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Los Angeles private foundations

There are 6,109 private foundations in the greater Los Angeles metro area, including the cities of Los Angeles, Anaheim, Arcadia, Burbank, Carson, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Gardena, Glendale, Irvine, Long Beach, Newport Beach, Orange, Pasadena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, Torrance, and Tustin. Combined, these Los Angeles metro private foundations employ 2,379 people, earn more than $7 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $65 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Los Angeles

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
6,109
 
$7,062,743,666
Corporate foundations
 
88
 
$582,325,097
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Sizes of private foundations in Los Angeles

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
3,509
$250k to $1M
 
741
$1M to $5M
 
448
$5M to $25M
 
139
$25M to $100M
 
35
$100M+
 
12
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Directory of private foundations in Los Angeles

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1-20 of 6,109

Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation

The Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation is a family foundation based in Beverly Hills, CA, that primarily funds general operating expenses for its grantees, which include the Buffett Early Childhood Fund among others. Last year, it made 32 grants.
Revenue
$22.3m
Assets
$13.7m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4201771
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Stephanie and Peter Nolan Foundation

Private Hermosa Beach funder, Stephanie and Peter Nolan Foundation made 23 grants last year, mostly as-needed funding for Cornell University and other grantees.
Revenue
$14.6m
Assets
$17.3m
Employees
0
EIN
46-1583912
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ryzman Foundation

The Ryzman Foundation is a private foundation located in Los Angeles, CA that made 20 grants last year. Its grantees include Af Of Laniado Hospital. It is supported by Zvi Ryzman.
Revenue
$6.9m
Assets
$88.6m
Employees
0
EIN
95-3653055
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Goldrich Family Foundation

The Goldrich Family Foundation is a private foundation that provides federal tax refunds. Its grantees include the Usc Shoah Foundation. Last year, it made 42 grants. It is located in Culver City, CA.
Revenue
$15.6m
Assets
$103.7m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4155986
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Herb Alpert Foundation

The Herb Alpert Foundation envisions a world where all young people are blessed with opportunities that allow them to reach their potential and lead productive and fulfilling lives.
Revenue
$52.8m
Assets
$53.4m
Employees
3
EIN
95-4191227
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation

The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Burbank, CA that made 90 grants last year. Grantees include California Institute Of The Arts. Trustees are Susan Disney Lord, Abigail Disney, Megan Loughman.
Revenue
$7.4m
Assets
$145.6m
Employees
0
EIN
61-1777495
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Dan Murphy Foundation

The Dan Murphy Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds charitable organizations. It made one grant last year and is located in Los Angeles, CA.
Revenue
$21.2m
Assets
$276.3m
Employees
0
EIN
95-6046963
IRS type
501(c)(3)

JHM Charitable Foundation

JHM Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Manhattan Beach, CA whose mission is: A private foundation whose trustee is Gary W. Hampar.
Revenue
$27.6m
Assets
$221.4m
Employees
2
EIN
45-6821340
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Windsong Trust

The Windsong Trust is a private foundation located in Manhattan Beach, CA. Last year, the trust made 81 grants. Grantees include the Skirball Cultural Center. The trustees are Gigi Osco-Bingemann and Vadim Fridman.
Revenue
$26.0m
Assets
$429.3m
Employees
3
EIN
56-2461733
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Merkin Family Foundation

The Merkin Family Foundation provides cash donations to various charitable organizations, most notably the California Institute Of Technology.
Revenue
$5.5m
Assets
$228.7m
Employees
0
EIN
20-0527223
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF)

The Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) aims to solve global health issues by promoting the development of innovative ideas in medicine and bioscience.
Revenue
$9.8m
Assets
$268.1m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4551615
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brian and Phyllis Harvey Foundation

Healthcare-focused private foundation funding science-based initiatives. Supports civic and cultural causes. Seven grants in previous year. Based in Los Angeles.
Revenue
$6.8m
Assets
$13.9m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4833595
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Henry T Nicholas III Foundation

Henry T Nicholas III Foundation was established with the goal of improving communities and individual lives through investment in education, youth sports, technology, medical research, victims' rights and national defense.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$312.1m
Employees
0
EIN
20-7201390
IRS type
501(c)(3)

California Wellness Foundation

The mission of The California Wellness Foundation is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention.
Revenue
$85.3m
Assets
$1.0b
Employees
44
EIN
95-4292101
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Cayton-Goldrich Family Foundation

The Cayton-Goldrich Family Foundation made 28 grants last year to Fidelity - Donor Advised Fund Z97-0 and other organizations. The trustees are Andrea G Cayton, Barry Cayton, David Rochkind. It is a private foundation located in Culver City, CA.
Revenue
$10.3m
Assets
$90.4m
Employees
0
EIN
83-0801999
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Collingwood Foundation

Collingwood Foundation is a private foundation in Los Angeles, CA, which was founded in 1995 and most recently had $11,525,660 in revenue and no employees.
Revenue
$11.5m
Assets
$16.8m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4509731
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation advances entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science and the arts. The Broad Foundation invests in the people, programs and institutions that are improving the human mind, body and spirit.
Revenue
$113.0m
Assets
$1.8b
Employees
7
EIN
95-4686318
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation

The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation is a private foundation in Beverly Hills, CA, which was founded in 2020 and most recently had $7,518,647 in revenue and no employees.
Revenue
$7.5m
Assets
$607.1m
Employees
0
EIN
84-3205480
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Don and Lorraine Freeberg Foundation

The Don and Lorraine Freeberg Foundation is a private foundation that made 46 grants last year. Grantees include Children's Hospital. Trustees are Kathy Brown, Daniel Freeberg, Lorraine Freeberg. It is located in Glendale, CA.
Revenue
$8.7m
Assets
$69.1m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4307817
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Samueli Foundation

The Samueli Foundation, a family foundation in Corona Del Mar, CA, funds social services, education, health, arts, and environment, granting 205 awards last year.
Revenue
$54.0m
Assets
$45.5m
Employees
14
EIN
33-0758237
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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