Funding search · EIN 956054814 · Los Angeles, CA
Weingart 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.
- 2,379
- grants reported
- $148.1M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $7,500
- 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
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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
- Unrestricted operating support for LA-area grassroots organizing groups
- Black-led power building, equity collectives, and racial healing funds
- Immigrant rights, legal defense, and day laborer organizing in Southern California
- Pooled and collaborative funds housed at community foundations and intermediaries
- Housing justice, community land trusts, and neighborhood development
- Native and tribal-led organizing in California
Typical grant
The median grant is $7,500 and half of all grants fall between $1,000 and $100,000, but that low end reflects a long tail of small and matching gifts. The core program checks cluster tightly at $150,000 to $250,000, with $200,000 being the single most common amount for unrestricted operating support. Seven-figure grants go to capital campaigns and statewide pooled funds like the California Black Freedom Fund and the CEO Immigration Table. Repeat giving to the same organizations across years is common, and some grantees receive two awards in the same year for different purposes.
Their words
Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.
- “UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT”
- “SUPPORT FOR THE ... POOLED FUND”
- “BLACK JUSTICE AND HEALING”
- “RAPID RESPONSE FUND”
- “POWER FUND”
Positioning adjacent work
- Ask for $200,000 in unrestricted operating support rather than a project budget; that is their default check.
- Connect work to Black power building, immigrant rights, housing justice, or Native-led organizing in LA and the Inland Empire.
- If unincorporated, use a fiscal sponsor; they routinely fund through Community Partners, Tides, and SEE.
- Emphasize community organizing and base building over service delivery or research outputs.
Worth knowing: This is a Los Angeles County and Inland Empire funder above all, with Orange County, Long Beach, and Coachella Valley next; out of state grants almost always go to intermediaries running California funds. The portfolio has moved decisively toward unrestricted support for movement organizations and pooled equity funds, and repeat grantees plus funder collaboratives like Southern California Grantmakers absorb a large share, which means relationships and peer-funder introductions matter more than a strong proposal alone.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Destination Crenshaw6 grants · $4.5M
- California Community Foundation27 grants · $4.1M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation3 grants · $3.0M
- Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Angeleno Project6 grants · $3.0M
- Liberty Hill Foundation19 grants · $2.9M
- Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment16 grants · $2.5M
- Latino Community Foundation6 grants · $2.0M
- Black Freedom Fund4 grants · $1.6M
- Change Elemental9 grants · $1.5M
- Southern California Grantmakers14 grants · $1.5M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 2,379 grants.
- $2.0M
Destination Crenshaw · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Capital support to construct a 1.3 mile long outdoor art and cultural experience along the crenshaw/lax metro line
- $1.5M
Destination Crenshaw · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Black justice and healing
- $1.0M
Black Freedom Fund · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Support for the california black freedom fund
- $1.0M
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for the california ceo immigration table pooled fund
- $1.0M
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for chirla's immigrant welcome & empowerment center
- $1.0M
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for capital campaign: center for community organizing
- $1.0M
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support for capital campaign: center for community organizing
- $1.0M
Destination Crenshaw · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Capital support to construct a 1.3 mile long outdoor art and cultural experience along the crenshaw/lax metro line
- $1.0M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support for the california black freedom fund
- $1.0M
Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Angeleno Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted operating support
- $1.0M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support for the california black freedom fund
- $1.0M
Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Angeleno Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $1.0M
California Science Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Support for the samuel oschin air and space center
- $1.0M
Latino Community Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Support for the latino power fund
- $1.0M
Martin Luther King Jr Community Health Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Support for the development of the mlk community medical group
- $1.0M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2021
Support for the california black freedom fund
- $1.0M
Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Center for Strategic Partnerships · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Support for the la justice fund as part of the the ca dignitiy for families fund
- $750,000
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for strengthening movement security and operations project
- $750,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support for the bold vision initiative
- $750,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Support for the bold vision initiative
- $550,000
Innercity Struggle · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support
- $500,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Fbo Decolonizing Wealth Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Support to dwp impact fund for the california truth and healing pooled fund
- $500,000
Black Freedom Fund · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Support for the cbff black vision & defense fund
- $500,000
California Black Power Network · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Support for arrt coalition
- $500,000
Change Elemental · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for the jwm fellows program
- $500,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
Support for the california tribal fund
- $500,000
Latino Community Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for the latino power fund
- $500,000
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for the restore the legacy coalition
- $500,000
San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for defend california legal fund
- $500,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Fbo Decolonizing Wealth Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Support to dwp impact fund for the california truth and healing pooled fund
- $500,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2023
Support for the california tribal fund
- $500,000
Latino Community Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support for the latino power fund
- $500,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support for the bold vision initiative
- $500,000
Young Scholars for Academic Empowerment Dba Truevolutioninc · Riverside, CA · 2023
Unrestricted operating support
- $500,000
