California · Private foundation
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 127
- Grants FY2024
- 137
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $9,888
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,452
- Organizations funded a year
- 94 to 147
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 22
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $221k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 126 | $1.5M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 137 | $1.4M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 112 | $1.1M | 21% |
| FY2021 | 94 | $842k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 147 | $930k | 41% |
| FY2019 | 106 | $866k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 113 | $886k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 128 | $766k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California State University Long Beach Research Foundation | $201,048 | 7 | 0% |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | $200,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $192,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Venice Family Clinic | $179,771 | 7 | 0% |
| Grammy Museum Foundation Inc | $150,220 | 7 | 0% |
| A Place Called Home | $139,486 | 8 | 0% |
| Skirball Cultural Center | $132,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Harmony Project | $128,023 | 8 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | $126,176 | 8 | 0% |
| The Los Angeles Free Clinic | $122,875 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 151 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 195 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Johnny Carson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · D'Addario Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Sempra Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · QueensCare
How this is measured
Compare Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
- How much does Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation give?
- Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation reported 127 grants totaling $1,501,558 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 94 and 147 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Education (21%), Health (13%).
- Who are Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: California State University Long Beach Research Foundation ($201k), Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc ($200k), Los Angeles Regional Food Bank ($192k).
- Does Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation.
- Where is Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation based?
- Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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