Robert & Margaret C McNamara Foundation
Private foundation · Winters, CA · EIN 52-6056486 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Robert & Margaret McNamara
156grants reported
$264median award
$200lower quartile
$24smallest grant
$269Ktotal paid
15states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 156 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $250 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
9264 Boyce RD
Winters, CA 95694-9635
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Phogonot Trust | Colchester, VT | $34,292 |
| The Phogonot Trust | Colchester, VT | $31,786 |
| Center for Land Based Learning | Woodland, CA | $27,350 |
| Center for Land Based Learning | Woodland, CA | $25,000 |
| The Phogonot Trust | Colchester, VT | $20,000 |
| Rios to Rivers | Somes Bar, CA | $10,000 |
| UC Regents | Davis, CA | $6,250 |
| University Mass Amherst | Amherst, MA | $5,000 |
| UC Santa Barbara Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 |
| Work on Climate | Berkeley, CA | $5,000 |
| UC Santa Barbara Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 |
| University Mass Amherst | Amherst, MA | $5,000 |
| Ecological Frming Association | Soquel, CA | $4,347 |
| Act Blue | Somerville, MA | $4,050 |
| Yolo County Casa | Woodland, CA | $4,016 |
| Democracy Now | New York, NY | $4,000 |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project | Berkeley, CA | $3,525 |
| Global Village Foundation | San Diego, CA | $2,800 |
| Kitchen Table Advisors | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 |
| Rios to Rivers | Somes Bar, CA | $2,500 |
| Yolo County Casa | Woodland, CA | $2,350 |
| Winters Farm to School | Winters, CA | $2,200 |
| Winters Farm to School | Winters, CA | $2,100 |
| Democracy Now | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project | Berkeley, CA | $2,000 |
| Waging Peace in Vietnam | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| Waging Peace in Vietnam Education | Takoma Park, MD | $1,500 |
| Winters Farm to School | Winters, CA | $1,500 |
| Real Organic Project | East Thetford, VT | $1,500 |
| Waging Peace in Vietnam Education | Takoma Park, MD | $1,500 |
| Sacramento Region Community Founda | Sacremento, CA | $1,250 |
| Solano Land Trust | Vacaville, CA | $1,250 |
| Feast | Warrington, PA | $1,080 |
| Solano Land Trust | Vacaville, CA | $1,000 |
| Alfred A Braun Hut System Inc | Aspen, CO | $1,000 |
| Historical Society of Winters | Winters, CA | $1,000 |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project | Berkeley, CA | $1,000 |
| Ujamaa Farmer Collective Assoc | Woodland, CA | $1,000 |
| Yolo Food Bank | Woodland, CA | $750 |
| Yolo Land Trust | Woodland, CA | $750 |
| Yolo Land Trust | Woodland, CA | $750 |
| LA Pena | Berkeley, CA | $600 |
| Winters PTA | Winters, CA | $519 |
| International House | New York, NY | $517 |
| Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation | Wailuku, HI | $516 |
| Coro Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $500 |
| KQED | San Francisco, CA | $500 |
| National Resources Defense Council | San Francisco, CA | $500 |
| Public Policy Institute of Calif | San Francisco, CA | $500 |
| American Academy | New York, NY | $500 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $500 |
| Caff | Davis, CA | $500 |
| Margret McNamara Education Grants | Winters, CA | $500 |
| Public Policy Institute of Calif | San Francisco, CA | $500 |
| Collaborative Support Service | Sacramento, CA | $500 |
| Doctros Without Borders | New York, NY | $500 |
| Heroic Hearts Project | New York, NY | $500 |
| Historical Society of Winters | Winters, CA | $500 |
| Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | Occidental, CA | $500 |
| Soil Born Farms | Rancho Cordova, CA | $500 |
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