Foundations that fund nonprofits in Santa Monica, CA

1,441 private foundations reported 2,374 grants to organizations in Santa Monica, California, on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $171.7M in all. 68 of them are based in Santa Monica.

Foundations1,441

Based in Santa Monica68

Grants on record2,374

Their typical grant$5,000

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Foundations based in Santa Monica

10 of the 68 local foundations that reported grants to Santa Monica organizations: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of such grants on their latest return.

• The Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2023

  Gave $26.1M in 2023
  Grants in Santa Monica 4 Total there $1.6M Typical grant $5,000 Describes how to apply
  • Milken Institute - Milken scholars program$1,289,016
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation - Prostate cancer research$302,000
  • Santa Monica Police Officers Association Wellness Fund - Community centers & programs$3,000

• The Lowell Milken Family Foundation

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 2 Total there $1.4M Typical grant $50,000 Preselected recipients only
  • The Milken Institute - Cultural, libraries & museums$1,250,000
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation - Prostate cancer research$101,000

• The Capstone Foundation

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $676K in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 1 Total there $20K Typical grant $20,000 Describes how to apply
  • Calthorp School - Education$20,500

• Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA Charity Fund Inc

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $76K in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 16 Total there $66K Typical grant $3,000 Describes how to apply
  • Elks Patriotism Activities - Operational assistance$7,024
  • Elks Needy Family Christmas Program - Operational assistance$5,386
  • Great Park Coalition - Operational assistance$5,000

• Kiwanis Charities of Santa Monica Inc

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Santa Monica 15 Total there $270K Typical grant $4,500 Preselected recipients only
  • The Salvation Army - To support other local community organization$100,500
  • American Red Cross of Santa Monica - To support other local community organization$100,000
  • Santa Monica Police Activities League - To support other local community organization$16,325

• The Herb Alpert Foundation

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 7 Total there $322K Typical grant $25,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Chrysalis - Charitable$200,000
  • 18Th Street Arts Center - Charitable$30,000
  • California Dance Institute - Charitable$25,000

• Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 6 Total there $28K Typical grant $3,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Rand Corporation - Charitable$18,000
  • Heal the Bay - Charitable$3,000
  • Upward Bound House - Charitable$2,000

• Zolla Family Foundation

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $526K in 2025
  Grants in Santa Monica 5 Total there $217K Typical grant $18,000 Describes how to apply
  • Happy Trails for Kids (Happy) - To send foster children to summer camp$18,000

• The Carol and James Collins Foundation

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Santa Monica 4 Total there $131K Typical grant $30,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Ready to Succeed - General operating support$50,000
  • Spirit Series Inc - To support So Cal School Scholarship Fund$38,060
  • One Voice - To support College Scholars program$25,000

• The Steve and Kristin Chapin Family Foundation

  Santa Monica, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $49K in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 4 Total there $4,100 Typical grant $2,500 Describes how to apply
  • Santa Monica College Foundation - Provide veterans education support.$2,500
  • Santa Monica Family YMCA - Provide support for YMCA programs.$600
  • Determined to Succeed - Education.$500

Other foundations giving most in Santa Monica

Based elsewhere, by the number of grants to Santa Monica organizations on their latest return; profiles in our foundation directory first. Each shows its largest grants there.

• Amazonsmile Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023

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  Grants in Santa Monica 249 Total there $135K Typical grant $57 Preselected recipients only
  • Mikeroweworks Foundation - General support$66,361
  • Ric O'barry's Dolphin Project Inc - General support$8,615
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation - General support$4,339

• Laura and John Arnold Foundation

  Houston, TX · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 14 Total there $3.6M Typical grant $122,776 Preselected recipients only
  • Rand Corporation - To support and expand grantee's gun policy in america initiative which provides the public, policymakers, and…$1,108,364
  • Rand Corporation - To provide support for the national collaborative on gun violence research.$555,284
  • Rand Corporation - To support a study of veterans' access and use of contraception to better understand needs, barriers, and…$509,689

• The Ahmanson Foundation

  Beverly Hills, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $69M in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 12 Total there $1.4M Typical grant $50,000 Describes how to apply
  • Saint Monica High School - Toward retractable seating for the auditorium$250,000
  • The Painted Turtle - For construction of an accessible restroom building$250,000
  • Harvest Home Inc - Toward window and hvac replacements at the pico home$150,000

• Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Santa Monica 12 Total there $21K Typical grant $600 Preselected recipients only
  • Movember Foundation - Matching contribution (general operating support)$12,289
  • West Side Food Bank a Non-Profit Corporation - Matching contribution (general operating support)$3,000
  • Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church - Matching contribution (general operating support)$2,000

• Conrad N Hilton Foundation

  Westlake Village, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $287.7M in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 11 Total there $731K Typical grant $76,000 Describes how to apply
  • Angel Flight West Inc - To support the ascent to 8000 capacity growth campaign$500,000
  • St Monica High School - To support improvements to the marilyn hilton schoolyard$100,000
  • Heal the Bay - For general operating support$60,000

