Funding search · EIN 954016320 · Los Angeles, CA

The Hearthland 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.

355
grants reported
$77.7M
total given
2020–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20202024. 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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Top recipients

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

  • Righteous Persons Foundation3 grants · $7.5M
  • The Barack Obama Foundation3 grants · $5.0M
  • American Exchange Project4 grants · $4.1M
  • Barack Obama Foundation2 grants · $4.0M
  • On Being Project6 grants · $2.9M
  • Rewild3 grants · $2.8M
  • Firelight Media4 grants · $2.0M
  • Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles1 grant · $2.0M
  • The Studio Museum in Harlem1 grant · $1.7M
  • Workmoney Foundation3 grants · $1.5M

Giving over time

$19.2M
2020
$10.8M
2021
$10.1M
2022
$11.3M
2023
$26.2M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 355 grants.

  • $3.4M

    Righteous Persons Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Jewish

  • $2.5M

    Righteous Persons Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2020

    Jewish

  • $2.0M

    Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Health

  • $2.0M

    The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Civic engagement

  • $2.0M

    The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Civic engagement & govt

  • $2.0M

    Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Civic engagement & gotv

  • $2.0M

    Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2020

    Civic engagement & gotv

  • $1.7M

    Righteous Persons Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Jewish

  • $1.7M

    The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $1.3M

    American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2024

    Bridging divides

  • $1.1M

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2020

    Humanitarian aid

  • $1.1M

    American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2023

    Bridging divides

  • $1.0M

    Eternal Seeds · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $1.0M

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024

    Environment & climate change

  • $1.0M

    The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $1.0M

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023

    Environment & climate change

  • $1.0M

    The New York Public Library Astor Lenox · New York, NY · 2023

    Arts, culture & media

  • $1.0M

    American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2022

    Bridging divides

  • $837,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2022

    Environment & climate change

  • $760,000

    Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2020

    Human rights

  • $750,000

    American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2024

    Bridging divides

  • $750,000

    Groundtruth Project · Beaverton, OR · 2024

    Journalism

  • $666,666

    National Women'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2020

    Women

  • $600,000

    Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2021

    Arts, culture & media

  • $583,333

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2020

    Human rights

  • $516,000

    Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2020

    Bridging divides

  • $500,000

    Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2024

    Education

  • $500,000

    Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $500,000

    Jewish Council of Public Affairs · New York, NY · 2024

    Bridging divides

  • $500,000

    Liberation Ventures · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Racial justice

  • $500,000

    More Perfect Union Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Narrative & storytelling

  • $500,000

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $500,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2024

    Journalism

  • $500,000

    Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2024

    Journalism

  • $500,000

    Workmoney Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $500,000

    Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $500,000

    Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2023

    Arts, culture & media

  • $500,000

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Arts, culture & media

  • $500,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    Civic engagement

  • $500,000

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Civic engagement

  • $500,000

    Workmoney Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Civic engagement

  • $500,000

    Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2022

    Arts, culture & media

  • $500,000

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Arts, culture & media

  • $500,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    Civic engagement & govt

  • $500,000

    Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Bridging divides

  • $500,000

    Workmoney Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    Civic engagement & govt

  • $500,000

    Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2021

    Arts, culture & media

  • $500,000

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

    Arts, culture & media

  • $500,000

    Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    Bridging divides

  • $500,000

    City Year · Boston, MA · 2020

    Education

  • $500,000

    Mayor'S Fund for Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2020

    Humanitarian aid

  • $500,000

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

    Arts, culture & media

  • $400,000

    Equis Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $400,000

    Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $400,000

    Community Funds · New York, NY · 2020

    Humanitarian aid

  • $363,500

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2020

    Human rights

  • $350,000

    American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    Journalism

  • $350,000

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $340,000

    Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2021

    Arts, culture & media

  • $333,334

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022

    Human rights

  • $333,333

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2021

    Human rights

  • $300,000

    City Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $300,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $250,000

    Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $250,000

    Dream Machine Innovation So · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Bridging divides

  • $250,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    Racial justice

  • $250,000

    Eternal Seeds · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $250,000

    Freedom Reads · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Education

  • $250,000

    Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $250,000

    Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $250,000

    Ikar · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Jewish life

  • $250,000

    Institute for Media Analysis · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Narrative & storytelling

  • $250,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Arts educsation

  • $250,000

    March for Our Lives Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $250,000

    One Fair Wage · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $250,000

    Reboot · Longmeadow, MA · 2024

    Narrative & storytelling

  • $250,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $250,000

    Solutions Project · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Environment & climate change

  • $250,000

    Sos Children'S Villages California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Youth

  • $250,000

    T of L · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Bridging divides

  • $250,000

    The Art and Advocacy Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $250,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $250,000

    We the People Mi · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Civic engagement

  • $250,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Racial justice

  • $250,000

    Freedom Reads · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Education

  • $250,000

    The Art and Advocacy Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Arts, culture & media

  • $250,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Racial justice

  • $250,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2021

    Human rights

  • $250,000

    People'S Action Institute · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Civic engagement & gotv

  • $250,000

    Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2020

    Civic engagement & gotv

  • $250,000

    Fair Count · Atlanta, GA · 2020

    Civic engagement & gotv

  • $250,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2020

    Arts education

  • $250,000

    New Venture Fund (Center for Secure and Modern Elections) · Washington, DC · 2020

    Civic engagement & gotv

  • $250,000

    New Venture Fund (Voting Rights Lab C3) · Washington, DC · 2020

    Civic engagement & gotv

  • $250,000

    People'S Action Institute · Chicago, IL · 2020

    Civic engagement & gotv

  • $250,000

    Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2020

    Arts, culture & media

  • $250,000

    United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2020

    Arts, culture & media

  • $247,450

    Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2023

    Arts, culture & media

  • $225,000

    The Art and Advocacy Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Arts, culture & media

  • $225,000

    More in Common · New York, NY · 2023

    Bridging divides

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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.