Funding search · EIN 277123286 · Los Angeles, CA
Edward F Limato 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.
- 111
- grants reported
- $1.9M
- total given
- 2020–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Motion Picture & Television Fund3 grants · $212,500
- Moca3 grants · $128,750
- Juilliard School4 grants · $120,000
- Haibu Cares3 grants · $115,000
- We Were There1 grant · $110,000
- Strive for College4 grants · $105,000
- Cornish College of the Arts3 grants · $90,000
- Project Angel Food3 grants · $70,000
- Elton John AIDS Foundation4 grants · $67,500
- Music Performance Trust Fund1 grant · $60,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 111 grants.
- $110,000
We Were There · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program support
- $77,500
Motion Picture & Television Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
Program support
- $75,000
Motion Picture & Television Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2020
Program support
- $65,000
Haibu Cares · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Program support
- $60,000
Music Performance Trust Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
- $60,000
Motion Picture & Television Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022
Program support
- $51,500
Moca · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
- $51,500
Moca · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
- $50,000
Barak Ballet · Santa Monica, CA · 2020
Program support
- $50,000
Glsen · New York, NY · 2020
Program support
- $40,000
Haibu Cares · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Program support
- $34,419
Del Shores Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
- $30,000
Juilliard School · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $30,000
Strive for College · Milpitas, CA · 2024
Program support
- $30,000
Cornish College of the Arts · Seattle, WA · 2023
Program support
- $30,000
Juilliard School · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
- $30,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
- $30,000
Cornish College of the Arts · Seattle, WA · 2022
Program support
- $30,000
Juilliard School · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
- $30,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
- $30,000
Cornish College of the Arts · Seattle, WA · 2020
Program support
- $30,000
Juilliard School · New York, NY · 2020
Program support
- $30,000
Nyu Tisch School of the Arts · New York, NY · 2020
Program support
- $25,750
Moca · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
- $25,145
Ecan Action Network · Stevenson, MD · 2022
Program support
- $25,000
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
- $25,000
Strive for College · Milpitas, CA · 2023
Program support
- $25,000
Strive for College · Milpitas, CA · 2022
Program support
- $25,000
Strive for College · Milpitas, CA · 2020
Program support
- $22,500
Elton John AIDS Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
- $20,000
Ecan Action Network · Stevenson, MD · 2023
Program support
- $20,000
Camp Kesem · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
- $20,000
Los Angeles Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
- $20,000
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
- $16,500
Opera On Tap · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Program support
- $16,000
Elton John AIDS Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $15,000
Cedar Sinai · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
- $15,000
Peter Seligman Foundation · Aventura, FL · 2024
Program support
- $15,000
Cedar Sinai · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
- $15,000
Peter Seligman Foundation · Aventura, FL · 2023
Program support
- $15,000
Cedar Sinai · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
- $15,000
Elton John AIDS Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
- $15,000
Peter Seligman Foundation · Aventura, FL · 2022
Program support
- $15,000
The Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
- $15,000
Peter Daniel Seligman Foundation · New York, NY · 2020
Program support
- $14,000
Elton John AIDS Foundation · New York, NY · 2020
Program support
- $11,500
Re-Creation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
- $10,985
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $10,869
The Mens Room · Hudston, TX · 2023
Program support
- $10,300
Family Equality Council · Boston, MA · 2020
Program support
- $10,000
Campfire Project · Des Moines, WA · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Go Contemporary Dance Works · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Golden Gate Performing Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Del Shores Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
Holocaust Museum La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
Los Angeles Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
San Francisco Gay Men'S Chorus · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
The Pacific Clinic · Kennewick, WA · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
Brownville Concert Series · Brownville, NE · 2022
Program support
- $10,000
Del Shores Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
- $10,000
Holocacost Museum La · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
- $10,000
Love at First Mutt Rescue · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Program support
- $10,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
Program support
- $10,000
Camp Kesem · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program support
- $10,000
Greenlight Women · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program support
- $10,000
Haibu Cares · Sacramento, CA · 2020
Program support
- $9,846
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
- $7,500
Jd Doyle Archives · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
- $7,500
Camp Sunshine · Casco, ME · 2023
Program support
- $7,500
Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program support
- $7,483
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
- $5,400
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2020
Program support
- $5,225
Aviva Family · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,150
Un Eraseo · Los Angeles, NY · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Let'S Rescue Dogs · Cypress, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Mercy for Animals · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Mount Sinai Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Afhda · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Aspca · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Jd Doyle Archives · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Manhattan School of Music · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Mount Sinai Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
- $5,000
Los Angeles Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program support
- $2,600
A Purposeful Rescue · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
- $2,588
Charter Oak Cultural Center · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program support
- $2,574
Ecan Action Network · Stevenson, MD · 2024
Program support
- $2,500
Avna Family · New Britain, CT · 2023
Program support
- $2,500
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
Program support
- $2,500
The Roots of Music · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Program support
- $2,500
Aviva Family · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
- $2,500
A Purposeful Rescue · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program support
- $2,500
Brownville Concert Series · Brownville, NE · 2020
Program support
- $2,500
Re-Creation · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
Program support
- $2,500
University of Denver - Del Hierro Memorial Endowed Fund · Denver, CO · 2020
Program support
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