CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS/TRUSTS.L.A. County based; ranked by total assets in 2000 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE top 25 charitable foundations in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County have combined assets of $22.7 billion, up 8.6 percent from last year's $20.9 billion. The various missions of L.A.'s charitable organizations This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity. A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only. run the gamut See color gamut. gamut - The gamut of a monitor is the set of colours it can display. There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be displayed by any monitor. , from education to social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales to the arts. Only a few focus on narrowly defined, specific causes. One such entity is the Dan Murphy Dan Murphy (born Daniel Murphy, on July 12, 1962 in Duluth, Minnesota) is best known as the guitarist for the band Soul Asylum. He is also a member of Golden Smog. History Foundation, No. 14, which gives to charities of the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. , Archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc of Los Angeles. Likewise, the Pfaffinger
Foundation, No. 24, gives assistance to employees of the Times Mirror
Co.
One entity, the Rose Hills Foundation, focuses exclusively on supporting arts and culture, community health and youth activities in the regions of East L.A. and the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. . Nationwide, foundation giving grew by $4.3 billion last year, reaching a total of $27.6 billion, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the 2001 edition of Foundation Giving Trends, compiled by the Foundation Center. The rise, which matches the percentage increase between 1998 and 1999, was partly due to increased stock valuations. Nationwide, independent foundations, which comprise To embrace, cover, or include; to confine within; to consist of. In the law governing patents—grants of an exclusive right or privilege to make, use, or sell an invention or product for a term of years—the term comprise the bulk of those in L.A., account for $21.6 billion (or 78.3 percent) of the overall total. THE PACESETTER J. PAUL GETTY TRUST The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5.8 billion. Based in Los Angeles, it operates two museums: the J. Paul Getty Museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. THE J. Paul Getty Trust once again weighs in with the deepest pockets among charitable foundations and trusts in Los Angeles. The 19-year-old foundation, housed at the Getty Center Getty Center, art museum complex in Brentwood, Calif. operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. It consists of six buildings on 124 acres (50 hectares) located on a spectacular promontory overlooking Los Angeles. in Brentwood Brentwood, city and district, England Brentwood, city (1991 pop. 51,212) and district, Essex, SE England. Brentwood is mainly residential but produces some agricultural equipment, film, and prefabricated concrete. , has estimated assets of $10.35 billion, up almost 19 percent from last year. The jump in assets comes primarily from a general increase in the vested vested adj. referring to having an absolute right or title, when previously the holder of the right or title only had an expectation. Examples: after 20 years of employment Larry Loyal's pension rights are now vested. (See: vest, vested remainder) amount from the endowment A transfer, generally as a gift, of money or property to an institution for a particular purpose. The bestowal of money as a permanent fund, the income of which is to be used for the benefit of a charity, college, or other institution. , said Barry Barry, Welsh Barri, town (1991 pop. 45,053) and port, Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Once a major coal-exporting port, its more diversified export products include cement, flour, and steel products. Munitz, the trust's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . The Getty (operating system) getty - A Unix program which sets terminal type, modes, speed and line discipline for a serial port, and is used in the login process. awarded an estimated $18 million as part of 1,575 new grants last year. Grant sizes ranged from $50,000 to $300,000. The aggregate amount of awards was up from $14.6 million in grants doled out Adj. 1. doled out - given out in portions apportioned, dealt out, meted out, parceled out distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up the year before. (Actual 2000 financials will be available June June: see month. 30). The Getty's largest grants went to an existing program to help digitize To convert an image or signal into digital code by scanning, tracing on a graphics tablet or using an analog to digital conversion device. 3D objects can be digitized by a device with a mechanical arm that is moved onto all the corners. museum collections, Munitz said. They also went to a new Getty program called Preserve L.A., an initiative that awarded money to 21 recipients last year designed to preserve architecture in the area, as well as to several new L.A. museum internships. While construction at the Brentwood museum site is complete, dollars going toward renovation of the branch in Malibu have just begun to flow, Munitz said. Some of those dollars are going toward art purchases, which is also an area of focus for the Brentwood site.
