Funding search · EIN 461015108 · Los Angeles, CA

The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit

Name: The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit grants, 2022–2024
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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.

106
grants reported: $11.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $80,000
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.

What they fund

arts advocacy education music capital collective improvements data

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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

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Education Through Music2 grants · $800,000
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education4 grants · $625,000
John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts2 grants · $600,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association3 grants · $525,000
Los Angeles Opera Company3 grants · $525,000
Save the Music Foundation2 grants · $500,000
The Regents of the University of California3 grants · $475,000
Etm-La2 grants · $425,000
Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture3 grants · $425,000
Heart of Los Angeles Youth2 grants · $400,000

Giving over time

$2.9M

2022

$4.3M

2023

$4.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 106 grants.

$450,000
Education Through Music · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$350,000
Education Through Music · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Neuroarts blueprint initiative
$300,000
John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
Education Through Music-Los Angeles · Burbank, CA · 2022
General operating support
$250,000
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
The Regents of the University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
School of nursing/sound health
$250,000
Etm-La · Burbank, CA · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Heart of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Heart of Los Angeles Youth · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$250,000
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education · Highland, UT · 2022
Arts education data project
$200,000
American Music Therapy Association · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Website & technology infrastructure
$200,000
Arts and Services for Disabled · Long Beach, CA · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Los Angeles Opera Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Arts education data project
$200,000
The Regents of the University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2023
School of nursing/sound health
$200,000
Arts and Services for Disabled · Long Beach, CA · 2022
General operating support
$200,000
Los Angeles Opera Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$200,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$175,000
Arts for Healing and Justice Network · Long Beach, CA · 2024
General operating support
$175,000
Etm-La · Burbank, CA · 2024
General operating support
$166,000
Educational Theatre Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
"the unsinkable molly brown" grants
$150,000
Heart of Los Angeles Youth · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
La county arts ed collective
$150,000
Music Will · Montclair, NJ · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Arts education data project
$150,000
Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
La county arts ed collective
$150,000
Music Will · Montclair, NJ · 2023
General operating support
$150,000
The Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$150,000
Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$135,000
Equity Arc · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating support
$135,000
Mason City Foundation · Mason City, IA · 2022
Capital improvements
$125,000
Create Ca · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
La county arts ed collective
$125,000
Los Angeles Opera Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Create Ca · Pasadena, CA · 2023
General operating support
$125,000
Create California · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Arts now campaign & student voices
$125,000
Education Through Music Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Braver Angels · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
California for the Arts · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Creativets · Nashville, TN · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Braver Angels · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
California for the Arts · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Creativets · Nashville, TN · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
National Guild for Community Arts Education · New York, NY · 2023
Arts education advocacy initiative
$93,000
Educational Theatre Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
"the unsinkable molly brown" grants
$90,000
Opera America · New York, NY · 2023
Opera advocacy network
$80,000
Lifetime Arts · Pelham, NY · 2024
Integrating music/aging phase 1
$80,000
Mason City Foundation · Mason City, IA · 2024
General operating support
$80,000
National Association for Music Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advocacy efforts
$80,000
National Guild for Community Arts Education · New York, NY · 2024
Advocacy efforts
$80,000
Education Through Music Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
$75,000
Arts for La · West Covina, CA · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Riverside Arts Academy · Riverside, CA · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Tonality · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Art for La · West Covina, CA · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Street Poets · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
The Great American Songbook Foundation · Carmel, IN · 2023
Digitization & archiving
$75,000
Californians for the Arts · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Regional arts advocacy infrastructure network
$75,000
Great American Songbook Foundation · Carmel, IN · 2022
M. Willson archives digitization
$75,000
Street Poets · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$65,000
New Music USA · New York, NY · 2024
New music incubator-los angeles
$65,000
The Mason City Foundation · Mason City, IA · 2023
Music instruction & programming
$50,000
Etm-Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Give a Beat Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
For community power collective
$50,000
Young Musicians Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Give a Beat Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Community power collective
$50,000
Young Musicians Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Mason City Foundation · Mason City, IA · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
National Association for Music Education · Reston, VA · 2023
Advocacy leadership initiative
$37,500
Arts for La · West Covina, CA · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Grantmakers in the Arts · Bronx, NY · 2024
Advocacy activities
$30,000
Grantmakers in the Arts · Bronx, NY · 2023
Artists advocacy activities
$25,000
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Arts education data project
$25,000
The Regents of the University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Meredith willson pilot research grants
$25,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2022
2022 sound health activities
$20,000
Etm-Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Arts Ignite · New York, NY · 2022
Artsinsideout
$15,000
Arts Ignite · New York, NY · 2023
Arts insideout
$15,000
El Sistema USA · Durham, NC · 2023
General operating support
$12,366
The Mason City Foundation · Mason City, IA · 2023
Capital improvements
$12,310
Mason City Foundation · Mason City, IA · 2024
Capital improvements
$10,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Jameel arts & health lab
$10,000
Educational Theatre Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
"the unsinkable molly brown" high school grants
$5,623
Mason City Foundation · Mason City, IA · 2022
Capital improvements
$5,220
Mason City Foundation · Mason City, IA · 2024
Capital improvements
$5,000
Arts Ed Nj · Burlington, NJ · 2023
Center for arts education & social emotional learning
$4,500
Broadway for Arts Education · New York, NY · 2022
Music instruction
$2,500
Arts Education Nj · Warren, NJ · 2022
Bob morrison legacy fund
$2,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024
Music therapy
$2,000
Ojai Playwrights Conference · Ojai, CA · 2023
General operating support
$2,000
The 5th Avenue Theatre · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating support
$1,025
Mason City Foundation · Mason City, IA · 2022
General operating support

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