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Los Angeles private foundations

There are 6,074private foundations in the greater Los Angelesmetro 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 foundationsemploy 2,432 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
6,074
$6,705,204,243
Corporate foundations
166
$716,693,568
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Sizes of private foundations in Los Angeles

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
3,549
$250k to $1M
720
$1M to $5M
419
$5M to $25M
150
$25M to $100M
38
$100M+
10
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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)

Paul Ferrante Foundation

Paul Ferrante Foundation provides funding to support women and children in domestic abuse situations, housing, and life-saving services to end homelessness.
Revenue
$35.4m
Assets
$58.2m
Employees
0
EIN
88-1474061
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)

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)

Honda USA Foundation (AHF)

Help meet the needs of American society in the areas of youth and scientific education by awarding grants to nonprofits, while strategically assisting communities in deriving long-term benefits.
Revenue
$5.3m
Assets
$64.5m
Employees
2
EIN
95-3924667
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)

Tiny Blue Dot

Tiny Blue Dot is a private foundation that supports seven grants last year. The grantees include University Of Wisconsin Foundation.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$75.8m
Employees
1
EIN
46-4924931
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)

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)

Universal Sunlight Foundation

The Universal Sunlight Foundation is a private foundation located in San Marino, CA. It is supported by Allen Yeh. Last year it made 22 grants. Grantees include Columbia University.
Revenue
$8.8m
Assets
$25.2m
Employees
0
EIN
27-1016751
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)

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)

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 Milken Family Foundation (MFF)

The Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards program provides public recognition and financial rewards to elementary and secondary school teachers, principals and other education professionals who are furthering excellence in education.
Revenue
$5.0m
Assets
$99.0m
Employees
48
EIN
95-4073646
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)

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 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)

Milken Family Foundation (MFF)

The Milken Family Foundation strives to discover and advance inventive, effective ways of helping people help themselves and those around them lead productive and satisfying lives.
Revenue
$15.4m
Assets
$140.0m
Employees
3
EIN
95-4078354
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Terasaki Inst for Biomedical Innovation

The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation serves as a research laboratory for hla antibody characterizations for multicenter trials to determine the role of hla antibodies in cancer.
Revenue
$7.6m
Assets
$67.0m
Employees
42
EIN
95-4249502
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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