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Los Angeles private foundations

There are 6,154 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
 
6,154
 
$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
 
3,510
$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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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)

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)

Chuck Lorre Family Foundation

The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation is a private foundation that made 37 grants last year. It is supported by CBS Network and located in Los Angeles, CA. Grantees include Venice Family Clinic.
Revenue
$53.5m
Assets
$223.4m
Employees
1
EIN
95-4769888
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Elia Philanthropies

Elia Philanthropies, based in Los Angeles, funds health care, education, and conservation, awarding 17 grants last year to various organizations.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$37.2m
Employees
0
EIN
04-3428609
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Edward A and Ai O Shay Family Foundation

The Edward A and Ai O Shay Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Los Angeles, CA that primarily funds the charitable purposes of organizations. It made one grant last year.
Revenue
$5.2m
Assets
$37.8m
Employees
0
EIN
68-0666992
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Craig H Neilsen Foundation

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation's funding is dedicated to supporting both programs and scientific research to improve the quality of life for those affected by and living with spinal cord injury.
Revenue
$19.7m
Assets
$388.0m
Employees
9
EIN
06-1695275
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)

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)

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)

Panda Charitable Foundation

The Panda Charitable Foundation is a private foundation located in Rosemead, CA. The trustees are Andrew Cherng and Peggy Cherng. The foundation made $7,128,058 in annual grants last year.
Revenue
$20.9m
Assets
$51.6m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4142346
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Smidt Foundation

The Smidt Foundation is a private foundation located in Calabasas, CA that made 94 grants last year. Grantees include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The foundation is supported by Eric L Smidt.
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$267.8m
Employees
0
EIN
81-4631478
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 Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation

The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation is a private foundation in Long Beach, CA whose mission is: The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation is unknown in the website text.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$108.8m
Employees
2
EIN
95-4315096
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Lowell Milken Family Foundation

Private foundation in Santa Monica, CA that funds community centers, education, research, human services, cultural programs and made 44 grants last year.
Revenue
$15.4m
Assets
$140.0m
Employees
3
EIN
95-4078354
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)

Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

To support and facilitate the work of the region's best nonprofit organizations, recognizing that many of those in need today will go on to shape the future of Southern California, to define it, redefine it, and help it set and achieve new goals.
Revenue
$25.0m
Assets
$438.7m
Employees
20
EIN
95-6085895
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)

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)
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