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Foundations / California

Private foundations in Los Angeles, California

948 private foundations are based in Los Angeles. Together they paid $1.7 billion in grants in their latest year, and 125 of them accept applications. The largest is The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, with $148 million.

The 50 largest of 948 foundations in Los Angeles, by grants paid
FoundationGrants paidTypical grantAccepts applications
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation$148 million$127,500No
The California Endowment$116 million$100,000No
The David Geffen Foundation$112 million$10,000No
Michelson Medical Research Foundation Inc$112 million$1.9 millionNo
Resnick Foundation$78.3 million$25,000No
Wm Keck Foundation$64.5 million$10,000Yes
The California Wellness Foundation$53.6 million$7,500Yes
Dart-L Foundation$50.2 million$16.7 millionNo
Chuck Lorre Family Foundation$37.5 million$25,000No
Weingart Foundation$35.7 million$10,000Yes
Alfred E Mann Charities Inc$32.8 million$22,500No
The J Paul Getty Trust$28.5 million$7,900Yes
Anderson Stewart Family Foundation$27.0 million$75,000No
The Hearthland Foundation$26.7 million$225,000No
The Kavli Foundation$25.2 million$65,550No
The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation$23.7 million$150,000No
Colburn Foundation$21.9 million$15,000Yes
The Ralph M Parsons Foundation$19.8 million$30,000Yes
Elia Philanthropies FKA The Kiva Foundation$17.4 million$17,500No
The Otis Booth Foundation$17.2 million$25,000No
Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc$17.1 million$150,000No
Wasserman Foundation$13.7 million$10,000No
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation$12.9 million$25,000Yes
The David and Meredith Kaplan Foundation$12.8 million$50,000No
Camilla Chandler Family Foundation$12.7 million$250,000No
Evening Star Foundation$12.1 million$321,093No
Dan Murphy Foundation$11.4 million$11.8 millionNo
The Children We Love Foundation Fka Well Baby Center Foundation$11.2 million$5.6 millionNo
Raymond and Barbara Alpert Foundation$10.1 million$19,000No
Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation$9.8 million$25,000Yes
The Righteous Persons Foundation$8.9 million$100,000Yes
Colburn Music Fund$8.4 million$4.2 millionNo
Cotsen Foundation for the Art$8.1 million$15,000No
Elaine P Wynn and Family Foundation BT$7.5 million$17,500No
Edgerton Foundation$7.5 million$39,000No
Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation$7.4 million$20,000No
Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation$7.4 million$3,000Yes
Willametta K Day Foundation$7.1 million$5,000No
Robert Day Foundation$6.8 million$3.4 millionNo
Macdonald Family Foundation$6.7 million$25,000No
S Mark Taper Foundation$6.6 million$75,000Yes
The Angell Foundation$6.2 million$10,000No
Snap Foundation$5.9 million$100,000No
Diane and Dorothy Brooks Foundation$5.8 million$275,000No
Joseph Drown Foundation$5.2 million$50,000Yes
Ryzman Foundation Inc$5.1 million$3,600No
KLM Foundation$5.1 million$5,000No
The Broad Art Foundation$5.1 million$47,792No
LA84 Foundation$4.8 million$50,000Yes
Emerson Family Foundation$4.8 million$37,500No

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