California · Public charity
Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation
Provide charitable benefits for charitable, educational, scientific, literary, and religious purposes.
- $433k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $428k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $330k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $380k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $80k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $735k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $386k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $371k | 48% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $340k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ps Arts | $250,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Symphonic Jazz Orchestra | $250,000 | 9 | 19% |
| Young Storytellers | $235,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Inner-City Arts | $220,000 | 7 | 1% |
| City Hearts Kids Say Yes to the Arts la Fringe Theatre Inc | $210,000 | 7 | 19% |
| American Youth Symphony Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Debbie Allen Dance Inc Debbie Allen Dance Academy | $160,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Inner City Youth Orchrstra of Los Angeles Inc | $135,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center | $120,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Fulcrum Arts | $115,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 47 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thelma Pearl Howard 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 Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Perenchio Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit (Aka the Music Man Foundation) · Weingart Foundation · Stern Sidney Memorial Tuw · The Herb Alpert Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust
How this is measured
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About Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation
- How much does Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation give?
- Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $432,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (93%), Youth Development (5%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ps Arts ($250k), Symphonic Jazz Orchestra ($250k), Young Storytellers ($235k).
- Does Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
- Where is Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation based?
- Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation is based in CA.
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