20212021— —
Eagle Rock Community Cultural Association $33K22020–20212021CA
Global Girl Media $32K22020–20212021CA
Voice of Witness a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation $32K22020–20212021CA
Outside the Lens $32K22020–20212021CA
Museum of the African Diaspora (moad) $32K22020–20212021CA
T The Catticus Corporation $30K120222022CA
Jewish Film Institute $30K22020–20212021CA
Community Media Access Collaborative $30K22020–20222022CA
T Truckee Branch Library $30K32020–20212021— —
F Fred T Korematsu Institute $30K120202020CA
Radio Bilingue INC $30K22020–20212021CA
H Higher Gliffs INC $30K120212021CA —
Api Cultural Centerinc Oakland Asian Cultural Center $30K22020–20212021CA
Artlab21 Foundation Esmoa $30K120212021CA
The Oakland Public Education Fund $30K22020–20222022CA
Documentary Educational Resources INC $30K120222022MA
W Writing Downtown INC $30K120242024NV
B Black Voice Foundation $30K22020–20212021CA
Koreatown Youth and Community Center INC $30K22020–20242024CA
Northern California Resource Center $30K120242024CA
Skirball Cultural Center $30K22020–20212021CA
Capital Storytelling $30K22021–20242024CA
The Alliance for Media Arts - Culture INC $30K120202020WA
R Regents of the University of California at Riverside $30K22020–20222022CA
F Fresno County Library Jurisdiction $30K22020–20242024— —
Riverside Art Museum $29K22020–20212021CA
B Bay Area Creative Bac $28K22020–20212021CA
Clockshop $28K22020–20212021CA
Get Lit Words Ignite INC $28K22020–20212021CA
Womens History Reclamation Project INC $28K22020–20212021CA
Mineral King Preservation Society $28K120212021CA
One Archives Foundation $28K22020–20212021CA
California State University San Marcos Corporation $28K22020–20212021CA
A Arab Film and Media Institute $27K22020–20212021CA
W Whittier Public Library Central Library $26K22021–20242024— —
U University of California Santa Barbara $25K22021–20222022CA
Sonoma Community Center $25K120222022CA
La Plaza De Cultura Y Artes $25K22020–20212021CA
California State University Fresno Foundation $25K22020–20212021CA

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