Funding search · EIN 811191280 · Santa Monica, CA

The Murray Reese Foundation

Name: The Murray Reese Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

136
grants reported: $3.4M
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.

What they fund

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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

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

Project Angel Food2 grants · $510,000
Respectability3 grants · $375,000
Family Equality Council3 grants · $360,000
Our Children'S Earth Foundation1 grant · $175,000
Glaad3 grants · $175,000
Wbgh Foundation2 grants · $168,346
Apla Health3 grants · $155,000
Media Matters1 grant · $100,000
Palm Springs Plaza Theatre2 grants · $100,000
Local Journalism Project3 grants · $97,325

Giving over time

$828,185

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 136 grants.

$255,000
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$255,000
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$175,000
Our Children'S Earth Foundation · Napa, CA · 2022
General fund
$150,000
Respectability · Rockville, MD · 2023
General support
$135,000
Apla Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General fund
$125,000
Family Equality Council · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$125,000
Family Equality Council · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$112,500
Respectability · Rockville, MD · 2024
General support
$112,500
Respectability · Rockville, MD · 2022
General fund
$110,000
Family Equality Council · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$100,000
Media Matters · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$87,375
Wbgh Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$80,971
Wbgh Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Disability Belongs · Fredericksberg, VA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Glaad · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$62,500
Marriage Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$62,500
State Defense Cohort Equality Fund · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
General support
$55,000
Local Journalism Project · Wellfleet, MA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Eisenhower Health Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Glaad · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Palm Springs Plaza Theatre · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Palm Springs Plaza Theatre · Palm Springs, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Glaad · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$37,500
Television Academy Foundation · North Hollywood, CA · 2022
General fund, preservation fund
$35,000
Ragtag Film Society · Columbia, MO · 2023
True/false film fest
$25,000
False True Film Festival · Columbia, MO · 2024
General support
$25,000
Friends of the Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Glbtq Legal Advocates and Defenders · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Neo Philanthropy Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
Our American Future Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
The American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Good Information Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Creative Visions Foundation · Malibu, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Friends of the Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Sage · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Gendercool Project · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Friends of the Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Van Ness Recovery House · Hollywood, CA · 2022
General fund
$21,528
Local Journalism Project · Wellfleet, MA · 2022
General fund
$20,797
Local Journalism Project · Wellfleet, MA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Fine Arts Work Center · Provincetown, MA · 2024
General support
$18,000
Television Academy Foundation · North Hollywood, CA · 2024
General support
$18,000
Television Academy Foundation · North Hollywood, CA · 2023
General fund, preservation fund
$12,525
Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Apla Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Easter Seals So Ca · Irvine, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Star Island Corporation · Portsmouth, NH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Apla Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Outfest · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Star Island Corporation · Portsmouth, NH · 2023
General support
$10,000
Wayout Lgbt Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Flim Forum · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Plam Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Ragtag Film Society · Columbia, MO · 2022
True/false film fest
$10,000
Star Island Corporation · Portsmouth, NH · 2022
General fund
$5,200
Rainbow Book Bus · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Bloomernag Npo · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$5,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Easter Seals So Ca · Irvine, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Pga Foundation · 2023
General support
$5,000
Van Ness Recovery House · Hollywood, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Easter Seals So Ca · Irvine, CA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
National AIDS Memorial · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
The Ed Asner Family Center · Reseda, CA · 2022
General fund
$2,584
Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$2,557
20 Summers · Provincetown, MA · 2022
General fund
$2,500
National AIDS Memorial · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$2,500
Provincetown Art Museum · Provincetown, MA · 2024
General support
$2,500
Sage · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,500
The Provincetown Theatre · Provincetown, MA · 2024
General support
$2,500
Provincetown Art Museum · Provincetown, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
The Provincetown Theatre · Provincetown, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
The Provincetown Theatre · Provincetown, MA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Provincetown Art Museum · Provincetown, MA · 2022
General fund
$1,300
La Family Housing Corp · North Hollywood, CA · 2024
General support
$1,300
La County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$1,300
La County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Associated Students of Glendale Community College · Glendale, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Kcrw · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
La Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Laist · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Moca · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
New Horizons · North Hills, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Pbs Social · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Playwrights Arena · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support

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