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Los Angeles private foundations

There are 6,205 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 2,440 people, earn more than $9 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $71 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Los Angeles

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
6,205
 
$8,826,896,045
Corporate foundations
 
92
 
$642,184,667
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Sizes of private foundations in Los Angeles

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
3,444
$250k to $1M
 
820
$1M to $5M
 
515
$5M to $25M
 
140
$25M to $100M
 
43
$100M+
 
19
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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
$29.3m
Assets
$11.9m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4201771
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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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
$50.0m
Assets
$397.1m
Employees
15
EIN
06-1695275
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Crawford Family Foundation

The Crawford Family Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds general support. It made 11 grants last year. Its grantees include Union Station Homeless Services and others. It is located in La Canada Flintridge, CA.
Revenue
$7.5m
Assets
$60.1m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4737866
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
$23.0m
Assets
$285.8m
Employees
0
EIN
95-6046963
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
$5.5m
Assets
$53.6m
Employees
0
EIN
04-3428609
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Dry Creek Foundation

The Dry Creek Foundation is a private foundation located in Healdsburg, CA. The foundation made five grants last year to organizations such as Wildlife Conservation Network. The trustees of the foundation are Diane N Johnson and Ursula Heuscher.
Revenue
$18.5m
Assets
$33.7m
Employees
0
EIN
82-3434244
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)

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)

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)

Munger Charitable Trust Number Six

Munger Charitable Trust Number Six is a private foundation located in Los Angeles, CA that primarily funds general support and made one grant last year. The Smithsonian Institution is among its grantees.
Revenue
$128.4m
Assets
$158.5m
Employees
0
EIN
27-6085555
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Robert Day Foundation

The Robert Day Foundation is a private foundation located in Los Angeles, CA that primarily funds unrestricted grants. Last year, they made 17 grants to various organizations, including Claremont McKenna College.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$59.7m
Employees
0
EIN
20-5171559
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
$104.3m
Assets
$62.2m
Employees
11
EIN
33-0758237
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
$10.5m
Assets
$151.4m
Employees
0
EIN
61-1777495
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)

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)
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