Funding search · EIN 363797780 · Los Angeles, CA

Meyer J & Norma L Ragir Foundation

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

138
grants reported
$1.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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

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4 grants matching “outer · $47,500

  • $10,000

    Outer Circle Recovery · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Outer Circle Recovery · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $12,500

    Outer Circle Recovery · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Outer Circle Recovery · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

Top recipients

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

  • Woodland Pattern4 grants · $336,500
  • Live Bait Theater4 grants · $144,000
  • Fractured Atlas4 grants · $124,000
  • Live Action Set4 grants · $57,000
  • Public Assembly Theater Company3 grants · $55,000
  • Ujamaa Place3 grants · $50,000
  • Outer Circle Recovery4 grants · $47,500
  • Z Space Studio4 grants · $37,000
  • Myriad USA1 grant · $37,000
  • Recovery Matters4 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$292,886
2022
$320,175
2023
$328,240
2024
$457,950
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 138 grants.

  • $150,000

    Woodland Pattern · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $78,000

    Woodland Pattern · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $64,000

    Woodland Pattern · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $48,000

    Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $44,500

    Woodland Pattern · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $42,000

    Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $37,000

    Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $36,000

    Live Bait Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $36,000

    Live Bait Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $36,000

    Live Bait Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $36,000

    Live Bait Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $33,000

    Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $30,000

    Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Donor advised fund

  • $26,000

    Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts · Ossining, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    Public Assembly Theater Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    King Baudouin Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $20,000

    Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $20,000

    Public Assembly Theater Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $20,000

    Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $18,000

    Schwab Charitable · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Live Action Set · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Z Space Studio · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Live Action Set · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Outer Circle Recovery · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $14,000

    Live Action Set · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $13,000

    Live Action Set · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $12,500

    Outer Circle Recovery · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $11,740

    Alliance Francaise De Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    American Friends of the Hebrew University · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Interamerican Designers Association · Doral, FL · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Outer Circle Recovery · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Schwab Charitable · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Walkabout Theater Company · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    American Contemporary Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    American Friends of the Hebrew University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Outer Circle Recovery · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Recovery Matters · Encino, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Wisconsin Visual Arts · Mt Horeb, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Dharma Ground · Stinson Beach, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Public Assembly Theater Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Recovery Matters · Encino, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Wisconsin Visual Arts · Mt Horeb, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    American Contemporary Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Recovery Matters · Encino, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $8,436

    Alliance Francaise De Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $8,000

    Z Space Studio · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $7,950

    Alliance Francaise De Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $7,500

    One One Foundation · Escondido, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $7,000

    Dharma Ground · Stinson Beach, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $7,000

    Z Space Studio · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $7,000

    Z Space Studio · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $6,000

    One One Foundation · Escondido, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,175

    Alliance Francaise De Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Dharma Ground · Stinson Beach, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Emily Harvey Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Hokyoji Zen Community · Eitzen, MN · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    One One Foundation · Escondido, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Paws for Life K9 Rescue · Santa Monica, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Recovery Matters · Encino, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Rethink the Conversation Ltd · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Sashin Zen Community · Bloomington, IN · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Writers and Artist Project · Oroville, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Congregation Sinai · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Hokyoji Zen Community · Eitzen, MN · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Interamerican Designers Association · Doral, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Milwaukee Jewish Federation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Paws for Life K9 Rescue · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Rethink the Conversation Ltd · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Sashin Zen Community · Bloomington, IN · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Writers and Artist Project · Oroville, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Hokyoji Zen Community · Eitzen, MN · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Ifpthe Gotham Film and Media Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Milwaukee Jewish Federation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    One One Foundation · Escondido, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Rethink the Conversation Ltd · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Sashin Zen Community · Bloomington, IN · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Writers and Artist Project · Oroville, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Buddhist Film Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Dharma Ground · Stinson Beach, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Hokyoji Zen Community · Eitzen, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Milwaukee Jewish Federation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Sashin Zen Community · Bloomington, IN · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Writers and Artist Project · Oroville, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $4,000

    Unique Projects · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $3,000

    Bay Area Non-Violent Communication · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $3,000

    Poor Dog Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Entertainment Industry Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Lafd Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Palestine Children'S Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Yes Scholars · Inglewood, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Milwaukee Ballet Company · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Palestine Children'S Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Yes Scholars · Inglewood, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Hedwig Dances · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Paws for Life K9 Rescue · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Wildspace · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $2,500

    Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $1,500

    New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

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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.