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Grant recipient EIN 56-2565503Food and agriculture

Who funds Growinggreat?

11 private foundations gave Growinggreat in Manhattan Beach, CA $881,025 across 37 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

37 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. David P Watson FoundationEl Segundo, CA 2025

    To be used for charity's exempt purpose & charitable activities

    $80,000
  2. The Kennedy FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $35,000
  3. William M Keck Jr FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2025

    Health care

    $25,000
  4. David P Watson FoundationEl Segundo, CA 2024

    To be used for charity's exempt purpose & charitable activities

    $80,000
  5. Honda USA FoundationTorrance, CA 2024

    School gardens serve as outdoor learning labs to cultivate budding environmental leaders. Building on skills developed during planting seeds years 1-2, expanded weekly activities include 120 new 8th-graders, addressing more complex issues of conservation and environmental advocacy in their school garden and community. These citizen scientists serve as on-campus mentors to incoming 6th-graders, many of whom have never experienced learning in a garden. Students will also lead three projects establishing a comprehensive compost program; planting an ozone bioindicator garden where they will collect air quality data; and participating in the growing beyond earth initiative creating for agriculture in space. In addition, students will continue to experiment and develop steam activities for grades prek-2.

    $50,000
  6. Steinmetz FoundationIrvine, CA 2024

    Support hands-on science and garden education for children

    $50,000
  7. The Kennedy FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $35,000
  8. William M Keck Jr FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2024

    Health care

    $25,000
  9. The Ralph M Parsons FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2024

    Over two years for steam education and enrichment programs in los angeles county

    $20,000
  10. David P Watson FoundationEl Segundo, CA 2023

    To be used for charity's exempt purpose & charitable activities

    $60,000
  11. Steinmetz FoundationIrvine, CA 2023

    To empower children to make healthy food choices through hands-on science and garden education.

    $50,000
  12. Honda USA FoundationTorrance, CA 2023

    School gardens serve as outdoor learning labs to cultivate budding environmental leaders. Through weekly STEM and garden activities, students will experience how farming practices intersect with water, air and land resources and contextualize how the usage of these resources has social and ethical implications in their own communities and on global climate change. Students grades 6-8, will use lessons learned to write a series of STEM activities that explore environmental science geared toward K-5TH grade students. They will also script, produce, film and edit videoes to compliment the activities. The materials will be produced in english and spanish and made available free of charge to any los angeles unified school district (lausd) parent or teacher as a resource for teaching foundational environmental concepts.

    $40,000
  13. The Kennedy FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  14. William M Keck Jr FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2023

    Health care

    $15,000
  15. The Ahmanson FoundationBeverly Hills, CA 2023

    Toward materials and supplies for the gardening program at 5 lausd early education centers

    $15,000
  16. Newman's Own FoundationWestport, CT 2023

    Underprivileged schools

    $3,000
  17. Steinmetz FoundationIrvine, CA 2022

    To empower children to make healthy food choices through hands-on science and garden education.

    $30,000
  18. David P Watson FoundationEl Segundo, CA 2022

    To be used for charity's exempt purpose & charitable activities

    $25,000
  19. Honda USA FoundationTorrance, CA 2022

    School gardens serve as outdoor learning labs to cultivate budding environmental leaders. Through weekly STEM and garden activities, students will experience how farming practices intersect with water, air and land resources and contextualize how the usage of these resources has social and ethical implications in their own communities and in terms of global climate change. Students grades 6-8 will use lessons learned to write a series of STEM activities that explore environmental science geared toward K-5TH grade students and then script, produce, film and edit videoes to compliment the activities. The materials will be produced in english and spanish and made available free of charge to any los angeles unified school district (lausd) parent or teacher as a resource for teaching foundational environmental concepts.

    $25,000
  20. William M Keck Jr FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2022

    Health care

    $15,000
  21. The Ralph M Parsons FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2022

    For general support of steam education and enrichment programs in los angeles county

    $15,000
  22. Newman's Own FoundationWestport, CT 2022

    Garden clubs for children in inner city

    $3,000
  23. Steinmetz FoundationIrvine, CA 2021

    To empower children to make healthy food choices through hands-on science and garden education.

    $30,000
  24. William M Keck Jr FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2021

    Health care

    $15,000
  25. Newman's Own FoundationWestport, CT 2021

    Inner city programs

    $3,000
  26. Steinmetz FoundationIrvine, CA 2020

    To empower children to make healthy food choices through hands-on science and garden education.

    $30,000
  27. William M Keck Jr FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2020

    Health care

    $15,000
  28. Newman's Own FoundationWestport, CT 2020

    Inner city school programs

    $2,500
  29. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2020

    Rolling back hunger and nutrition

    $1,000
  30. Steinmetz FoundationIrvine, CA 2019

    To empower children to make healthy food choices through hands-on science and garden education.

    $35,000
  31. William M Keck Jr FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2019

    Health care

    $10,000
  32. Newman's Own FoundationWestport, CT 2019

    Inner city school programs

    $5,000
  33. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2019

    Rolling back hunger & nutrition

    $2,500
  34. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2019

    Program/operating support

    $25
  35. William M Keck Jr FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2018

    Health care

    $8,000
  36. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2018

    Rolling back hunger & nutrition

    $2,500
  37. CH Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls, SD 2018

    General operating fund

    $500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other food and agriculture organizations in California and are not among Growinggreat’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 1,173 grants Preselected only $279,751 to similar organizations
  2. Sempra FoundationSan Diego, CA 119 grants Preselected only $340,647 to similar organizations
  3. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 127 grants Preselected only $298,076 to similar organizations
  4. Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO 139 grants Accepts applications $1,320,750 to similar organizations
  5. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 79 grants Preselected only $127,727 to similar organizations
  6. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 75 grants Preselected only $6,881,326 to similar organizations
  7. Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ 119 grants Preselected only $44,702 to similar organizations
  8. McNabb FoundationWilmington, DE 35 grants Preselected only $37,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 56-2565503 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.