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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “geffen”
Where the money went
Largest: $64,000 to DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA — for medical research fellowship-ryan
Largest: $100,000 to YALE UNIVERSITY DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA — for shubert scholarship program
Largest: $35,000 to GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE — veterans writing & performance project
Largest: $70,590 to CALIFORNIA U OF LOS ANGELES DAVID GEFFEN — 76855 providing evaluation technical assistance to health and climate solutions grantees as they assess their health and climate-related efforts
Largest: $250,000 to GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC — arts, culture & media
Largest: $2,000 to DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA AT YALE — david geffen school of drama at yale
American Diabetes AssociationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $724,356 · through 2024Largest: $325,000 to David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles — early investigator award
Largest: $340,000 to GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE — general support of organization mission
Physicians Aid AssociationWest Hollywood, CA
4 matching grants · $210,000 · through 2025Largest: $60,000 to UCLA DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICIN — grant to students
Largest: $25,000 to GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE — geffen playhouse high school partnerships program
Largest: $50,000 to GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC — general & unrestricted
Largest: $200,000 to NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC — geffen campaign
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →