Funding search · EIN 471295322 · Los Angeles, CA

The Play Equity Fund

Name: The Play Equity Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

90
grants reported: $4.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $32,800
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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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.

Playworks1 grant · $361,000
Inglewood Unified School District2 grants · $305,000
Project Blue - (Formerly Kids & Cops Making a Difference)2 grants · $270,200
Inner City Education Foundation2 grants · $158,448
Esp Education & Leadership Institute - Boss2 grants · $150,000
Woodcraft Rangers2 grants · $135,200
After-School All-Stars Los Angeles2 grants · $135,200
Boyle Heights Youth Football3 grants · $130,200
Friends of Gala2 grants · $129,155
Proyecto Pastoral2 grants · $120,200

Giving over time

$2.8M

2022

$321,600

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$361,000
Playworks · Oakland, CA · 2022
Program support
$215,000
Inglewood Unified School District · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$160,000
Project Blue - (Formerly Kids & Cops Making a Difference) · Carson, CA · 2022
Program support
$110,200
Project Blue - (Formerly Kids & Cops Making a Difference) · Carson, CA · 2024
Program support
$108,448
Inner City Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Antelope Valley Boys & Girls Club · Palmdale, CA · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Antelope Valley Partners for Health · Lancaster, CA · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Esp Education & Leadership Institute - Boss · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Students Run America Dba Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2022
Program support
$100,000
United American Indian Involvement · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$95,000
Inglewood Educational Foundation · Inglewood, CA · 2023
Program support
$95,000
Our Own · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Program support
$90,000
Inglewood Unified School District · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$89,899
Los Angeles Parks Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$80,000
County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation · Alhambra, CA · 2022
Program support
$79,155
Friends of Gala · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$77,525
Project Joy · Palmdale, CA · 2022
Program support
$77,000
Eastside Union School District · Lancaster, CA · 2022
Program support
$75,000
After-School All-Stars Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$75,000
Woodcraft Rangers · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$60,200
After-School All-Stars Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$60,200
Boyle Heights Youth Football · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$60,200
Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley and Eastside · Monterey Park, CA · 2024
Program support
$60,200
Everybody Dance La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$60,200
Hollenbeck Police Activities League · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$60,200
Proyecto Pastoral · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$60,200
Street Soccer USA · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$60,200
Woodcraft Rangers · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$60,200
Ymca of Metropolitan Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$60,000
Boyle Heights Youth Football · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$60,000
Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley and Eastside · Monterey Park, CA · 2022
Program support
$60,000
Hollenbeck Police Activities League · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$60,000
Proyecto Pastoral · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$60,000
Street Soccer USA · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$60,000
Watts Skills Academy · Inglewood, CA · 2022
Program support
$55,000
Thinkwatts Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Esp Education & Leadership Institute - Boss · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Friends of Gala · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Inner City Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
California Ultimate Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Everybody Dance La the Gabriella Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Legacy La · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Optimist Boys' Home & Ranch · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Ymca of Metropolitan Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$35,600
It'S Bigger Than US · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$30,000
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Community Support Services Organization · Glendora, CA · 2022
Program support
$24,375
Football for Her · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$20,000
La Promise Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Downtown Soccer Club Aka (Downtown La Soccer Club) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Luskin Academy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Tudela Futbol Club Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Usc Glorya Kaufman School of Dance · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$19,962
Citizens of the World Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$16,137
Partnership To Uplift Communities Los Angeles · Burbank, CA · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Positive Coaching Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Puente Learning Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Seattle Parks Foundation Fbo the King County Play Equity Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2022
Program support
$13,125
Lennox Math Science & Technology Academy · Inglewood, CA · 2022
Program support
$13,000
Football for Her · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$13,000
Girls Athletic Leadership Schools Los Angeles · Van Nuys, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,400
Students Run America Dba Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,175
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles · Panorama City, CA · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Community Partners Latino Equality Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Culture Club South Bay · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
El Centro Del Pueblo · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Lovesetmatch · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Pulse Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Boyle Heights Youth Football · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Keen La Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Unity Ice Academy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Usc Glorya Kaufman School of Dance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$9,375
Crete Academy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$9,375
East Side Riders Bike Club · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$9,375
Inglewood Baseball Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$9,375
New Village Girls Academy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$9,375
Rainbow Labs · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$9,375
South Pasadena Little League · South Pasadena, CA · 2022
Program support
$9,375
Umps Care Charities · Edgewater, MD · 2022
Program support
$7,500
Concrete Queenz · Venice, CA · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Downtown Soccer Club Aka (Downtown La Soccer Club) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Guardian Training · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Trident Swim Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Black Star Lacrosse · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Club Basketball Raza Unida · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Swim Up Hill Foundation · Inglewood, CA · 2023
Program support
$7,500
The Empowerment Effect · El Segundo, CA · 2023
Program support
$5,325
Kipp Socal Public Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$5,200
Watts Skills Academy · Inglewood, CA · 2024
Program support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.