Rank Foundation (Ranking in 2000) Assets
* name (market value
* address in millions)
1 J. Paul Getty Trust (1) $10,350 [1]
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles 90049
2 California Endowment (2) 3,500
21650 Oxnard St., Suite 1200
Woodland Hills 91367
3 W. M. Keck Foundation (3) 1,789.9 [3]
550 S. Hope St., Suite 2500
Los Angeles 90071
4 California Wellness Foundation (4) 1,028
6320 Canoga Ave., Suite 1700
Woodland Hills 91367
5 Ahmanson Foundation (5) 964.4
9215 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills 90210
6 Weingart Foundation (6) 873.9
1055 W. 7th St., Suite 3050
Los Angeles 90017
7 California Community Foundation (7) 529.9
445 S. Figueroa St., Suite 3400
Los Angeles 90014
8 Ralph M. Parsons foundation (8) 355.8
1055 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1701
Los Angeles 90017
9 The Rose Hills Foundation 335.9
444 S. Flower St., Suite 1450
Los Angeles 90071
10 Jewish Community Foundation (10) 325
6505 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1200
Los Angeles 90048
11 Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation (13) 318 [3]
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 610
Los Angeles 90067
12 Whittier Family Foundations (9) 295.9
625 Fair Oaks Ave., Suite 360
South Pasadena 91030
13 Milken Family Foundations (11) 274.4
1250 Fourth St.
Santa Monica 90401
14 Dan Murphy Foundation (12) 245.3
P.O. Box 711267
Los Angeles 90011
15 Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris
Foundation (14) 199.8
11 Golden Shore, Suite 450
Long Beach 90802
Rank Number of Grants Value of Grant Range
Awarded in 2000 Grants Awarded
in 2000
(millions)
1 1,575 [2] $18 [2] $50,000-$300,000
2 697 189.7 2,500-9 million
3 70 52 150,000-3 million
4 393 41.6 1,000-3.6 million
5 480 45 10,000-25,000
6 386 35.7 10,000-250,000
7 3,000 113.4 5,000-250,000
8 198 18.1 10,000-1 million
9 314 12.4 5,000-1 million
10 WND 57 1,000-100,000
11 N/A 6.2 [3] 10,000-100,000
12 300 10.6 N/A
13 391 31.8 500-50,000
14 109 12.7 1,000-1 million
15
223 8.7 5,000-2.1 million
Rank Fields of Interest Year
(partial list) Established
1 education, conservation and 1982
research in visual arts
2 health care 1996
3 sciences, engineering, liberal arts, 1954
medical research, education
4 community health, population health 1992
improvement, teenage pregnancy
prevention, violence prevention, work
and health
5 education, the arts & humanities, 1952
medicine & health, human service
programs
6 student loans, social services, health 1951
and medicine, crisis intervention,
education, community youth programs
7 neighborhood revitalization, visual arts, 1915
health care, early education, economic
opportunity expansion
8 higher education, cultural and 1961
civic projects, health care, social
impact programs
9 arts and culture, community health, 1996
education, youth activities funding for
East L.A. and San Gabriel Valley
10 education, health services, Jewish 1954
organizations, Israel, arts & culture,
social services
11 hospitals, medical research, education, 1952
Catholic church groups, community and
social service programs
12 K-12 and postsecondary education, 1955
arts, medical/scientific research,
youth development
13 education, health care, community 1986
services, human welfare
14 charities of the Roman Catholic 1957
Church, Archdiocese of Los Angeles
15
medicine, education, youth, 1963
community projects, culture
Rank Top Local Executive
* name
* title
* phone
1 D. Gardner/B. Munitz
Chairman/president, ceo
(310) 440-7300
2 Robert K. Ross
president, ceo
(800) 449-4149
3 R. Day/J. Jaffrey
president/ceo
(213) 680-3833
4 Gary Yates
president, ceo
(818) 593-6600
5 Robert H. Ahmanson
president
(310) 278-0770
6 Steven D. Broidy
chairman
(213) 688-7799
7 Jack Shakely
president
