William J Codiga Family Foundation
Santa Cruz, CA · EIN 77-0066260. Reported 193 grants totalling $679,392 to 67 recipients across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. William J Codiga Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,050; the smallest was $16 and the largest $65,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Service Agency of the Central Coast | Santa Cruz, CA | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Agricultural History Project (ahp) | Watsonville, CA | $99,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kuumbwa | Santa Cruz, CA | $88,822 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Coastal Conservation and Research Inc | Moss Landing, CA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz County | Santa Cruz, CA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project | Santa Cruz, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sacramento District Dental Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Santa Cruz, CA | $17,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hospice Caring Project of Sc County | Scotts Valley, CA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grey Bears | Santa Cruz, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food What Inc | Santa Cruz, CA | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pajaro Valley Shelter Services | Watsonville, CA | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pajaro Valley Unified School District | Watsonville, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pajaro Rescue Mission | Watsonville, CA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| California Grey Bears | Santa Cruz, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Digital Nest | Watsonville, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pajaro Valley Historical Assoc (pvha) | Watsonville, CA | $7,285 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Califonria Trout | San Francisco, CA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stanford University Cancer Reseach | Stanford, CA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Watsonville Community Band | Watsonville, CA | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz High School Band Boosters | Santa Cruz, CA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| High Street Community Church | Santa Cruz, CA | $4,650 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (mah) | Santa Cruz, CA | $4,370 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Menlo Park, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association | Phoenix, AZ | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Santa Cruz, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cabrillo College Foundation | Aptos, CA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cabrillo College Stroke Center | Aptos, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dientes | Santa Cruz, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery | Soquel, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Santa Cruz County | Capitola, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Visiting Nurses Assoc of Santa Cruz County | Santa Cruz, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Audubon Society | Woodside, CA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau | Watsonville, CA | $3,240 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History | Santa Cruz, CA | $3,065 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| San Jose State University Alumni Assoc | San Jose, CA | $3,020 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Califonria Waterfowl Association | Roseville, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Foundation | Freedom, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dominican Hospial Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Agri-Culture | Watsonville, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Cruz Art League | Santa Cruz, CA | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| California Trout | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Waterfowl Association | Roseville, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Francis Catholic Kitchen | Santa Cruz, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz Host Lions Club | Santa Cruz, CA | $905 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dominican Hospital Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $687 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kqed | San Francisco, CA | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Galapagos Conservatory | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Macular Degeneration Research | Clarksburg, MD | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz County Horsemen's Association | Santa Cruz, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Posse | Santa Cruz, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Cruz High School Alumni Association | Santa Cruz, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Scotts Valley Middle School | Scotts Valley, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $345 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sigma Alpha Omega Nu | Santa Cruz, CA | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Daisy | Capitola, CA | $125 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Galapagos Conservancy Inc | Fairfax, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Soroptimists International | Watsonville, CA | $95 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $60 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Corralitos Grange #487 | Watsonville, CA | $58 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cornell Lab of Orinthology | Ithaca, NY | $39 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $35 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Santa Cruz Symphony League | Santa Cruz, CA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $16 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
49 of 67 (73%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 78%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Coastal Conservation and Research Inc
TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 81 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 50 | $208,802 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 49 | $130,091 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 44 | $164,227 | $1,025 |
| 2023 | 50 | $176,272 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from William J Codiga Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 525 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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