Funding search · EIN 954499843 · Los Angeles, CA

Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation

Name: Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

69
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $17,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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 education health

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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.

Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center5 grants · $120,000
City Hearts Kids Say Yes To the Arts5 grants · $105,000
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra4 grants · $95,000
Young Storytellers Foundation4 grants · $95,000
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles4 grants · $95,000
Ps Arts4 grants · $95,000
Inner-City Arts3 grants · $90,000
In the Band3 grants · $67,500
American Youth Symphony3 grants · $65,000
Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra Association2 grants · $62,500

Giving over time

$80,000

2021

$380,000

2022

$330,000

2023

$427,500

2024

Grant history

All 69 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
The Water Buffalo Club · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$35,000
Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$32,500
In the Band · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Arts
$32,500
Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$30,000
Actors' Gang · Culver City, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
City Hearts Kids Say Yes To the Arts · Harbor City, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
East West Players · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
Elemental Music · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
Grand Vision Foundation · San Pedro, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
Inner-City Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
Ps Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra · Culver City, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
Unusual Suspects Theatre Company · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
Young Storytellers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$30,000
American Youth Symphony · El Segundo, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
City Hearts Kids Say Yes To the Arts · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
In the Band · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
Inner-City Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
Ps Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra · Culver City, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
Young Storytellers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$30,000
American Youth Symphony · El Segundo, CA · 2022
Arts
$30,000
City Hearts Kids Say Yes To the Arts · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Arts
$30,000
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$30,000
Inner-City Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$30,000
Ps Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$30,000
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra · Culver City, CA · 2022
Arts
$30,000
Young Storytellers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$20,000
Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$17,500
Ruckusroots · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$10,000
City Hearts Kids Say Yes To the Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$10,000
The Actors' Gang · Culver City, CA · 2024
Arts
$10,000
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$10,000
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$5,000
Autry Museum of the American West · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education
$5,000
Santa Monica Youth Orchestra · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Arts
$5,000
Autry Museum of the American West · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$5,000
The Wiley Center · Culver City, CA · 2023
Arts
$5,000
All Peoples Community Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Health
$5,000
Autry Museum of the American West · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$5,000
Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$5,000
Actors' Gang · Culver City, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
American Youth Symphony · El Segundo, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Art Creates US · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Autry Museum of the American West · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
City Hearts Kids Say Yes To the Arts · Topanga, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Debbie Allen Dance Academy · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Diy Girls · Pacoima, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Dramatic Results · Signal Hill, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Etm-La Inc (Education Through Music - Los Angeles) · Burbank, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
In the Band · Santa Monica, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Ps Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra · Culver City, CA · 2021
Arts
$5,000
Young Storytellers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Arts
$2,500
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$2,500
East West Players · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$2,500
Plaza De La Raza · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$2,500
Santa Monica Youth Orchestra · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Arts
$2,500
Community Partners Fbo Ready Set Read · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$2,500
Santa Monica Youth Orchestra · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Arts
$2,500
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Education
$2,500
Santa Monica Youth Orchestra · Santa Monica, CA · 2021
Arts

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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.