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12 funders with a record of paying for “watts”
Where the money went
Largest: $16,500 to WATTS TOWERS COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL — the watts towers arts center campus
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $235,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to TCU ADVANCEMENT OFFICE — to support dr. watts research
Largest: $10,000 to THE BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER FOUNDATION — to honor lora watts, a nancy smith hurd foundation trustee to be used for general operating
Community PartnersLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $765,000 · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to WATTS LABOR COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE — food equity and distribution program
Shelter PartnershipLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $355,979 · through 2024Largest: $105,323 to SISTERS OF WATTS — to assist the entity with resources to support the homeless
A-Mark FoundationSanta Monica, CA
4 matching grants · $32,500 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to THE WATTS 2 BOSTON FOUNDATION — provide young scholars from watts, ca resources and accessibility to education while helping them navigate their path to college by partnering with the lapd and other local organiz…
Largest: $10,000 to FRIENDS OF ST LAWRENCE WATTS YOUTH CENTER — for the 2023-24 school year for support for the friends literacy center to help cover the cost of hiring, paying and training exemplary watts teens to tutor the children in the fri…
Largest: $109,007 to THE UNIV OF MELBOURNE DR WATT — scientific research grant
Largest: $695,000 to Arizona State University Foundation — donation to fund the watts college of public service and community solution - expansion of data, analytical and predictive modeling work in homelessness and affordable housing
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $856,500 · through 2024Largest: $420,000 to Playworks — safe and healthy play in the watts community
Largest: $200,000 to WATTS GANG TASK FORCE COUNCIL — unrestricted operating support
Largest: $10,000 to Arizona State University Foundation — a trustee advised grant to support the marvin andrews fellowship in recognition of shannon portillo, ph.d., who is the new director of the asu school of public affairs in the watts…
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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 →