Funding search · EIN 954419236 · Los Angeles, CA
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable 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.
- 383
- grants reported
- $4.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $7,050
- 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.
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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.
- Salvation Army Varcenterspgms3 grants · $128,145
- Smithsonian National Portrait Galle3 grants · $120,480
- Los Angeles Regional Food Bank3 grants · $110,400
- Csu Long Beach Foundation3 grants · $82,825
- Apollo Theater Foundation3 grants · $82,125
- Smithsonian -Natl Museum Amer Histo3 grants · $81,000
- Jazz at Lincoln Center3 grants · $75,000
- Spread the Word Nv3 grants · $74,441
- Skirball Cultural Center3 grants · $72,500
- North Carolina Central University2 grants · $69,196
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 383 grants.
- $100,000
Smithsonian National Portrait Galle · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
- $60,452
Var Charitable Orgs 3500 Books · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $58,001
Salvation Army Varcenterspgms · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,649
Ncuu Foundation · Durham, NC · 2024
Scholarship
- $41,916
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $38,813
North Carolina Central University · Durham, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
- $38,584
Usc School of Dramatic Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $36,250
Apollo Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $36,000
Smithsonian -Natl Museum Amer Histo · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
- $35,985
Salvation Army Varcenterspgms · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $35,875
Apollo Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $34,973
Spread the Word Nv · Henderson, NV · 2023
Unrestricted
- $34,559
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $34,159
Salvation Army Varcenterspgms · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $33,925
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $32,500
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $32,346
Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $31,775
Csu Long Beach Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $31,626
My Stuff Bags Foundation · Westlake Village, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $31,500
Cal State University Northridge · Northridge, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $30,413
Eisner Health Pediatric Med Ctr · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $30,383
North Carolina Central University · Durham, NC · 2022
Unrestricted
- $30,020
Venice Family Clinic -Early Head St · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $30,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $28,634
Spread the Word Nv · Henderson, NV · 2024
Unrestricted
- $27,085
Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $26,160
Grammy Museum Mississippi · Cleveland, MS · 2023
Unrestricted
- $26,050
Csu Long Beach Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,750
The Great American Songbook Fndn · Carmel, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,750
The Great American Songbook Fndn · Carmel, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Csu Long Beach Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Smithsonian -Natl Museum Amer Histo · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Unt-Ella Fitzgerald Memorial Schola · Denton, TX · 2023
Los angeles
- $25,000
Usc Annual Giving · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Usc Thornton School of Music · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
University of Southern Calif · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Usc Annual Giving · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $24,924
Saban Community Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $24,600
Jr Blind of America · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $21,490
Capital Area Community Service · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
- $21,286
A Place Called Home · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $21,000
Cal State University Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,840
Anti-Defamation League · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,840
Anti-Defamation League · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,659
Young Musicians Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,634
Westside Family Health Center · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,600
Food Finders -Food Bank · Lakewood, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,582
Teach Democracy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,300
Los Angeles Philarmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,010
Young Musicians Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Friends of York University · York, NE · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
La'S Best · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Regents of the Univ of California · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Constitutional Rights Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
La'S Best · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Los Angeles Philarmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Smithsonian -Natl Museum Amer Histo · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Young Musicians Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $19,518
Saban Community Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $19,338
Altamed West Covina · West Covina, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $19,153
Capital Area Community Service · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
- $18,382
A Place Called Home · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $17,958
Second Harvest Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $17,841
Saban Community Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $17,294
Anti-Defamation League · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $17,057
Westside Family Health Center · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $16,000
Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $16,000
Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,967
Var Charitable Orgs 1000 Books · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $15,705
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $15,488
Heart of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $15,488
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $15,488
Heart of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,488
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,450
The Great American Songbook Fndn · Carmel, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
- $15,092
Los Angeles Commucollege Student Un · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Grammy Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $15,000
UCLA Fndn-Mathias Botanical Garden · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Carnegie Hall Society · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Carnegie Hall Society · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Grammy Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Heart of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Los Angeles Philarmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Usc Thornton School of Music · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $14,200
Queens College City Univ Ny · Flushing, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $14,125
South Central Family Health Ctr · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $14,000
Cal State University Northridge · Northridge, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $14,000
Cal State University Northridge · Northridge, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $14,000
Fresno State Advising Center · Fresno, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $13,500
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
- $13,500
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
- $13,500
New Jersey City University · Jersey City, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
- $12,942
Wayfinder Family Service · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
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