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Who funds The Play Equity Fund?

Los Angeles, California · EIN 471295322

13 private foundations reported grants to The Play Equity Fund in Los Angeles, California totaling $287,525 across 16 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The Mark Hughes Foundation, with $75,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of The Play Equity Fund that accept applications

If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like The Play Equity Fund's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.

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Foundations that fund The Play Equity Fund

All 13 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The Mark Hughes Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Core program support1$75,000
The California Endowment
California · 2024
Driving storytelling and narrative change for health equity2$53,000
Johnny Carson Foundation
California · 2024
Unrestricted support1$25,000
The Annenberg Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024
Play equity summit1$25,000
The Audrey Irmas Foundation for Social Justice
California · 2023 · accepts applications
General support1$25,000
Wasserman Foundation
California · 2024
LA84 40th Anniversary Event1$25,000
The California Wellness Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Core operating support2$22,500
Samueli Foundation
California · 2024
General operations1$10,000
Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation
California · 2024
General operating support1$10,000
The Ralph M Parsons Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
For general support of sports-based youth development programs and advocacy2$10,000
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
California · 2024
Civic and community - investment to support public private partnerships, civic or community-based charitable initiatives1$5,000
Ellie Holden Foundation
Minnesota · 2025
Further the mission of the organization for childhood health.1$2,000
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$25

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds The Play Equity Fund?

The Mark Hughes Foundation, The California Endowment, Johnny Carson Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation and The Audrey Irmas Foundation for Social Justice, and 8 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does The Play Equity Fund get from foundations?

$287,525 in 16 reported grants from 13 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The Mark Hughes Foundation, The Audrey Irmas Foundation for Social Justice, The California Wellness Foundation and The Ralph M Parsons Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

Other funded organizations in Los Angeles