Funding search · EIN 956995937 · Palo Alto, CA

Virginia Friedhofer Charitable Trust

Name: Virginia Friedhofer Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

103
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

American Society for Technion4 grants · $275,000
Cedars Sinai3 grants · $150,000
Uc Berkeley - Rausser College of Natural Resources1 grant · $100,000
University Southern California2 grants · $100,000
Los Angeles Opera3 grants · $100,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $95,000
Young Musicians' Foundation4 grants · $80,000
Canine Companions4 grants · $70,000
Glaza2 grants · $60,000
Los Angeles Food Bank2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$452,500

2022

$497,500

2023

$467,500

2024

$581,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

$100,000
American Society for Technion · New York, NY · 2025
General
$100,000
Uc Berkeley - Rausser College of Natural Resources · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General
$75,000
American Society for Technion · New York, NY · 2023
General
$50,000
Second Harvest Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2025
General
$50,000
American Society for Technion · New York, NY · 2024
General
$50,000
Cedars Sinai · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Usc Advancement Gift Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Cedars Sinai · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
University Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
American Society for Technion · New York, NY · 2022
General
$50,000
Cedars Sinai · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
University Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Westside Food Bank · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General
$30,000
Glaza · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$30,000
Glaza · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General
$25,000
Canine Companions · Santa Rosa, CA · 2025
General
$25,000
Lucille Packard Child Health · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General
$25,000
Oshman Family Jcc · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General
$25,000
Planned Parenthood · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General
$25,000
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance · San Diego, CA · 2025
General
$25,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General
$25,000
American Friedns of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2024
General
$25,000
Canine Companions · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Planned Parenthood · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
American Friedns of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Los Angeles Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
Los Angeles Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Planned Parenthood · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$20,000
Young Musicians' Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2025
General
$20,000
California Science Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$20,000
Young Musicians' Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General
$20,000
Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$20,000
Planned Parenthood · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$20,000
Young Musicians' Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General
$20,000
Young Musicians' Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General
$15,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General
$15,000
San Diego Zoo · San Diego, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Special Olympics · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
California Science Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Discovery Eye Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$10,000
Jewish Film Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Living Desert Zoo & Gardens · Palm Desert, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Metropolitan Opera the · New York, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Our Big Kitchen La · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
San Diego Zoo · San Diego, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Special Olympics · Long Beach, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
Metropolitan Opera the · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
National Ms Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
The Maple Counseling Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Theater 40 · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Beit T'Shuvah · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
California Science Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Canine Companions · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Children'S Burn Center · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$10,000
Metropolitan Opera the · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Multiple Sclerosis · San Diego, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Oshman Family Jcc · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Special Olympics · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
The Maple Counseling Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Theater 40 · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Beit T'Shuvah · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
California Science Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Canine Companions · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Metropolitan Opera the · New York, NY · 2022
General
$10,000
Special Olympics · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Theater 40 · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Berkley Repertoire Theatre · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General
$5,000
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General
$5,000
Beit T'Shuvah · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Children'S Burn Center · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Obkla · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Mc Blue Ribbon · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Our Big Kitchen La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University · New York, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
Children'S Burn Center · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Epilepsy Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Lupas La · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Mc Blue Ribbon · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Multiple Sclerosis · San Diego, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
The Maple Counseling Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General
$2,500
Caltech Associates · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General

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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.