Humboldt Area Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Humboldt Area Foundation supports community building, youth services, health and wellness, art and culture, education, Native cultures and nonprofit capacity building in Northern California.
FUNDING AREAS: Community building, youth services, health and wellness, art and culture, education, Native cultures, nonprofit capacity
IP TAKE: This well-established and accessible Northern California funder is involved in nearly every aspect of local philanthropy in the region and has many different opportunities to receive funding.
PROFILE: Established in 1972, the Humboldt Area Foundation (HAF) is a community foundation based in Bayside, California. Vera Vietor created this foundation with a $2.4 million donation in her hometown of Bayside. The foundation aims to "promote and encourage generosity, leadership and inclusion to strengthen our communities.” It funds local efforts for community building, youth services, health and wellness, art and culture, education, Native cultures and nonprofit capacity.
The Humboldt Area Foundation supports a wide variety of local efforts in its geographic region of focus. It supports the Humboldt Health Foundation to fund health and dental care needs and partners with other local funders in the North Coast Grantmaking Partnership for collaborative efforts. The Wild Rivers Community Foundation is a HAF affiliate that serves over 200,000 local residents, and the Trinity Trust is an affiliate that works in Trinity County. One HAF program is the Native Cultures Fund that supports art, sacred sites and language development. HAF is also involved with the Cascadia Center for Leadership, Equity Alliance of the North Coast, Building Healthy Communities and the Northern California Association of Nonprofits. HAF also responds to urgent and emergency needs when they arise through rapid response funds.
Grants range between about $200 and $25,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on Humboldt, Trinity, Del Norte and Curry counties in Northern California, as well as tribal lands in the region. Past local grantees include CASA of Del Norte, the Breast & Gyn Health Project and the Healthy Senior Center of Southern Humboldt.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits for many of its grant programs. Each program has its own unique set of guidelines and deadlines. Direct general questions to the staff at info@hafoundation.org or 707-442-2993.
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