Harold Mcalister Charitable Foundation
Official website for The Harold McAlister Charitable Foundation (founded 1959). The foundation focuses on healthcare, education, social services, animal welfare, arts & culture, and the environment and is based in California; the site includes mission, areas of giving, trustees, and contact information.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A California-based nonprofit working in healthcare, education, animal welfare, arts & culture, social services, or environmental conservation with demonstrable local impact and capacity for grants in the tens of thousands to low hundreds of thousands.
Good Fit
- • Primary programming or service footprint in California (especially Santa Barbara / Los Angeles region).
- • Clear alignment with the foundation's stated areas: health, education, animal welfare, arts, environment, or social services.
- • Organizational readiness for a formal written grant request and ability to meet an annual Feb 15 submission timeline.
- • Track record of local partnerships or demonstrated community impact that trustees can evaluate.
Geography
Observed giving is strongly California-focused: nearly all dollars (about 98%) went to California recipients in the latest year, with only small out-of-state gifts to a handful of other states.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation funded 29 distinct organizations across multiple mission areas, and about half of those were new grantees, indicating a broad recipient set rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
Direct evidence is mixed: the foundation posts application instructions and an email contact and funded 14 new recipients in the latest year, but it also states grants are by preselection; based on this limited two-year history openness to unfamiliar applicants appears plausible but not fully open.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
