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Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust

Accepts applications West Hollywood, California · EIN 953735188

Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust is a private foundation in West Hollywood, California. In tax year 2023 it gave $2.0 million in 38 grants; the typical grant was $30,000 and the largest $224,920. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2023.

Giving in 2023 was down from $2.1 million the year before.

13% of its 2023 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$2.1 million44$41,765
2023$2.0 million38-$2,655

How to apply

ContactHfpa Attn Grants Consultant
650 North Robertson Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone or email(310) 657-1731, grants@hfpa.org
What to submitWritten applications available at https://ggfdn.org/apply-for-a-grant/
DeadlinesLast business day in march
RestrictionsMust be a united states 501(c)(3) charitable organization with 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2) status; further, must be charitable, literary, scientific, or educational organization, connected with the motion picture, television, dramatic, musical, comedy theater, or journalism industries.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2023. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California31$1.6 million
Utah1$175,000
New York5$165,000
Virginia1$20,000

Grants paid in 2023

All 38 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Film Independent Inc
Los Angeles, CA
General support$224,920
Sundance Institute
Park City, UT
General support$175,000
The UCLA Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
General support$145,000
Filmaid International Inc
Beechhurst, NY
General support$100,000
California State University Dominguez Hills Foundation
Carson, CA
General support$86,500
California State University Los Angeles Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
General support$85,300
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation
Fullerton, CA
General support$85,000
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation
Long Beach, CA
General support$85,000
California State University - Northridge Foundation
Northridge, CA
General support$80,000
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
General support$75,000
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
Fellowships$72,500
Los Angeles City College Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
General support$65,000
American Film Institute
Los Angeles, CA
General support$60,000
The Los Angeles Valley College Foundation
Van Nuys, CA
General support$60,000
Mt San Antonio College Foundation
Walnut, CA
General support$55,000
The Santa Monica College Foundation
Santa Monica, CA
General support$55,000
National Hispanic Media Coalition
La Habra HGTS, CA
General support$50,000
The Film Collaborative Inc
Los Angeles, CA
General support$35,000
Motion Picture and Television Fund
Woodland Hills, CA
General support$30,000
Women in Film
Los Angeles, CA
General support$30,000
Brooklyn College Foundation Inc
Brooklyn, NY
General support$25,000
Streetlights
Los Angeles, CA
General support$25,000
Australians in Film Foundation
Hollywood, CA
General support$20,000
Camera News Inc DBA Third World Newsreel
New York, NY
General support$20,000
Cerritos College Foundation
Narwal, CA
General support$20,000
Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Foundation Inc
Los Angeles, CA
General support$20,000
Community Partners
Los Angeles, CA
General support$20,000
FILM2FUTURE Inc
Los Angeles, CA
General support$20,000
Inner-City Filmmakers
Oxnard, CA
General support$20,000
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
General support$20,000
Respectability
Fredericskburg, VA
General support$20,000
Glendale College Foundation Incorporated
Glendale, CA
General support$20,000
Black TV & Film Collective Inc
Brooklyn, NY
General support$10,000
United States Veterans' Artists Alliance
Los Angeles, CA
General support$10,000
Women Make Movies Inc
New York, NY
General support$10,000
Barcid Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
General support$10,000
Mockingbird Incubator
Los Angeles, CA
General support$10,000
Sag-Aftra Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
General support$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2023 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Last business day in march.

How much does Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust give?

$2.0 million in tax year 2023, across 38 grants, with a typical grant of $30,000.

Who runs Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust?

Its 2023 filing lists Ali Sar (Trustee), Dagmar Dunlevy (Trustee), Barbara de Oliveira Pinto (Trustee) and Helen Hoehne (Trustee) among 15 officers and trustees.

What does Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and arts and culture.

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