Foundations that fund organizations in Venice, California
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Venice nonprofits
245 private foundations gave $9.8M to Venice organizations in their latest filings; 29 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
292 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Venice around $25K. 71 of these funders are based in California; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 245
- Accept applications
- 29
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Venice
- $9.8M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 292
- Typical median grant
- $25K
- Based in CA
- 71%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Venice organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Lorre Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $2.7M | $2.7M | Preselected only | Robert levine health centerconstruction project at rose |
| The Judy and Bernard Briskin Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 1 | $550K | $550K | Preselected only | Perpetuate exempt activities |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 2 | $350K | $175K | Yes | For general operating support; To support leadership transition and strategic planning |
| The Sumner Family Foundation Inc | Califon, NJ | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Herb Alpert Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 2 | $280K | $140K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| The Ralph M Parsons Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 4 | $275K | $75K | Yes | Over two years for general support of audio theater and edu…; For general support of affordable housing and services for…; For general support of youth arts education programs |
| The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation | Encino, CA | 1 | $255K | $255K | Preselected only | Provides free primary health care, specialty care and denta… |
| Gumpert Foundation | Encinitas, CA | 1 | $225K | $225K | Preselected only | Heathcare for People in Need |
| Weingart Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $201K | $101K | Yes | General support of service programs; Unrestricted operating support |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | To record four new sloan plays for public radio broadcast a… |
| William Randolph Hearst Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | To support the expansion of heath care and social services… |
| Specialty Family Foundation | El Segundo, CA | 3 | $166K | $20K | Preselected only | General; Scholarships |
| Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $160K | $160K | Preselected only | To support the emergency and transitional housing program. |
| Unihealth Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | Expanding medical services to improve health outcomes for p… |
| The Deutsch Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Botton Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| The Aidlin Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $140K | $140K | Yes | To assist the recipient in carrying out its charitable acti… |
| Johnny Carson Foundation | Encino, CA | 3 | $105K | $40K | Preselected only | Unrestricted support |
| The Christensen Fund | San Francisco, CA | 3 | $103K | $20K | Yes | Support for the a partner gathering; Support for cop16 engagement; General support |
| Resnick Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $103K | $51K | Preselected only | Donee's tax exempt purpose |
| Musk Foundation | Austin, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Support westminster elementary school operations and progra… |
| Delta Dental Community Care Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Community giving- dental |
| Perenchio Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $80K | $80K | Preselected only | General |
| Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $76K | $38K | Yes | Comprehensive community programs; Comprehensive pediatric care for children ages 0-3 |
| Wurwand Foundation | Encino, CA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | To further the agenda of the organization. |
| Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | Financial support |
| The Gwladys and John Zurlo Charitable Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | General support |
| John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou Ndation | Pasadena, CA | 2 | $70K | $35K | Preselected only | Bread and Roses Cafe; Comprehensive Primary Health Care |
| The Max H Gluck Foundation Inc | Sherman Oaks, CA | 1 | $65K | $65K | Preselected only | Education & support program and capital grant |
| Butterfly Equity Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 2 | $61K | $31K | Preselected only | General operations |
| Perspective Media Initiatives Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Public support of organization mission |
| The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $55K | $2,500 | Yes | Martin blank discretionary; Food distribution programs |
| Lon V Smith Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 3 | $53K | $23K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Phyllis Tick Family Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | 1 | $52K | $52K | Preselected only | Free family clinic for public |
| The Vollmer Family Foundation | Napa, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Day to day operations |
| Madrono Foundation C/O Woody Creek Management Group | Denver, CO | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Poverty alliviation |
| Rar Family Foundation C/O Gcbm | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General support |
| Karisma Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | To support established charity |
| The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | To further organization's charitable purpose. |
| Harold R Swanton and Winifred Swanton | Eagan, MN | 1 | $43K | $43K | Yes | General operating |
| Pfaffinger Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | General operating support |
| Ted Slavin Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Support medicare care for students in public schools |
| Dorrance Family Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | To support Pediatric Mental Health South Bay Expansion |
| John Gogian Family Foundation | Torrance, CA | 1 | $38K | $38K | Preselected only | General Operating Support |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 1 | $38K | $38K | Yes | Toward acquisition of laptops for 7th and 8th grade students |
| The Sheila Dave & Sherry Gold Foundation Co Jeff Gold | Studio City, CA | 3 | $36K | $6,000 | Preselected only | Support of Medical Care for the Poor; Support programs and activities to establish a safe and sta…; To provide food and clothing to homeless youth in Venice Be… |
