California · Public charity
Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation
The lausd education foundation is dedicated to supporting the lausd, in pursuit of equitable learning for all. The foundation is the bridge for the expertise and resources of the private sector to enhance and support targeted district programs and learning opportunities to ensure every child learns and succeeds.
- $4.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,001
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,061,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $3.2M | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $573k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $360k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $668k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $109k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $350k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $171k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $159k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Unified School District (Lausd) | $2,463,557 | 8 | n/a |
| Forward | $2,061,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation | $151,030 | 1 | 2% |
| Palisades Charter High School | $132,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | $50,001 | 1 | 0% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blackhawk Network Inc | $29,268 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Aala | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Cd11 Foundation | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Habits of Waste | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($771k), not named here.
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation with peer funders
About Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation
- How much does Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation give?
- Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $3,215,299, out of $4,400,216 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Human Services (36%), Public Safety & Disaster (12%).
- Who are Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Los Angeles Unified School District (Lausd) ($2.5M), Forward ($2.1M), Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation ($151k).
- Does Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation based?
- Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation is based in CA.
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