Funding search · EIN 206582607 · Los Angeles, CA

United Plankton Charitable Trust

Name: United Plankton Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

49
grants reported: $5.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “lace” · $120,000

$50,000
Lace · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$50,000
Lace · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$20,000
Lace · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

California Institute of the Arts3 grants · $1.2M
Hammer Museum Los Angeles3 grants · $782,200
The Museum of Contemporary Art3 grants · $460,000
Institute of Contemporary Art3 grants · $450,000
Pasadena Conservatory of Music3 grants · $360,000
Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation1 grant · $345,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America3 grants · $300,000
Heart of the Brain3 grants · $240,000
Performance Art Museum1 grant · $200,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association3 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$837,500

2022

$958,400

2023

$3.4M

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
California Institute of the Arts · Valencia, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.to further organization's charitable purpose.to further organization's charitable purpose.
$615,000
Hammer Museum Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$345,000
Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation · Arcata, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$315,000
The Museum of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$250,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$220,000
Pasadena Conservatory of Music · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.to further organization's charitable purpose.
$200,000
Performance Art Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$157,200
Hammer Museum Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$150,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$150,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$120,000
Pasadena Conservatory of Music · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.to further organization's charitable purpose.
$100,000
Heart of the Brain · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$100,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$100,000
California Institute of the Arts · Valencia, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.to further organization's charitable purpose.to further organization's charitable purpose.
$100,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$100,000
The Museum of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$100,000
California Institute of the Arts · Valencia, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.to further organization's charitable purpose.to further organization's charitable purpose.
$100,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$75,000
Heart of the Brain · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$65,000
Heart of the Brain · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$50,000
Lace · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$50,000
Future Roots · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$50,000
Lace · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$50,000
Polytechnic School · Pasadena, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$50,000
Future Roots · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$50,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$45,000
The Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$45,000
Polytechnic School · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$45,000
The Museum of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$40,000
Laistsouthern California Public Radio · Pasadena, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$40,000
Southern California Public Radio · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$32,500
The Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$32,500
The Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$25,000
Laxart · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$25,000
Polytechnic School · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$25,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$25,000
Kcrw Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$25,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$20,000
Pasadena Conservatory of Music · Pasadena, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.to further organization's charitable purpose.
$20,000
Lace · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$10,000
Hammer Museum Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$5,000
American Friends of the National Gallery · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$5,000
Lcyc Community Sailing Foundation · Islesford, ME · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$5,000
California State University Domingues Hills Philanthropic Foundation · Carson, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$5,000
California State University Domingues Hills Philanthropic Foundation · Carson, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$5,000
Equitable Vitrines · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$2,500
The Huntington · San Marino, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$2,000
The Nasher Sculpture Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
To further organization's charitable purpose.
$1,200
Pbs Socal · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
To further organization's charitable purpose.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.