| The Welk Family Philanthropies Inc | Culver City, CA | 1 | $35K | $35K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Gary Saltz Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | General support |
| Sandstone Foundation | Mayfield Heights, OH | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | General |
| Kirchgessner Vision Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | To continue to support the clinics vision care program by f… |
| Leon Lowenstein Foundation Inc | Madison, CT | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| The J Paul Getty Trust | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $28K | $14K | Yes | Getty marrow undergraduate interns at los angeles county or…; Employee - arts and educational program |
| The Scheerer Family Foundation | Ojai, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | To support organizations involved with human services, educ… |
| The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | The bail project tulsa general operating support |
| The Wilke Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Otis Booth Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | To support the empowerment of students in achieving 100 per… |
| Ric & Suzanne Kayne Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Annual discretionary giving |
| Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Payment for family services |
| Wolfen Family Foundation C/O Frazin & Co | Encino, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Ws Scharff Family Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 2 | $25K | $13K | Preselected only | General funds |
| Booker Family Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General operations |
| The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda | Woodland Hills, CA | 2 | $25K | $13K | Preselected only | General funds |
| Kirwan Family Foundation Inc | Newport Coast, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Unrestricted general support |
| The Shared Earth Foundation | Chestertown, MD | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | To support the organization's shark conservation efforts. |
| The Jess and Palma Morgan Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $23K | $23K | Yes | General |
| The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $21K | $11K | Preselected only | Civic and community - investment to support public private… |
| The Fred and June Macmurray Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Provide working poor families, as well as homeless men, wom… |
| William and Charlene Glikbarg Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Unrestricted to support the activities and operations of th… |
| The Ernest G Herman Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Public support of organization's mission |
| Gertrude Stein Foundation C/O John Tyler | Washington, DC | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Combat racial disparities |
| The Harold Edelstein Foundation | Burbank, CA | 1 | $18K | $18K | Preselected only | Social services |
| The Resnik Family Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 2 | $18K | $8,750 | Preselected only | General operating support; General Operating Support |
| Lakshmi Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $16K | $16K | Preselected only | General support |
| David and Judy Shore Foundation Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Providing medical care |
| Price Philanthropies Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | General support |
| Banc of California Charitable Foundation | Santa Ana, CA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | The purpose of this grant is to support community developme… |
| Goldstine Family Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Adams Mastrovich Fam Fdn | St Louis, MO | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | General operating |
| The Joyce L Wolf Foundation | Lincoln, MA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Charitable operations |
| The Holley Foundation C/O Cibc Ntc | Birmingham, MI | 1 | $14K | $14K | Yes | The improv project programming |
| Shell USA Company Foundation | Houston, TX | 2 | $13K | $6,478 | Preselected only | 2956; 10000 |
| The Grace Nixon Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | 1 | $13K | $13K | Preselected only | General Support |
| Richard and Harriet Orkand Charitable & Educational Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $13K | $13K | Preselected only | Provide medical care for the poor |
| The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $12K | $2,400 | Preselected only | Charitable Event; Website & Social Media Platforms; General & Unrestricted |
| The Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation | Culver City, CA | 2 | $11K | $5,550 | Preselected only | General |
| Luppen Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | General support |
| Kara Love Project | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $11K | $11K | Yes | Support of the media arts camp |
| Kanoff Family Foundation Co Jefferies & Company | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | Our mission is to prevent and end youth homelessness throug… |
| The Bar-Levav Family Foundation | Southfield, MI | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Supports jewish environmental education, leadership develop… |
| The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation | St Helena, CA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Operations |
| Weigand Family Foundation | Wichita, KS | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | General fund |
| Elizabeth Ring Mather William Gwinn Mather Fund | Cleveland, OH | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Unrestricted operating support |
| Goldhirsh Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Prem & Sandhya Jain Family Foundation Inc | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Donor-advised fund |
| The David Geffen Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $10K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| David & Janet Polak Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | General support |
| Clark and Kathryn Porter Family Foundation | Pacific Palisades, CA | 2 | $10K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Contribution |
| The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General operating support |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Venice, California?
Chuck Lorre Family Foundation, The Judy and Bernard Briskin Foundation, Conrad N Hilton Foundation, The Sumner Family Foundation Inc, The Herb Alpert Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Venice organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Venice. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.