(213) 413-4130
8 Joseph Hurley
president
(213) 482-3185
9 Victoria Rogers
president
(213) 439-9690
10 Marvin I. Schotland
president, ceo
(323) 761-8700
11 Kathleen McCarthy
chairperson
(310) 551-9936
12 Linda J. Blinkenberg
director of foundations
(626) 441-5188
13 Lowell Milken
chairman, president
(310) 998-2800
14 Daniel, J. Donohue
president
(213) 623-3120
15
Harlyne J. Norris
chairman
(562) 435-8444
16 Henry L. Guenther Foundation (16) $193 47 $9.7
2029 Century Park East, Suite 4392
Los Angeles 90067
17 Amateur Athletic Foundation of L.A. (15) 181.6 70 5.4
2141 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles 90018
18 Fletcher Jones Foundation (18) 159.8 65 10
624 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2920
Los Angeles 90017
19 S. Mark Taper Foundation (20) 145.4 [3] 60 5.7 [3]
12011 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 400
Los Angeles 90049
20 Lund Foundation (21) 117.8 50 5.5
535 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 504
Glendale 91203
21 Wasserman Foundation 115 WND 8.3
9975 Santa Monica Blvd.
Beverly Hills 90212
22 B.C. McCabe Foundation (22) 114.3 [3] 75 5
8152 Painter Ave., Suite 201
Whittier 90602
23 Joseph Drown Foundation (23) 107.1 148 5.3
1999 Ave. of the Stars, Suite 1930
Los Angeles 90067
24 Plaffinger Foundation (24) 92 [3] N/A 2.5 [3]
316 W. 2nd St., Suite PH-C
Los Angeles 90012
25 Ted Mann Foundation (25) 86 [3] 53 3.9
1801 Century Park East, Suite 1920
Los Angeles 90067
16 $5,000 - $2.3 million medical services, youth services,
humanitarian and community projects
17 500 - 500,000 youth sports programs
18 2,500 - 1 million emphasis on private colleges
and universities, particularly
in California
19 5,000 - 1 million health, education, civic affairs,
social services, arts, environment
20 10,000 - 50,000 disadvantaged youth, education for
youth with learning disabilities arts and
culture, animal welfare, mental health
21 2,500 - 500,000 education, health care, Jewish life
22 2,500 - 255,000 social service, food service associations,
youth development groups
23 5,000 - 250,000 education, medical/scientific research,
community, health and social services,
arts and humanities
24 5,000 - 100,000 assistance to employees & former
employees of Times Mirror Co., subsidiaries
and charitable organizations in So.Calif.
25 5,000 - 50,000 education and medical
16 1956 W.D. Milliken
secretary
(310) 785-0658
17 1982 John Argue
(323) 730-9600
18 1969 John P. Pollock
president
(213) 426-6565
19 1989 Janice Taper Lazerof
president
(310) 476-5413
20 1973 Victoria Lund
president
(818) 291-4000
21 1952 Casey Wasserman
president, ceo
(310) 788-7733
22 1976 R. Miller./J. Shepard
co-trustees
(562) 696-1433
23 1953 Norman C. Obrow
president
(310) 277-4488
24 1936 Steve Meier
chairman, ceo
(213) 680-7460
25 1984 Ted Mann
president
(310) 284-8528
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EstPC Compiles Estelle into C. Doheny Foundation may have qualified for the list but did not submit survey on time. To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors typographical error - (typo) An error while inputting text via keyboard, made despite the fact that the user knows exactly what to type in. This usually results from the operator's inexperience at keyboarding, rushing, not paying attention, or carelessness. Compare: mouso, thinko. sometimes occur.
EDUCATION LEADS
Colleges and universities receive the largest
share of funding
Education 25%
Health 20%
Human Services 15%
Religion 2%
Social Sciences 2%
International Affairs 3%
Science & Technology 3%
Environment & Animals 6%
Public/Society Benefit 12%
Arts & Culture 12%
Source: Foundation Giving Trends, 2001
Note: Table made from pie chart
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