Allied Media Projects Fbo Decolonizing Wealth Project · Detroit, MI · 2022
Support for the california truth and healing pooled fund
- $500,000
Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Angeleno Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $500,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Support for immigrants are la
- $500,000
Southern California Grantmakers · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Project support to southern california grantmakers
- $475,000
Orange County Grantmakers · Huntington Beach, CA · 2024
Support for the oc immigrant and refugee liberty fund
- $450,000
Human Services Association Fbo Southeast Los Angeles Collaborative · Bell Gardens, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support
- $400,000
Change Elemental · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for design, facilitation, coaching, project management, stipend administration for cohort 3 of j.w. Mack fellows
- $400,000
Black Women for Wellness · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $400,000
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support for years 4 and 5 of the disability inclusion fund
- $400,000
Gente Organizada · Pomona, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $400,000
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $400,000
Los Angeles Black Worker Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support
- $375,000
Southern California Grantmakers · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Project support to southern california grantmakers
- $375,000
Youth Mentoring Action Network · Ontario, CA · 2021
Support for the inland empire youth power builders
- $320,000
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy · Ventura, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
Khmer Girls in Action · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
National Day Laborer Organizing Network · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
Cooperacion Santa Ana · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted operating and annual conference support
- $300,000
Inland Empire (Ie) United Education Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
La Family Housing Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support for private equity initiative-pano
- $300,000
Sigma Beta Xi · Moreno Valley, CA · 2023
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
Californians for Justice Education Fund Fbo Youth Organize California Commi · San Jose, CA · 2022
Support to continue southern ca peer learning community to help deepen and strengthen network of youth organizers
- $300,000
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance · Garden Grove, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
Paving the Way Foundation · Lancaster, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
Starting Over · Corona, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
Community Partners Fbo California Native Vote Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support to the california native vote project
- $300,000
Innercity Struggle Fbo Brothers Sons Selves Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support
- $300,000
Step Up On Second Street · Santa Monica, CA · 2021
Support for step up america
- $300,000
The Regents of the University California for the Benefit of UCLA Bunche Cen · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Support for the ca reparations task force
- $275,000
Naleo Educational Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support
- $275,000
The Regents of the University California for the Benefit of UCLA Labor Cent · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
California Black Power Network · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
College Match · Laverne, CA · 2024
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for the common counsel foundation's fund for inclusive california's five-year phase two housing justice strategy
- $250,000
Dignity and Power Now · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
Greenline Housing Foundation · Sierra Madre, CA · 2024
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
Inland Empire Community Foundation · Riverside, CA · 2024
Support for the black equity initiative of the inland empire (bei-ie)
- $250,000
Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Anti-Racism Diversity and Inclusion (a · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for ardis antelope valley initiative
- $250,000
Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Black Equity Collective · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for black equity collective
- $250,000
California Black Power Network · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support for pivot powerbuilding fund
- $250,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support for the common counsel foundation's fund for inclusive california's five-year phase two housing justice strategy
- $250,000
Dignity and Power Now · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice · San Bernardino, CA · 2023
Support to inland coalition for immigrant justice
- $250,000
Inland Empire Community Foundation · Riverside, CA · 2023
Support for the black equity initiative of the inland empire (bei-ie)
- $250,000
Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Black Equity Collective · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support for black equity collective
- $250,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support for the immigrants are essential fund
- $250,000
Change Elemental · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for design, facilitation, coaching, project management, stipend administration for cohort 3 of j.w. Mack fellows
- $250,000
Community Partners Fbo African American Board Leadership Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support for the african american board leadership institute
- $250,000
Inland Congregation United for Change · San Bernardino, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
Inland Congregations United for Change Fbo Inland Coalition for Immigrant J · San Bernardino, CA · 2022
Support to inland coalition for immigrant justice
- $250,000
Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support to the school of film and television for the reparations docuseries
- $250,000
Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation · La Quinta, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Black Equity Collective · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support for black equity collective
- $250,000
Todec Legal Center · Perris, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $250,000
The Seed School of Los Angeles County · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Support for the seed school of los angeles county
- $235,000
Empowher Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $233,334
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $233,333
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted operating support
- $215,000
Strategic Actions for a Just Economy · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Support for polaris - decommodifying housing
- $202,500
Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted operating support
- $200,600
Central American Resource Center of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $200,600
Open Paths Counseling Center · Inglewood, CA · 2022
Unrestricted operating support
- $200,300
Community Partners Fbo Organizing Rooted in Abolition Liberation and Empowe · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support for orale
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