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Funding search · EIN 810593759 · Beverly Hills, CA

Herb Ritts 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.

130
grants reported
$1.6M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
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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  • Project Angel Food (Cash)3 grants · $450,000
  • Fenimore Art Museum1 grant · $189,500
  • UCLA (Cash)2 grants · $150,000
  • Las Fotos (Cash)3 grants · $120,000
  • Lacma1 grant · $45,000
  • Nyc Live Arts1 grant · $40,000
  • Film 2 Future (Cash)3 grants · $37,500
  • City Hearts (Cash)2 grants · $30,000
  • Bailey House3 grants · $28,000
  • Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$617,300
2022
$532,438
2023
$499,600
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 130 grants.

  • $189,500

    Fenimore Art Museum · Cooperstown, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $150,000

    Project Angel Food (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $150,000

    Project Angel Food (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $150,000

    Project Angel Food (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $100,000

    UCLA (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Las Fotos (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    UCLA (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $45,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $40,000

    Nyc Live Arts · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $35,000

    Las Fotos (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $35,000

    Las Fotos (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Bailey House · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    City Hearts (Cash) · Harbor City, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Film 2 Future (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    City Hearts (Cash) · Harbor City, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Film 2 Future (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $12,500

    Los Angeles County Museum (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    AIDS Alabama (Cash) · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    AIDS Project Los Angeles (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Aperture Foundation (Cash) · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Armory Center for the Arts (Cash) · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Black AIDS Institute (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (Cash) · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Desert AIDS Project (Cash) · Palm Springs, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Foothill AIDS Project (Cash) · Claremont, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Heart of Los Angeles Youth (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Los Angeles County Museum (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Los Angeles Lgbt Center (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Nyc Live Arts (Cash) · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Vincent Price Art Museum (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (Cash) · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    National Alliance On Mental Illness (Cash) · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $9,000

    Persad Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $9,000

    Glass House · Mnew Canaan, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Venice Arts (Cash) · Venice, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Persad Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Film 2 Future (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,300

    Venice Arts (Cash) · Venice, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,300

    Venice Arts (Cash) · Venice, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,000

    Bailey House · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $6,000

    Bailey House · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $6,000

    Persad Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Pablove Foundation (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    AIDS Project Los Angeles (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Aperture Foundation (Cash) · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Armand Hammer Museum of Art (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Black AIDS Institute (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (Cash) · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Gordon Parks Foundation (Cash) · Pleasantville, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Heart of Los Angeles Youth (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    International Center for Photography (Cash) · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Los Angeles Lgbt Center (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Nyc Live Arts (Cash) · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Pablove Foundation (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Vincent Price Art Museum (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Aperture Foundation (Cash) · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Armand Hammer Museum of Art (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Bailey House (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Black AIDS Institute (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (Cash) · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    George Eastman Musuem (Cash) · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Gordon Parks Foundation (Cash) · Pleasantville, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Heart of Los Angeles Youth (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    International Center for Photography (Cash) · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Los Angeles Lgbt Center (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Museum of Photographic Arts Mopa (Cash) · San Diego, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Nyc Live Arts (Cash) · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Pablove Foundation (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Vincent Price Art Museum (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Armory Center for the Arts (Cash) · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Cascade AIDS Project (Cash) · Portland, OR · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    East Los Angeles College (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    First Exposurestides Center (Cash) · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Glendale Community College (Cash) · Glendale, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Los Angeles City College (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Santa Monica College (Cash) · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    AIDS Project Los Angeles (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Armory Center for the Arts (Cash) · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Cascade AIDS Project (Cash) · Portland, OR · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    East Los Angeles College (Cash) · Monterey Park, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    First Exposurestides Center (Cash) · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Glendale Community College (Cash) · Glendale, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Los Angeles City College (Cash) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Cash) · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Santa Monica College (Cash) · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    AIDS Alabama (Cash) · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    Desert AIDS Project (Cash) · Palm Springs, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    Foothill AIDS Project (Cash) · Claremont, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    Photographic Center Northwest (Cash) · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    Photographic Resource Center (Cash) · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    AIDS Alabama (Cash) · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    Desert AIDS Project (Cash) · Palm Springs, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    Foothill AIDS Project (Cash) · Claremont, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    Photographic Center Northwest (Cash) · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,500

    Photographic Resource Center (Cash) · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Cash) · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

  • $3,000

    Persad Center (Cash) · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

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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.