· Private foundation
Frederick R Weisman Philanthropic
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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k19 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $35,000 |
| LOS ANGELES CO MUSEUM OF ART | $15,000 |
| UCLA HAMMER MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| JOHNSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| MUSEUM CONTEMPRARY ART | $5,000 |
| PUBLIC COUNSEL | $5,000 |
| LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK | $3,000 |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | $3,000 |
| TOWER CANCER RESEARCH CENTER | $3,000 |
| SPECIAL NEEDS RESOURCE GOUP | $3,000 |
| NEW YORK STEM CELL RESEARCH | $3,000 |
| SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER | $3,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $2,000 |
| DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER | $2,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% 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
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 +24% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
45 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 1 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC4× · 2020–2023 · $125k · revenue +68%- MAMUSEUM ASSOCIATES4× · 2021–2024 · $25k · revenue +89%
PUBLIC COUNSEL4× · 2021–2024 · $24k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- PUPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +4%
- ICInner City Law Centerone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +5%
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS OF WEST LOS ANGELES INCone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -15%
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.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
The survivor justice center secures justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and empowers them to create their own future.
Community organizing, education, advocacy, leadership development, direct services and organizational development for communities faced with immense poverty.
Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…
To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…
The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…
California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…
To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.
To enhance the professionalism and clinical autonomy of physicians to allow them to advocate for their patients and the health of the community of los angeles.
Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.
The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.
How this is measured
38 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. 38 of the 80 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
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 VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC COUNSEL ↗
- Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds BET TZEDEK ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds Inner City Law Center ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF WEST LOS ANGELES INC ↗
- Who funds THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEW DIRECTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds THE MIDNIGHT MISSION ↗
- Who funds UNION RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN ↗
- Who funds FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC CLINICS ↗
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 Ahmanson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc · Alfred E Mann Charities Inc · United Way Inc · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Sempra Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Frederick R Weisman Philanthropic funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frederick R Weisman Philanthropic. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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