• The Pfizer Foundation Inc

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 11 Total there $7,719 Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
  • Movember Foundation - Matching gifts$4,886
  • Love Leo Rescue - Matching gifts$625
  • Mikeroweworks Foundation - Matching gifts$600

• The James Irvine Foundation

  San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 10 Total there $1.6M Typical grant $10,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Milken Institute - To support Research and Development in CA$1,000,000
  • Milken Institute - To support Just Prosperity in California$600,000
  • Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation - For SMASH Theater$6,000

• Johnny Carson Foundation

  Encino, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 10 Total there $565K Typical grant $20,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Westside Food Bank - Unrestricted support$230,000
  • Chrysalis Foundation - Unrestricted support$105,000
  • One Voice - Unrestricted support$85,000

• The J Paul Getty Trust

  Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $29.1M in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 10 Total there $83K Typical grant $7,900 Describes how to apply
  • Ready to Succeed - Trustee - arts and educational program$40,000
  • Kcrw Foundation Inc - Employee - arts and educational program$15,480
  • New Roads School - Employee - arts and educational program$11,200

• The Northrop Grumman Foundation

  Falls Church, VA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $12.4M in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 9 Total there $7,240 Typical grant $500 Describes how to apply
  • New Roads School - General operating grants & matching gifts.$2,500
  • Santa Monica Education Foundation - General operating grants & matching gifts.$2,000
  • Santa Monica Education Foundation - General operating grants & matching gifts.$750

• Gates Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $6.3B in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 8 Total there $5.9M Typical grant $500,000 Describes how to apply
  • Rand Corporation - K-12 education; postsecondary education$2,368,896
  • Rand Corporation - K-12 education$1,050,000
  • Axm LLC - Empower women and girls$750,000

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $622.6M in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 8 Total there $1.3M Typical grant $46,950 Describes how to apply
  • Rand Corporation - Gun policy research: evaluating the role gun laws play in contributing to racial and ethnic disparities in…$1,013,722
  • Milken Institute - Supporting the 2025 10,000 communities public finance forum, with the aim to drive a long-term shift to local…$180,000
  • Rand Corporation - Promoting transparency in hospital prices to strengthen self-insured employers' ability to demand value$29,483

• The Annenberg Foundation

  Conshohocken, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 8 Total there $245K Typical grant $25,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Musicares Foundation Inc - General operating support$70,000
  • The Milken Institute - The milken institute center for the future of aging$50,000
  • West Side Food Bank a Non-Profit Corporation - General operating support$50,000

• The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

  Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $13.2M in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 7 Total there $189K Typical grant $25,000 Describes how to apply
  • Sharewell Dba Cayton Children's Museum - General operating support$75,000
  • Determined to Succeed - College awareness & access programming$40,000
  • Jewish Women's Theater (The Braid) - The braid digital$25,000

• The California Wellness Foundation

  Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $48.8M in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 7 Total there $74K Typical grant $7,500 Describes how to apply
  • Seventh Generation Advisors - For project support for friends of kbla's climate justice initiative to center voices of communities of…$50,000
  • Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project Wrrap - Core operating support$10,000
  • West Side Food Bank a Non Profit Corporation - Core operating support$5,000

• The David Geffen Foundation

  Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 5 Total there $6M Typical grant $10,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream - General support$6,000,000
  • Rape Foundation - General support$10,000
  • Hawn Foundation the - General support$5,000

• Chuck Lorre Family Foundation

  Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2023

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Santa Monica 5 Total there $826K Typical grant $25,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Ready to Succeed - General$600,000
  • One Voice - General fund$150,000
  • Clare Matrix - Women's program$50,000

• W M Keck Foundation

  Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $69.7M in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 5 Total there $470K Typical grant $10,000 Describes how to apply
  • Ready to Succeed - To support a program that will guide more foster youth through college graduation and into strong entry-level…$300,000
  • Carlthorp School - For general support of charitable purposes.$100,000
  • Pacifica Christian High School - For general support of charitable purposes.$69,000

• The Ralph M Parsons Foundation

  Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $18.2M in 2024
  Grants in Santa Monica 5 Total there $200K Typical grant $30,000 Describes how to apply
  • Heal the Bay - For general support of environmental education programs$50,000
  • Madison Project (Dba the Broad Stage) - For general support of artistic and educational programming$50,000
  • Ready to Succeed - For general support of career development programs$50,000

• The Otis Booth Foundation

  Los Angeles, CA · latest return: tax year 2023

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  Grants in Santa Monica 5 Total there $190K Typical grant $25,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Ready to Succeed - To support and empower foster youth in college to graduate and launch meaningful careers.$100,000
  • The Colleagues - To support the children's institute inc. and the programs they provide to needy families.$50,000
  • The Colleagues - To support the children's institute inc. and the programs they provide to needy families.$25,000

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Santa Monica organizations several of these foundations fund

Organizations in Santa Monica that received grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.

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