Funding search · EIN 810593759 · Beverly Hills, CA
Herb Ritts 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.
- 130
- grants reported
- $1.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $5,000
- 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
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8 grants matching “photographers” · $27,000
- $4,000
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Photographic Center Northwest (Cash) · Seattle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Photographic Resource Center (Cash) · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Society for Photographic Education (Cash) · Boulder, CO · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Museum of Photographic Arts Mopa (Cash) · San Diego, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Photographic Center Northwest (Cash) · Seattle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Photographic Resource Center (Cash) · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Society for Photographic Education (Cash) · Boulder, CO · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Project Angel Food (Cash)3 grants · $450,000
- Fenimore Art Museum1 grant · $189,500
- UCLA (Cash)2 grants · $150,000
- Las Fotos (Cash)3 grants · $120,000
- Lacma1 grant · $45,000
- Nyc Live Arts1 grant · $40,000
- Film 2 Future (Cash)3 grants · $37,500
- City Hearts (Cash)2 grants · $30,000
- Bailey House3 grants · $28,000
- Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation1 grant · $25,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 130 grants.
- $189,500
Fenimore Art Museum · Cooperstown, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $150,000
Project Angel Food (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $150,000
Project Angel Food (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $150,000
Project Angel Food (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $100,000
UCLA (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Las Fotos (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
UCLA (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $45,000
Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $40,000
Nyc Live Arts · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $35,000
Las Fotos (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $35,000
Las Fotos (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Bailey House · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
City Hearts (Cash) · Harbor City, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Film 2 Future (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
City Hearts (Cash) · Harbor City, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Film 2 Future (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $12,500
Los Angeles County Museum (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
AIDS Alabama (Cash) · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
AIDS Project Los Angeles (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Aperture Foundation (Cash) · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Armory Center for the Arts (Cash) · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Black AIDS Institute (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (Cash) · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Desert AIDS Project (Cash) · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Foothill AIDS Project (Cash) · Claremont, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Heart of Los Angeles Youth (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Los Angeles County Museum (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Los Angeles Lgbt Center (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Nyc Live Arts (Cash) · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Vincent Price Art Museum (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (Cash) · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness (Cash) · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $9,000
Persad Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $9,000
Glass House · Mnew Canaan, CT · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
Venice Arts (Cash) · Venice, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
Persad Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
Film 2 Future (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $7,300
Venice Arts (Cash) · Venice, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $7,300
Venice Arts (Cash) · Venice, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $7,000
Bailey House · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $6,000
Bailey House · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $6,000
Persad Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Pablove Foundation (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
AIDS Project Los Angeles (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Aperture Foundation (Cash) · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Armand Hammer Museum of Art (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Black AIDS Institute (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (Cash) · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Gordon Parks Foundation (Cash) · Pleasantville, NY · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Heart of Los Angeles Youth (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
International Center for Photography (Cash) · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Los Angeles Lgbt Center (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Nyc Live Arts (Cash) · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Pablove Foundation (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Vincent Price Art Museum (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Aperture Foundation (Cash) · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Armand Hammer Museum of Art (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Bailey House (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Black AIDS Institute (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (Cash) · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
George Eastman Musuem (Cash) · Rochester, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Gordon Parks Foundation (Cash) · Pleasantville, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Heart of Los Angeles Youth (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
International Center for Photography (Cash) · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Los Angeles Lgbt Center (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Museum of Photographic Arts Mopa (Cash) · San Diego, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Nyc Live Arts (Cash) · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Pablove Foundation (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Vincent Price Art Museum (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Armory Center for the Arts (Cash) · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Cascade AIDS Project (Cash) · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
East Los Angeles College (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
First Exposurestides Center (Cash) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Glendale Community College (Cash) · Glendale, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Los Angeles City College (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Santa Monica College (Cash) · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
AIDS Project Los Angeles (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Armory Center for the Arts (Cash) · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Cascade AIDS Project (Cash) · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
East Los Angeles College (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
First Exposurestides Center (Cash) · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Glendale Community College (Cash) · Glendale, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Los Angeles City College (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Cash) · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Santa Monica College (Cash) · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
AIDS Alabama (Cash) · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Desert AIDS Project (Cash) · Palm Springs, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Foothill AIDS Project (Cash) · Claremont, CA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Photographic Center Northwest (Cash) · Seattle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Photographic Resource Center (Cash) · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
AIDS Alabama (Cash) · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Desert AIDS Project (Cash) · Palm Springs, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Foothill AIDS Project (Cash) · Claremont, CA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Photographic Center Northwest (Cash) · Seattle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Photographic Resource Center (Cash) · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Cash) · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Persad Center (Cash) · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose
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