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Los Angeles foundations

There are 7,710 foundations and grantmaking organizations 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 foundations employ 6,189 people, earn more than $10 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $73 billion.
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Types of foundations in Los Angeles

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
6,154
 
$7,062,743,666
Grantmaking public charity foundations
 
636
 
$1,864,178,347
Organizations supporting multiple foundations
 
187
 
$85,386,121
Community foundations
 
149
 
$600,895,468
Corporate foundations
 
88
 
$582,325,097
Organizations supporting a single foundation
 
18
 
$81,969,846
Foundation professional societies
 
11
 
$1,056,138
Foundation alliances and advocates
 
9
 
$59,791
Foundation technical and management assistance providers
 
8
 
$1,300
Foundation research and public policy institutes
 
4
 
$400,000
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Job trends for Los Angeles foundations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
4,705
1-10
 
314
11-25
 
23
26-100
 
22
101 to 1,000
 
6
1,000+
 
2
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Sizes of foundations in Los Angeles

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
3,891
$250k to $1M
 
833
$1M to $5M
 
497
$5M to $25M
 
172
$25M to $100M
 
49
$100M+
 
17
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Directory of foundations in Los Angeles

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1-20 of 7,710

California Community Foundation

The California Community Foundation strengthens Los Angeles communities through strategic investments, advocacy, and solutions in housing, education, health, and civic engagement.
Revenue
$270.7m
Assets
$2.1b
Employees
92
EIN
95-3510055
IRS type
501(c)(3)

St Baldrick's Foundation (SBF)

The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
Revenue
$23.3m
Assets
$29.0m
Employees
51
EIN
20-1173824
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Entertainment Industry Foundation

A philanthropic organization that mobilizes the entertainment industry for fundraising and humanitarian efforts such as cancer research and disaster relief.
Revenue
$102.4m
Assets
$93.3m
Employees
111
EIN
95-1644609
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Memorial Medical Center Foundation

Memorial Medical Center Foundation has partnered with hundreds of donors and organizations to raise the funds necessary to provide "that extra measure of care" to those seeking care on their campus.
Revenue
$34.4m
Assets
$283.2m
Employees
15
EIN
95-6105984
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF)

The Orange County Community Foundation's (OCCF) mission is to encourage, support, and facilitate philanthropy in Orange County.
Revenue
$167.9m
Assets
$688.2m
Employees
39
EIN
33-0378778
IRS type
501(c)(3)

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)

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)

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)

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 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Saint John's Health Center Foundation

Saint John's Health Center Foundation's mission is to provide leadership and philanthropic support to Saint John's Health Center and John Wayne Cancer Institute, that serve as catalysts for exceptional health care and research.
Revenue
$40.5m
Assets
$357.0m
Employees
41
EIN
95-6100079
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 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)

Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation

Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation is a private foundation in Los Angeles, CA whose mission is: A private foundation whose trustee is McCarthy J. Thomas.
Revenue
$15.2m
Assets
$318.0m
Employees
1
EIN
95-6060162
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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