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10 California Family Offices Prioritizing Philanthropy (2026)

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Here are ten active single family offices from our database that are based in California and prioritize philanthropy, along with their websites:

  1. Cherng Family Trust (Pasadena)
    The Cherng Family Trust, founded in 2001, is the family office of Panda Express founders Andrew and Peggy Cherng and their family. It makes direct private equity and fund investments across industries, runs a large real estate portfolio, and oversees the family's charitable efforts and community giving.
  2. Eli Broad Family Office (Los Angeles)
    The Eli Broad Family Office oversees the investments and philanthropy of Los Angeles philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. Through The Broad Foundation it maintains an active grantmaking program in education, science, and the arts, aimed at expanding opportunity for Los Angeles communities.
  3. Inflection Capital (Beverly Hills)
    Inflection Capital was founded in 2014 as the family office of Curtis Macnguyen, who founded the global hedge fund Ivory Capital. It builds a community of entrepreneurs and investors around shared opportunities and pairs wealth creation with giving back to the community.
  4. Clausen Enterprises (Anaheim)
    Clausen Enterprises dates back to 1960 and has roots in the Shakey's pizza franchise. The single family office invests patient capital in a diversified real estate portfolio across California, Idaho, Colorado, and North Carolina, and gives through the Clausen Family Foundation.
  5. Asset Management Company (Palo Alto)
    Asset Management Company was founded by venture pioneer Pitch Johnson and spent more than 45 years backing entrepreneurs and new technology companies before becoming a family office. It now manages the Johnson family's investments and supports nonprofits through corporate philanthropy and a family foundation.
  6. Ceniarth (San Francisco)
    Ceniarth is a single family office and private foundation funding market-based solutions that benefit underserved communities. It uses both investment and philanthropic capital, with a small global team across London, San Francisco, and New York.
  7. Crosstown Management Group (San Francisco)
    Crosstown Management Group is the single family office of the Heising-Simons family, based in San Francisco. It invests for the benefit of charitable and other organizations connected to the family, including the Heising-Simons Foundation, mainly through a multi-strategy portfolio of hedge funds.
  8. Kutsa Foundation (Cupertino)
    The Kutsa Foundation manages the private assets, investments, and philanthropic initiatives of the Kutsa family. The diversified group invests in property, public and private equity, venture capital, and tech, while its foundation supports initiatives in education, health, and the arts.
  9. The Sobrato Organization (Mountain View)
    For nearly 70 years the Sobrato family has developed commercial real estate in Silicon Valley, invested in entrepreneurial enterprises, and given back to the communities where it lives and works. The multi-generational firm spans real estate and investment units, including the Sobrato Family Foundation endowment.
  10. Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano SUPERCHARGED Initiative (Los Angeles)
    The Jones-Feliciano Initiative is a high-impact philanthropic grantmaking and investment organization and family office. Founders Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano describe one bold goal: to power possibilities for humanity and its future.

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