How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact person
- On file
- Phone
- On file
- Mailing address
- On file
- Form and materials
- On file
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- No formal dollar limitations. Assistance to organizations is limited to those providing for the health, welfare, or education of the people of mendocino county.
Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$355,000
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $3,141,716
-
Tax year 2024
$336,500
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $3,440,903
-
Tax year 2023
$323,500
- Grants listed
- 14
- Assets, end of year
- $3,761,146
-
Tax year 2022
$333,250
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $3,935,615
-
Tax year 2021
$1,049,000
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $4,086,141
-
Tax year 2020
$383,600
- Grants listed
- 18
- Assets, end of year
- $4,685,037
-
Tax year 2019
$277,500
- Grants listed
- 17
- Assets, end of year
- $4,332,995
-
Tax year 2018
$241,897
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $4,502,107
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Ukiah Community Food BankUkiah, CA
Program administration
$50,000 -
Cancer Resource Center of Mendo CouUkiah, CA
Program administration
$40,000 -
Plowshares Peace Justice CenterUkiah, CA
Program administration
$40,000 -
Ukiah Senior CenterUkiah, CA
Program administration
$35,000 -
Willits Community Services Food BanWillits, CA
Program administration
$35,000 -
Willits Daily BreadWillits, CA
Program administration
$30,000 -
Community Care Management CorpUkiah, CA
Program administration
$25,000 -
Willits Kids Club IncWillits, CA
Program administration
$25,000 -
Willits Seniors IncWillits, CA
Program administration
$25,000 -
Mendocino County Soccer AcademyUkiah, CA
Program administration
$20,000 -
Individual
Program administration
$20,000 -
Individual
Program administration
$10,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Food and agriculture1 grant $30,00040% of the total
- Youth development1 grant $25,00033% of the total
- Sports and recreation1 grant $20,00027% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- California10 grants $325,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Shelly A SmithTRUSTEE/MANAGER Hours 12Pay $50,000
The return
More foundations
- Private foundations in California
- Private foundations in Ukiah
- Foundations that fund food and agriculture in California
- Foundations that fund youth development in California
- Foundations that fund sports and recreation in California
Similar foundations
Same main cause (food and agriculture), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.
- Robert Raskind Charitable Foundation 13 grants Accepts applications $355,300 giving
- The Heck Foundation 107 grants Accepts applications $350,000 giving
- George and Ruth Bradford Foundation 57 grants Preselected only $345,300 giving
- The Title Family Foundation 12 grants Preselected only $396,654 giving
- San Francisco Association of Realtors Foundation 23 grants Accepts applications $298,412 giving