· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k64 grants · $321k
- $10k–50k61 grants · $1.1M
- $50k–250k2 grants · $111k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VAR CHARITABLE ORGS 3500 BOOKS | $60,452 |
| NCUU FOUNDATION INC | $50,649 |
| SALVATION ARMY VARCENTERSPGMS | $35,985 |
| LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK | $34,559 |
| MY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION | $31,626 |
| EISNER HEALTH PEDIATRIC MED CTR | $30,413 |
| VENICE FAMILY CLINIC -EARLY HEAD ST | $30,020 |
| SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER | $30,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $30,000 |
| SPREAD THE WORD NV | $28,634 |
| THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FNDN | $25,750 |
| CSU LONG BEACH FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER | $25,000 |
| SMITHSONIAN -NATL MUSEUM AMER HISTO | $25,000 |
| SABAN COMMUNITY CLINIC | $24,924 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $300k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
185 repeat relationships: 96 still active in FY2024, 89 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $340k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $201k · revenue +25%
- JAJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +18%
- LALOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK7× · 2017–2024 · $192k · revenue +315%
Funded once
- EUEVOLUTION USA LLCone grant, 2018 · $100k
- SASMITHSONIAN AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUMone grant, 2017 · $56k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $25k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
The orchestra pursues its mission, "to enrich and connect our community through intimate and transformative musical experiences which exemplify and foster artistic excellence, education and innovation," through the blend of traditional…
The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…
Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.
The ojai music festival serves as a creative music laboratory for pioneering new works,championing adventurous programming, and working with today's emerging artists with events during the year and the ojai music festival serves as a…
The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…
Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…
The mission of the pasadena symphony association (psa) is to provide musical concerts of the highest quality raning from orchestral performances to world-renowned artists in recital, and to provide the broadest access to youth education…
The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.
Deeply rooted in our local beverly hills community and influenced by cultural change, the wallis annenberg center for the performing arts, a public-private partnership with the city of beverly hills, strives to be a site for the…
The mission of the Fresno Philharmonic is to enrich the lives of Central San Joaquin Valley residents through inspiring performances of orchestral music. We are an essential and collaborative member of a vibrant arts scene which unites,…
Menlo school's mission is to empower students to explore and expand their interests, reach their fullest potential, develop the skills necessary for success in college, and become ethical, responsible, and engaged members of ever wider…
How this is measured
143 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 143 of the 348 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
- Who funds GRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
- Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds Harmony Project ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MUSICIANS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds LA'S BEST ↗
- Who funds WESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK POPS INC ↗
- Who funds The Carnegie Hall Society Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTH CENTRAL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds PARA LOS NINOS ↗
- Who funds HEAL THE BAY ↗
- Who funds Wayfinder Family Services ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Jazz House Kids Inc: 29% of income from government
- Miami Music Project Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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