Funding search · EIN 472012028 · Los Angeles, CA

The Ethel & Joseph Spatz Foundation

Name: The Ethel & Joseph Spatz Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

40
grants reported: $643,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

resettlement services children coaching college development education essay

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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.

4 grants matching “essay” · $100,000

$25,000
New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2025
Support for the college essay coaching program
$25,000
New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the college essay coaching program
$25,000
New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2023
Support for the college essay coaching program
$25,000
New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2022
Support for the college essay coaching program

Top recipients

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

New York Opportunity Network4 grants · $100,000
Scholarship and Welfare Fund of the Alumni Association of Hunter College4 grants · $100,000
Aim High4 grants · $65,000
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio4 grants · $65,000
Project Avary4 grants · $60,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska3 grants · $60,000
Canal Alliance4 grants · $60,000
A Is for Africa4 grants · $40,000
Jewish Social Services of Madison2 grants · $30,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$173,000

2022

$165,000

2023

$140,000

2024

$165,000

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2025
Support for the college essay coaching program
$25,000
Scholarship and Welfare Fund of the Alumni Association of Hunter College · New York, NY · 2025
Support tuition assistance for s&w scholars
$25,000
New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the college essay coaching program
$25,000
Scholarship and Welfare Fund of the Alumni Association of Hunter College · New York, NY · 2024
Support tuition assistance for s&w scholars
$25,000
New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2023
Support for the college essay coaching program
$25,000
Scholarship and Welfare Fund of the Alumni Association of Hunter College · New York, NY · 2023
Support tuition assistance for s&w scholars
$25,000
New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2022
Support for the college essay coaching program
$25,000
Scholarship and Welfare Fund of the Alumni Association of Hunter College · New York, NY · 2022
Support tuition assistance for s&w scholars during 2023
$20,000
Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Support for aim high's program in fruitvale
$20,000
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support immigrant resettlement services
$20,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2024
Support for the international center of the heartland
$20,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2023
Support for the international center of the heartland
$20,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2022
Support for lfs' international center of the heartland
$15,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Support workforce development and youth education programs.
$15,000
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Support for immigration justice
$15,000
Project Avary · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Support to help children heal from the impacts of having an incarcerated parent
$15,000
Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for aim high's program in fruitvale
$15,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Support workforce development and youth education programs.
$15,000
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support immigrant resettlement services
$15,000
Project Avary · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Support to help children heal from the impacts of having an incarcerated parent
$15,000
Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support for aim high's program in fruitvale
$15,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Support workforce development and youth education programs.
$15,000
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Support immigrant resettlement services
$15,000
Jewish Social Services of Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
Support for jss of madison's immigration legal services and resettlement program.
$15,000
Project Avary · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Support to help children heal from the impacts of having an incarcerated parent
$15,000
Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support for aim high's programs in fruitvale during the summer of 2023
$15,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Support workforce development and youth education programs.
$15,000
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support their immigrant resettlement services
$15,000
Jewish Social Services of Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
Support for jss of madison's immigration legal services and resettlement program.
$15,000
Manna Food Center · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Support montgomery county food banks in honor of marshall.
$15,000
Project Avary · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Support to help children heal from the impacts of having a parent in prison across the country
$10,000
A Is for Africa · Mount Airy, MD · 2025
Support for a is for africa projects
$10,000
Freestore - Foodbank · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support for foodbank, inc.
$10,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Support for food bank
$10,000
A Is for Africa · Mount Airy, MD · 2024
Support for a is for africa projects
$10,000
A Is for Africa · Mount Airy, MD · 2023
Support for a is for africa projects
$10,000
A Is for Africa · Mount Airy, MD · 2022
Continued support for programs at the matim, mukulat, and lemanyata schools in tanzania
$5,000
Freestore Foodbank · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Support the food bank's school pantry program at sites located in cincinnati public schools
$5,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support the food bank's programs to address hunger in the city of san francisco and marin county
$3,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation the Watergate Office Building · Washington, DC · 2022
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