Funding search · EIN 237425637 · San Francisco, CA

The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation

Name: The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

24
grants reported: $29.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $175,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Grant history

All 24 reported grants, largest first.

$9.5M
The Walt Disney Family Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Education - arts
$8.3M
The Walt Disney Family Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education - arts
$7.5M
The Walt Disney Family Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Education - arts
$1.3M
Walt Disney Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Education - arts
$700,000
Walt Disney Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Education - arts
$300,000
California Institute of the Arts · Santa Clarita, CA · 2024
Arts
$300,000
California Institute of the Arts · Santa Clarita, CA · 2023
Arts
$250,000
La Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts
$250,000
La Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$250,000
Research To Prevent Blindness · New York, NY · 2023
Amblyopia research
$250,000
La Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$200,000
Walt Disney Magnet School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education - arts
$150,000
Research To Prevent Blindness · New York, NY · 2024
Amblyopia research
$100,000
Walt Disney Magnet School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education - arts
$100,000
Research To Prevent Blindness · New York, NY · 2022
Amblyopia research
$100,000
Walt Disney Magnet School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education - arts
$65,000
Walt Disney Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education - arts
$25,000
John Tracy Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Medical/hearing loss
$25,000
John Tracy Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Medical/hearing loss
$25,000
John Tracy Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Medical/hearing loss
$20,000
Hyperion Historical Alliance · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
History
$10,000
Walt Disney Elementary School · Levittown, PA · 2024
Education
$10,000
Walt Disney Elementary School · Levittown, PA · 2023
Education
$10,000
Walt Disney Elementary School · Levittown, PA · 2022
Education

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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.