California · Nonprofit
THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION
THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,536,181 to it, the largest being HELEN AND WILL WEBSTER FOUNDATION ($1,003,820). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 102
- Grants received
- $8.5M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation does
Mission
Founded in 1995 as the official charity of the los angeles dodgers, The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (the foundation) is bigger than baseball, envisioning a city where everyone, regardless of zip code, has the opportunity to thrive. They are tackling the most pressing problems facing los angeles with a mission to improve education, health care, homelessness and social justice for all angelenos. Through a social justice lens, they run and fund proven programs that level the playing field and invest in solutions driven by the communities they serve.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Grantmaking:The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (ladf) is focused on the most pressing problems facing underserved communities today and we invest in proven programs that improve education, health care, homelessness and social justice for all angelenos. Grant applications are accepted two times a year and we take applicants through a three-month review cycle.
$4,412,691 spentof which $3,651,476 as grants49% of program spendingDodgers dreamteam:dodgers dreamteam is a comprehensive sports-based youth development program that uses the power of sport to provide critical resources and services to communities who are experiencing social injustices. In 2023, The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (ladf) worked in partnership with affiliate partners to deliver sports-based programming and wraparound services for 10,839 youth and to support communities and families across the city.
$2,998,543 spentof which $154,781 as grants33% of program spendingDodgers dreamfields: The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (ladf) builds dodgers dreamfields to give families in neighborhoods across los angeles safe havens and points of pride. The addition of revitalized baseball and softball fields contributes to existing green spaces, promotes physical activity and increases opportunities for play in communities experiencing social injustices. As of 2023, ladf completed 59 dodgers dreamfields.
$1,631,574 spentof which $44,928 as grants18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,042,808.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.3M to $2.9M (+125%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2022 4% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Nichol Whiteman
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Mark Walter
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 41 funders, grant income rose $143k → $1.9M.
11 of 102 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
47% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 20% · 2019 26% · 2020 23% · 2021 24% · 2022 20% · 2023 13% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
28% of THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
56% of THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 303 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 303 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Los Angeles Dodgers LLC · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION?
- THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,536,181 to it, the largest being HELEN AND WILL WEBSTER FOUNDATION ($1,003,820). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 102 organizations giving $8,536,181 in grants to THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION?
- HELEN AND WILL WEBSTER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,003,820 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 102 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing