Funding search · EIN 952250801 · Los Angeles, CA

UCLA Foundation

Name: UCLA 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.

276
grants reported: $1.75B
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $107,500
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

pgms alumni educ scholarship

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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.

Where the money goes

Direct transfers to UCLA for scholarships and educational programs
K-12 school reform and teacher pipelines in Las Vegas
Large unrestricted gifts to peer universities, chiefly USC
Pediatric and childhood disease care, hospitals, family support
Armenian education and humanitarian organizations in LA and abroad
Los Angeles arts, civic and first responder institutions

Typical grant

Outside the internal UCLA transfer, the median check is $107,500 and the middle half runs $50,000 to $500,000. The eight-figure gifts go to institutional partners and systems-level education organizations (Teach For America $15M, Opportunity 180 $11M, USC $10M, California Community Foundation $15M, Valley Children's Hospital $15M), while $10,000 to $250,000 covers local nonprofits in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Repeat giving is visible at the top: USC received $10M in both 2023 and 2024, and the Armenian Educational Foundation appears both years.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL SUPPORT”
“SCHOLARSHIP & EDUC PGMS”
“ALUMNI & STD PGMS”

Positioning adjacent work

Work through UCLA development staff first; nearly all money moves as an internal transfer to campus.
For outside asks, tie work to Clark County school improvement or childhood disease, their two funded non-UCLA themes.
Ask $100,000 to $250,000 for a first relationship; $1M+ goes to already-known institutions.
Request unrestricted operating money; almost every external grant is coded GENERAL SUPPORT, not project-restricted.

Worth knowing: This is UCLA's own fundraising foundation, not a conventional grantmaker: roughly 95 percent of the $1.75B goes straight to UCLA, and the external grants read as donor-advised distributions directed by individual UCLA-affiliated donors. That explains the odd geography, with 40 grants to Las Vegas and a distinct Armenian-cause cluster, both of which track specific donors rather than a stated program.

Top recipients

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

University of California Los Angeles3 grants · $1.19B
University of California Los Angeles1 grant · $329.8M
California Community Foundation2 grants · $25.0M
University of Southern California2 grants · $20.0M
Opportunity 1802 grants · $16.0M
Valley Children'S Hospital1 grant · $15.0M
Teach for America1 grant · $15.0M
Teach for All1 grant · $12.0M
Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church1 grant · $8.1M
Armenian General Benevolent Union2 grants · $7.2M

Giving over time

$357.5M

2021

$417.3M

2022

$443.0M

2023

$536.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 276 grants.

$453.1M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Scholarship & educ pgms
$372.7M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Scholarship & educ pgms
$366.9M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Scholarship & educ pgms
$329.8M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Scholarship & educ pgms
$15.0M
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$15.0M
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$15.0M
Valley Children'S Hospital · Madera, CA · 2023
General support
$12.0M
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$11.0M
Opportunity 180 · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General support
$10.0M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$10.0M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10.0M
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$8.1M
Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church · La Crescenta, CA · 2021
General support
$5.0M
Cristo Rey St Viator Las Vegas College Preparator · N Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General support
$5.0M
The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5.0M
Nevada Grantlab · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
$5.0M
Opportunity 180 · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General support
$4.3M
Opportunity 180 · Las Vegas, NV · 2021
General support
$4.2M
Armenian General Benevolent Union · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$3.7M
Armenian General Benevolent Union · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$3.5M
Armenian General Benevolent Union · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$3.3M
Alliance for Childhood Diseases · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
$3.1M
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundatio · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General support
$3.0M
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$3.0M
Trinity College · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$2.5M
Campus for Hope Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General support
$2.1M
Teen Cancer America · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Altamed Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$2.0M
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2.0M
Fulfillment Fund of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Learning Ally · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$1.8M
Armenian Educational Foundation · Glendale, CA · 2022
General support
$1.5M
Center for the Future of Learning · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Western Prelacy Armenian · Henderson, NV · 2022
General support
$1.4M
UCLA Alumni Association · Los Angles, CA · 2024
Alumni & std pgms
$1.3M
Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
$1.3M
Together California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$1.3M
Armenian Educational Foundation · Glendale, CA · 2023
General support
$1.3M
Together California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$1.1M
Teen Cancer America · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General support
$1.1M
Western Diocese of the Armenian Church · Burbank, CA · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Armenian Educational Foundation · Glendale, CA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Fulfillment Fund of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Retinal Science Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
St Joseph Husband of Mary Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
The Milken Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
The Museum at Belcourt · Providence, RI · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Fulfillment Fund of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Nathan Adelson Hospice · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Spread the Word Nevada · Henderson, NV · 2023
General support
$1.0M
The Museum at Belcourt · Providence, RI · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Trinity College · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$1.0M
The Museum at Belcourt · Providence, RI · 2022
General support
$1.0M
Fulfillment Fund of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2021
General support
$1.0M
The Museum at Belcourt · Providence, RI · 2021
General support
$864,843
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$784,602
UCLA Alumni Association · Los Angles, CA · 2022
Alumni & std pgms
$640,000
Aurora Humanitarian Intiative Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
$633,911
UCLA Alumni Association · Los Angles, CA · 2023
Alumni & std pgms
$600,000
X Prize Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Grant a Gift Autism Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General support
$500,000
Jeremiah Program · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$500,000
Make-a-Wish Southern Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General support
$500,000
Southeast Community Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
General support
$500,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$500,000
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$500,000
St Genevieve High School · Panorama City, CA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Thesentryorg · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$500,000
Anca Endowment Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$500,000
Armenian National Committee Western Division · Glendale, CA · 2022
General support
$500,000
Hope for Prisoner · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General support
$500,000
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$500,000
Western Diocese of the Armenian Church · Burbank, CA · 2022
General support
$487,236
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$475,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$400,000
Marty Hennessy Inspiring Children Foundation · Boulder City, NV · 2024
General support
$400,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$400,000
X Prize Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2021
General support
$375,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$365,000
Thesentryorg · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$360,000
Academy Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General support
$360,000
Academy Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General support
$350,000
Anca Endowment Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$350,000
Giants Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$336,960
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$317,283
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$310,000
Creative Visions Foundation · Malibu, CA · 2021
General support
$300,000
Hillel at UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Sos Children'S Villages California · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General support
$300,000
X Prize Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2022
General support
$300,000
Armenian National Committee Western Division · Glendale, CA · 2021
General support
$283,773
UCLA Alumni Association · Los Angles, CA · 2021
Alumni & std pgms
$250,000
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$250,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$250,000
Champions for Casa · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General support
$250,000
Clooney Foundation for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General 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.