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Funding search · EIN 956015986 · Los Angeles, CA

Adams Fund

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

194
grants reported: $4.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Hoag Hospital4 grants · $390,000
City of Hope4 grants · $320,000
Havard Westlake School3 grants · $290,000
Killebrew-Thompson Memorial Fund4 grants · $273,139
Meaning Foundation3 grants · $260,000
Catholic Education Foundation4 grants · $140,000
St Bede the Venerable Parish4 grants · $135,905
St Francis High School3 grants · $131,400
Jserra Catholic High School4 grants · $125,000
Adams Cowan Foundation4 grants · $124,451

Giving over time

$860,994

2022

$1.1M

2023

$939,559

2024

$1.3M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 194 grants.

$300,000
Hoag Hospital · Newport Beach, CA · 2025
Reasearch
$150,000
Meaning Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support
$140,000
Havard Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$112,500
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024
Research
$110,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2022
Research
$100,000
Havard Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Support
$100,000
Meaning Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$100,000
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Research
$98,900
St Francis High School · La Canada Flintridge, CA · 2025
Support
$75,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Support
$75,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2023
Research
$69,784
Killebrew-Thompson Memorial Fund · Sun Valley, ID · 2022
Support
$69,545
Killebrew-Thompson Memorial Fund · Hailey, ID · 2023
Support
$68,000
Killebrew-Thompson Memorial Fund · Hailey, ID · 2025
Support
$67,500
Harvard Westlake School · Studio City, CA · 2022
Support
$65,810
Killebrew-Thompson Memorial Fund · Hailey, ID · 2024
Support
$55,600
Breakthrough T1d · Hagertown, MD · 2025
Support
$55,000
Jserra Catholic High School · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2025
Support
$54,000
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians · Santa Ynez, CA · 2025
Support
$52,500
Childrens Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support
$52,000
California Art Club · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Support
$50,000
Hoag Hospital · Newport Beach, CA · 2024
Reasearch
$50,000
American Red Cross · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Support
$50,000
Havard Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support
$50,000
Hollenbeck Home · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support
$50,000
Libertas Institure · Lehi, UT · 2022
Support
$46,165
St Bede the Venerable Parish · La Canada, CA · 2024
Support
$46,000
Adams Cowan Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support
$45,000
Jserra Catholic High School · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2023
Support
$45,000
Adams Cowan Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support
$42,500
California Art Club · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Support
$40,000
Hollenbeck Palms · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support
$40,000
Children'S Hospital of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support
$38,990
St Bede the Venerable Parish · La Canada, CA · 2023
Support
$37,100
Jdrf Southern Ca · Hagertown, MD · 2023
Support
$35,539
Breakthrough T1d · Hagertown, MD · 2024
Support
$35,000
St Philip the Apostle School · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Support
$32,000
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians · Santa Ynez, CA · 2024
Support
$30,000
World Business Academy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Support
$30,000
World Business Academy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Support
$30,000
World Business Academy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Support
$30,000
World Business Academy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Support
$27,500
Childrens Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Support
$25,750
St Bede the Venerable Parish · La Canada, CA · 2022
Support
$25,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagertown, MD · 2025
Support
$25,000
Hollenbeck Palms · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Support
$25,000
Schoolpower · Laguna Beach, CA · 2025
Support
$25,000
St Bede the Venerable Parish · La Canada, CA · 2025
Support
$25,000
American Red Cross · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Support
$25,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$25,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagertown, MD · 2024
Support
$25,000
Hollenbeck Palms · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$25,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$25,000
St Philip the Apostle School · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Support
$25,000
Petersen Automotive Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support
$24,000
Chumash Charity Golf Calssic · Santa Ynez, CA · 2023
Support
$22,500
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2025
Research
$22,500
Polytechnic School · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Support
$22,000
Education for All Children · Portsmouth, NH · 2025
Support
$20,000
Colburn School of the Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Support
$20,000
Dream Program · Winooski, VT · 2025
Support
$20,000
Intermountain Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
Support
$20,000
St Johns Healthcare Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
Support
$20,000
St Philip the Apostle School · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Support
$20,000
Dream Program · Winooski, VT · 2024
Support
$20,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagertown, MD · 2023
Support
$20,000
Dream Program · Winooski, VT · 2023
Support
$20,000
Good Samaritan Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Reasearch
$20,000
Hoag Hospital · Newport Beach, CA · 2023
Reasearch
$20,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support
$20,000
St Francis High School · La Canada Flintridge, CA · 2023
Support
$20,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support
$20,000
Hoag Hospital · Newport Beach, CA · 2022
Support
$20,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support
$20,000
Stand Together Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
Support
$20,000
The Dream Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support
$17,906
Adams Cowan Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Support
$15,545
Adams Cowan Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$15,000
Momentum · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2025
Support
$15,000
The Smith Fund · Northampton, MA · 2023
Support
$15,000
Jserra Catholic High School · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2022
Support
$15,000
Mission One · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Support
$15,000
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians · Santa Ynez, CA · 2022
Support
$12,500
Childrens Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$12,500
Marlborough School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$12,500
St Francis High School · La Canada Flintridge, CA · 2024
Support
$12,000
Four Winds Camp · Deer Harbor, WA · 2022
Support
$10,000
Ice in Paradise · Goleta, CA · 2025
Support
$10,000
Meaning Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Support
$10,000
Montessori School of Wild Pines · Glendale, CA · 2025
Research
$10,000
Alliance for Children'S Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$10,000
Jserra Catholic High School · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2024
Support
$10,000
Montessori School of Wild Pines · Glendale, CA · 2024
Research
$10,000
Schoolpower · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
Support
$10,000
Thurston Middle School Pta · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
Support
$10,000
Schoolpower · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
Support
$10,000
Thurston Middle School Pta · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
Support
$10,000
Mount Saint Mary'S Unversity · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support
$10,000
Saint John'S Health Center · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Support

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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.