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 20222023. 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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  • 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

$148,067
2022
$164,255
2023

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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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.