Funding search · EIN 821927087 · Santa Monica, CA

The Michael and Lori Milken Family

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

259
grants reported
$67.1M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Milken Institute3 grants · $35.9M
  • Jewish Community Foundation Charitable Fund1 grant · $20.0M
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation3 grants · $1.5M
  • Milken Community School3 grants · $1.1M
  • Los Angeles Ballet3 grants · $915,000
  • Ownership Works3 grants · $750,000
  • American Exchange Project3 grants · $750,000
  • Windward School3 grants · $650,000
  • Mattel Children'S Hospital at UCLA1 grant · $617,000
  • George Washington University1 grant · $400,000

Giving over time

$18.2M
2021
$22.8M
2022
$26.1M
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 259 grants.

  • $20.0M

    Jewish Community Foundation Charitable Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Community centers & programs

  • $19.0M

    Milken Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $15.7M

    Milken Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2021

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $1.3M

    Milken Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Milken scholars program

  • $1.2M

    Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Prostate cancer research

  • $925,000

    Milken Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $617,000

    Mattel Children'S Hospital at UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Health care

  • $455,000

    Los Angeles Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $400,000

    George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2023

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $325,000

    Brentwood School · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $302,000

    Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Prostate cancer research

  • $250,000

    American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2023

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $250,000

    Ownership Works · New York, NY · 2023

    Community centers & programs

  • $250,000

    American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2022

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $250,000

    Ownership Works · New York, NY · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $250,000

    American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2021

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $250,000

    Ownership Works · New York, NY · 2021

    Community centers & programs

  • $250,000

    Windward School · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $235,000

    Los Angeles Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $225,000

    Ellis Island Honors Society · Floral Park, NY · 2023

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $225,000

    Los Angeles Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $200,000

    Windward School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $200,000

    Windward School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $175,000

    Kehillat Israel · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2021

    Community centers & programs

  • $150,000

    Capital Caring Health · Falls Church, VA · 2023

    Health care

  • $150,000

    University of Pennsylvania - Graduate School of Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $130,000

    University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $125,000

    Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    Community centers & programs

  • $122,000

    UCLA Foundationmattel Children'S Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Health care

  • $100,000

    Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Community centers & programs

  • $100,000

    The John Thomas Dye School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $100,000

    Dream · New York, NY · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $100,000

    Kehillat Israel · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $100,000

    Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $100,000

    Milken Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $100,000

    Stanford University Graduate School of Business · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $100,000

    University of Pennsylvania - Graduate School of Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $100,000

    University of Pennsylvania - Graduate School of Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $85,000

    UCLA Foundationmattel Children'S Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Health care

  • $80,000

    University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $75,000

    Keep Memory Alive · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    General research

  • $75,000

    Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $75,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $75,000

    Keep Memory Alive · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    General research

  • $64,000

    Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2021

    Prostate cancer research

  • $60,000

    Keep Memory Alive · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    General research

  • $50,000

    Pioneer Valley Symphony · Greenfield, MA · 2023

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $50,000

    Stanford University Graduate School of Business · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $50,000

    Dea Educational Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $50,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $50,000

    Music Center Opera Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $50,000

    The John Thomas Dye School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $50,000

    John Thomas Dye School · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $50,000

    Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Community centers & programs

  • $50,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $50,000

    Milken Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $50,000

    Music Center Opera Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $50,000

    Stanford University Graduate School of Business · Stanford, CA · 2021

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $30,000

    Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $30,000

    University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $25,000

    Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Human service programs

  • $25,000

    California Forward · Hercules, CA · 2023

    Community centers & programs

  • $25,000

    Children'S Diabetes Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2023

    Health care

  • $25,000

    Standwithus · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Community centers & programs

  • $25,000

    Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Health care

  • $25,000

    Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Human service programs

  • $25,000

    Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2022

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $25,000

    New Heights Youth · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $25,000

    Reach Academy for Young Men · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $25,000

    Standwithus · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $25,000

    Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Health care

  • $25,000

    Asian Health Services · Oakland, CA · 2021

    Health care

  • $25,000

    Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Human service programs

  • $25,000

    Connect Israel · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Community centers & programs

  • $25,000

    Dea Educational Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2021

    Community centers & programs

  • $25,000

    Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2021

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $25,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2021

    Health care

  • $25,000

    Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Health care

  • $20,000

    American Friends of Aish Hatorah - Western Region · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $20,000

    Rancho Mirage Writers Festival · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $20,000

    Tribe Media Corp · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $20,000

    Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research · Santa Monica, CA · 2021

    General research

  • $20,000

    The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Higher ed & research inst. & progs

  • $18,000

    Uja-Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2021

    Community centers & programs

  • $15,000

    Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Human service programs

  • $15,000

    Kipp Socal Public Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $15,000

    Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Human service programs

  • $15,000

    Shrm Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Community centers & programs

  • $15,000

    Childrens Diabetes Foundation at Denver · Aurora, CO · 2021

    General research

  • $15,000

    Teach for America Los Angeles · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $12,500

    Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2021

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $10,000

    American Friends of Lubavitch · Washington, DC · 2023

    Community centers & programs

  • $10,000

    Iolani School · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $10,000

    National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General research

  • $10,000

    Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association · Ashland, OR · 2023

    Cultural, libraries & museums

  • $10,000

    Phase One · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General research

  • $10,000

    Stand Up To Cancer · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General research

  • $10,000

    Iolani School · Honolulu, HI · 2022

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

  • $10,000

    The Help Group · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022

    Health care

  • $10,000

    Iolani School · Honolulu, HI · 2021

    Preschool - 12th grade programs

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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.