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Los Angeles private foundations

There are 6,229 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 2,661 people, earn more than $9 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $72 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Los Angeles

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
6,229
 
$8,676,012,003
Corporate foundations
 
91
 
$640,743,882
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Sizes of private foundations in Los Angeles

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
3,423
$250k to $1M
 
836
$1M to $5M
 
528
$5M to $25M
 
144
$25M to $100M
 
40
$100M+
 
17
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Directory of private foundations in Los Angeles

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1-20 of 6,229

The Iroh Foundation

The Ra5 Foundation is a private foundation located in Marina Del Rey, CA that primarily funds general, education, and genearl grants. Last year, they made 19 grants to organizations such as the California Community Foundation.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$19.3m
Employees
0
EIN
45-6627637
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
$59.0m
Assets
$243.2m
Employees
1
EIN
95-4769888
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
$17.4m
Assets
$250.8m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4551615
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pfaffinger Foundation

Pfaffinger Foundation's particular focus is on eligible employees, former employees, and retirees -- and their spouses -- of those newspapers and the other businesses that were part of the former Times Mirror Company.
Revenue
$7.7m
Assets
$91.3m
Employees
7
EIN
95-1661675
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
$11.2m
Assets
$228.6m
Employees
0
EIN
20-0527223
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Panda Charitable Family 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
$35.8m
Assets
$54.9m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4142346
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Joe MacPherson Foundation

The Joe MacPherson Foundation is a private foundation located in Tustin, CA that primarily funds charitable organizations. The foundation made 22 grants last year to organizations such as the B and C Club of Central Orange Coast and others.
Revenue
$6.0m
Assets
$29.6m
Employees
0
EIN
38-3779697
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
$22.2m
Assets
$224.3m
Employees
2
EIN
45-6821340
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
$7.4m
Assets
$589.1m
Employees
0
EIN
20-7201390
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jeff T Green Family Foundation

Private foundation in Westlake Village, CA funding cost-benefit analysis for Ithaca's new public safety model and providing scholarships for academic year 2021-22.
Revenue
$20.2m
Assets
$116.1m
Employees
0
EIN
85-1347482
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ronald M Simon Family Foundation

Kathy Simon Family Foundation makes four grants last year to help students with difficult life and economic circumstances achieve their quest for higher education.
Revenue
$12.8m
Assets
$15.0m
Employees
7
EIN
27-2399226
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation

The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation is a Long Beach family foundation funding Southern California education, health research, and community programs for at-risk children.
Revenue
$12.0m
Assets
$112.7m
Employees
2
EIN
95-4315096
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Leonettio'Connell Family Foundation

The The Leonettio'Connell Family Foundation is a private foundation that made 45 grants last year. Grantees include Scholarmatch. Trustees are Cara Esposito, Margo Leonetti O'Connell, Michael F O'Connell. The foundation is located in Los Angeles, CA.
Revenue
$7.6m
Assets
$93.6m
Employees
3
EIN
20-3889415
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Suzanne M Nora Johnson and David G Johnson Foundation

The Suzanne M Nora Johnson and David G Johnson Foundation is a private foundation that was created to support other organizations through grants. The foundation is located in Albany, NY and made $1,153,935 in grants last year.
Revenue
$8.0m
Assets
$14.8m
Employees
0
EIN
13-3748062
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ann Peppers Foundation

Private foundation in South Pasadena funding youth and education programs, general operating support, and commerce center. Made 60 grants last year.
Revenue
$7.6m
Assets
$50.8m
Employees
0
EIN
95-2114455
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
$7.7m
Assets
$70.0m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4307817
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 $37,252,187 in revenue and no employees.
Revenue
$37.3m
Assets
$605.5m
Employees
0
EIN
84-3205480
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
$89.1m
Assets
$1.9b
Employees
6
EIN
95-4686318
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
$17.7m
Assets
$452.4m
Employees
19
EIN
95-6085895
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
$24.1m
Assets
$117.5m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4155986
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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