Funding search · EIN 953953038 · Los Angeles, CA

Cotsen Foundation for the Art

Name: Cotsen Foundation for the Art grants, 2021–2024
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.

177
grants reported: $27.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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.

Top recipients

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

Los Angeles Unified School District4 grants · $5.6M
Long Beach Unified School District4 grants · $2.4M
Buena Park School District4 grants · $2.1M
Fullerton School District4 grants · $2.0M
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District3 grants · $1.7M
Pomona Unified School District4 grants · $1.3M
Whittier City School District4 grants · $1.3M
Walnut Valley Unified School District3 grants · $1.3M
Centralia School District3 grants · $1.2M
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School Dist3 grants · $1.1M

Giving over time

$4.2M

2021

$6.3M

2022

$8.3M

2023

$8.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 177 grants.

$1.6M
Los Angeles Unified School District · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$1.6M
Los Angeles Unified School District · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$1.6M
Los Angeles Unified School District · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$755,156
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School Dist · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$753,044
Los Angeles Unified School District · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$752,988
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School Dist · Norwalk, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$743,608
Long Beach Unified School District · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$739,790
Walnut Valley Unified School District · Walnut, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$690,999
Long Beach Unified School District · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$661,422
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District · Norwalk, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$635,943
Buena Park School District · Buena Park, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$635,316
Centralia School District · Buena Park, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$591,829
Buena Park School District · Buena Park, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$589,604
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District · Norwalk, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$563,377
Fullerton School District · Fullerton, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$549,903
Fullerton School District · Fullerton, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$541,456
Long Beach Unified School District · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$532,192
Fullerton School District · Fullerton, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$500,497
Fountain Valley School District · Fountain Valley, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$461,178
Pomona Unified School District · Pomona, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$458,672
Centralia School District · Buena Park, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$446,580
Buena Park School District · Buena Park, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$437,298
Buena Park School District · Buena Park, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$420,013
Whittier City School District · Whittier, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$411,969
Walnut Valley Unified School District · Walnut, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$405,103
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District · Norwalk, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$398,544
Long Beach Unified School District · Long Beach, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$396,010
Pomona Unified School District · Pomona, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$390,146
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$386,469
Rowland Unified School District · Rowland Heights, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$379,711
Tustin Unified School District · Tustin, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$365,523
Fullerton School District · Fullerton, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$336,112
Whittier City School District · Whittier, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$327,345
Rowland Unified School District · Rowland Heights, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$312,804
Wiseburn Unified School District · El Segundo, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$303,497
Tustin Unified School District · Tustin, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$299,475
Whittier City School District · Whittier, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$298,139
Pomona Unified School District · Pomona, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$281,835
Whittier City School District · Whittier, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$237,728
Wiseburn Unified School District · El Segundo, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$223,870
East Whittier City School District · Whittier, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$208,607
Larchmont Charter School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$204,315
Tustin Unified School District · Tustin, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$203,409
Rowland Unified School District · Rowland Heights, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$196,556
Wiseburn Unified School District · El Segundo, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$191,203
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School Dist · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$187,641
Tustin Unified School District · Tustin, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$185,351
Pomona Unified School District · Pomona, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$176,739
Fountain Valley School District · Fountain Valley, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$166,944
Walnut Valley Unified School District · Walnut, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$164,804
Monrovia Unified School District · Monrovia, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$162,944
Grants To Teachers · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$152,364
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School Dist · Santa Monica, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$144,113
Grants To Teachers · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$127,229
Wiseburn Unified School District · El Segundo, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$122,407
Monrovia Unified School District · Monrovia, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$82,672
Monrovia Unified School District · Monrovia, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$81,885
Grants To Teachers · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$79,788
Centralia School District · Buena Park, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$54,000
The Acme Network · South Pasadena, CA · 2023
General support
$53,000
The Acme Network · South Pasadena, CA · 2021
General support
$50,000
The Acme Network · South Pasadena, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
The Acme Network · South Pasadena, CA · 2022
General support
$46,081
Grants To Teachers · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Mentor program
$40,000
Laurel Leadership Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$40,000
Society for American Archaeology · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$40,000
Laurel Leadership Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Caaasa · Granada Hills, CA · 2024
Support the unity branch
$30,000
Society for American Archaeology · Washington, DC · 2024
Scholarships
$30,000
Israel-American Academic Exchange · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Wende Museum · Culver City, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Avid Center · San Diego, CA · 2021
Teacher advocacy awards
$20,000
Israel-America Academic Exchange · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Dance and Dialogue · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Society for American Archaeology · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$20,000
The Pennsylvania State University · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Stanish enhancement fund
$18,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General support
$16,500
Gabriella Charter Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$16,000
Fountain Valley School District · Fountain Valley, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$15,608
Grants To Teachers · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Alumni conference grant
$15,000
Dance and Dialogue · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
The American University of Rome · Dallas, TX · 2024
Scholarships + fundraising campaign
$15,000
The American University of Rome · Dallas, TX · 2023
Scholarships + president's fund + archaeology
$15,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
$15,000
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2022
Stanish enhancement fund
$15,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2021
General support
$15,000
Culver City Education Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2021
General support
$15,000
Dance and Dialogue · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$15,000
Wende Museum · Culver City, CA · 2021
General support
$14,765
Rowland Unified School District · Rowland Heights, CA · 2024
Mentor program
$12,500
Los Angeles Review of Books · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$12,500
Larchmont Charter School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Mentor program
$12,000
Go Project · New York, NY · 2024
Summer teacher training
$12,000
The Huntington Library · San Marino, CA · 2024
General support
$12,000
California Institute of the Arts · Valencia, CA · 2023
Cap + redcat + music residency
$12,000
Go Project · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$12,000
The Huntington Library · San Marino, CA · 2023
General support
$12,000
Go Project · New York, NY · 2022
Literacy + summer phonics program
$12,000
Roosevelt Pta - Santa Monica · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Mentor program
$11,000
Daly Hsa · Port Washington, NY · 2023
General support

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