Funding search · EIN 954656529 · Los Angeles, CA
Sanford M Gage 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.
- 40
- grants reported
- $312,322
- total given
- 2022–2023
- filing years
- $1,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2023. 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.
- La Chamber Orchestra1 grant · $75,000
- Beit T'Shuvah2 grants · $62,572
- Los Angeles Chamber Orch1 grant · $58,000
- Jewish Federation2 grants · $44,350
- UCLA Foundation2 grants · $20,100
- Museique2 grants · $10,825
- A Noise Within1 grant · $5,000
- The Noise Within1 grant · $5,000
- Music Center1 grant · $3,500
- The Music Center1 grant · $3,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $75,000
La Chamber Orchestra · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community cultural enrichment
- $58,000
Los Angeles Chamber Orch · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Community cultural enrichment
- $53,636
Beit T'Shuvah · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Rehab for addicts
- $31,850
Jewish Federation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support various charitable programs
- $20,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support ucla educational mission
- $12,500
Jewish Federation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Supports various charitable programs
- $8,936
Beit T'Shuvah · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Rehab for addicts
- $5,825
Museique · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Non profit performing arts org
- $5,000
Museique · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Non profit performing art org
- $5,000
The Noise Within · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Community cultural enrichment
- $5,000
A Noise Within · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Community cultural enrichment
- $3,500
The Music Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community music enrichment
- $3,500
Jvs Wonen'S Leadership · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Serve women in career crisis
- $3,500
Music Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Community cultural enrichment
- $3,437
La Opera · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Community cultural enrichment
- $3,120
Smc Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Support student achievement
- $2,000
Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Provide music instruction to all
- $1,500
Concern Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Cancer research
- $1,500
Concern Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Cancer research
- $1,000
La Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community cultural enrichment
- $1,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2023
Provide low income families with early learning and care
- $1,000
Tower Cancern Research Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Cancer research
- $1,000
Friends of Larc · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Aid developmentaly disabled adults
- $1,000
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Music education
- $500
Friends of Larc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Aid developmentally disabled adults
- $500
Missoula Interl School · Missoula, MT · 2023
Support capital improvements
- $500
Aclu · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Defend the rights of all people
- $500
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
Music education for children
- $500
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Legal advocacy organization
- $350
Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Listener supprted radio station
- $336
Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
Provide humanitarian aid to children
- $250
Beverly Hills Theatre Guild · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Supporting new playwrights and encourging new works
- $250
Los Angeles Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Music education
- $250
St Jude Childerns Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Help treat/defeat childhood cancer
- $154
Cypress College Foundation · Cypress, CA · 2023
Meet the needs of both students and the campus
- $103
Maple Counseling · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Low cost counseling to the community
- $100
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support ucla educational mission
- $100
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Deliver medical aid in crisis
- $75
Points of Charity · Placentia, CA · 2023
Prevention or relief of poverty
- $50
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Wildlife conservation
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