· Private foundation
S Mark Taper Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $467k
- $50k–250k61 grants · $5.3M
- $250k+4 grants · $1.9M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PROJECT ANGEL FOOD | $1,000,000 |
| HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA | $400,000 |
| LA FAMILY HOUSING | $275,000 |
| CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES | $250,000 |
| JVS SOCAL | $160,000 |
| LOS ANGELES CONSERVATION CORPS | $150,000 |
| THE PEOPLE CONCERN | $150,000 |
| BEACON HOUSING INC | $150,000 |
| COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCAL | $150,000 |
| CENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER - CARECEN OF CALIFORNIA | $150,000 |
| APLA HEALTH & WELLNESS DBA APLA HEALTH | $150,000 |
| CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER | $150,000 |
| THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC SERVING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DBA TCC FAMILY HE | $150,000 |
| DIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE DBA DIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES | $135,000 |
| BET TZEDEK | $135,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $6.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% 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 +41% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
55 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 51 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.6M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC3× · 2020–2022 · $1.5M · revenue +25%
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER3× · 2023–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +26%- PAPROJECT ANGEL FOOD2× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +106%
Funded once
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAone grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue 0%
- CHChildren's Hospital Los Angelesone grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue +13%
- JFJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -35%
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.
strengthening the leadership and workforce skills of Day Laborers and Domestic Workers. through 5 Day Labor Centers, Workers Health Program & Mujeres en Accion using Education & outreach empowerment tools
Community organizing, education, advocacy, leadership development, direct services and organizational development for communities faced with immense poverty.
Intervening to protect and treat all victims of violence
South central los angeles regional center, (sclarc), believes special needs deserve special attention. we are committed to the provision of culturally sensitive services which enhance the inherent strengths of the family and enable…
The principal mission of Human Services Association is to provide families with compassionate and comprehensive care to promote wellness and build strong communities.
All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)
Youth Emerging Stronger (YES) empowers young people, between ages of 12 and 24 within Los Angeles County, including but not limited to run-away and homeless youth. YES mission is to end homelessness one youth at a time to become…
The survivor justice center secures justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and empowers them to create their own future.
The organization is a multi-service, 501c(3) not-for-profit, social services organization serving seniors throughout los angeles and san bernardio counties, with emphasis on low-income and/or underserved individuals. the organization…
To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.
Bayfront Youth & Family Services is a quality provider of behavioral and mental health treatment services for children, adolescents, and their caregivers. Our mission is to provide a comprehensive support system that promotes safe and…
How this is measured
336 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 336 of the 389 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 CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds DESTINATION CRENSHAW ↗
- Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds THE PEOPLE CONCERN ↗
- Who funds ST JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH ↗
- Who funds Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds TREEPEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds The Blind Childrens Center Inc ↗
- Who funds INNER-CITY ARTS ↗
- Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
- Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds LA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds JWCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds VILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES ↗
- Who funds THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC ↗
- Who funds EAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds BET TZEDEK ↗
- Who funds DIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE ↗
- Who funds M F PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER ↗
- Who funds HEALTHRIGHT 360 ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds SELF HELP GRAPHICS & ART INC ↗
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: The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Green Foundation · California Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Crail-Johnson Foundation · United Way Inc · QueensCare · Shelter Partnership Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization S Mark Taper Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from S Mark Taper Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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