Hollywood Foreign Press Association
West Hollywood, CA · EIN 95-3735188. Reported 149 grants totalling $7,614,940 to 91 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Hollywood Foreign Press Association did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $65,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $224,920. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $520,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Film Independent Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $509,840 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sundance Institute | Park City, UT | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California State University - Northridge Foundation | Northridge, CA | $340,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation | Fullerton, CA | $335,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California State University Long Beach Research Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $335,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA | $297,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| California State University Los Angeles Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $250,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southwestern Law School | Los Angeles, CA | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mt San Antonio College Foundation | Walnut, CA | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Film Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sundance Institute | Beverly Hills, CA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| California State University Dominguez Hills Foundation | Carson, CA | $173,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Big Brother Big Sisters of Greater La | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cal State Dominguez Hills | Carson, CA | $146,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Los Angeles City College Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| UCLA School of Theater Film and Tv | Los Angeles, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Inner-City Filmmakers | Oxnard, CA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Los Angeles Valley College Foundation | Van Nuys, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles City College | Los Angeles, CA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Santa Monica College Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Santa Monica College | Santa Monica, CA | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Filmaid International Inc | Beechhurst, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Consortium of Investigative | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Hispanic Media Coalition | La Habra Hgts, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| La Valley College Foundation | Van Nuys, CA | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| International Documentary Association Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women in Film | Los Angeles, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | Woodland Hills, CA | $83,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Outfest | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Australians in Film Foundation | Hollywood, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Veterans in Media & Entertainment | Los Angeles, CA | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brooklyn College Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California State Summer School Arts Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| International Women's Media Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| La County High School for the Arts Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pen America Los Angeles | Beverly Hills, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Propublica | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Streetlights | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| USC Art & Engineering Magnet | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Camera News Inc Dba Third World Newsreel | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cerritos College Foundation | Narwal, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| FILM2FUTURE Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Get Lit Words Ignite Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Respectability | Fredericskburg, VA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Debbie Allen Dance Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Inner-City Arts | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Los Angeles Press Club | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Veterans in Film and Tv | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Women Make Movies Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Black Tv & Film Collective Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dag Hammarskjold Fund for Journalists | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Easterseals Central California | Fresno, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Echo Park Film Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Glendale College Foundation Incorporated | Glendale, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inquirefirst | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kids in the Spotlight Inc | Burbank, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Los Angeles Lgbt Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Popstheclubcom Inc a California Public Benefit Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southern California Public Radio | Pasadena, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United States Veterans' Artists Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Venice Arts | Venice, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Motion Picture & Television Fund | Woodland Hills, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Music Mends Minds Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Barcid Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Year | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Year Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| La Plaza De Cultura Y Artes | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Latino International Film Institute | Glendale, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Military Veterans in Journalism | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Military Veterans in Journalism Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mockingbird Incubator | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sag-Aftra Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sharewell | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tomorrows Filmmakers Today | Studio City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Voices Now Inc | Rolling Hills Estates, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zimmer Children's Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| ACLU Foundation of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian Americna Journalists Association | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Born to Act Players Corp | Reseda, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cinema Tropical | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Pablove Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
38 of 91 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 30%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Sundance Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FEATURE FILM LABS - California State University Long Beach Research Foundation
FILM PRODUCTION COSTS FOR STUDENT FILMS - UCLA School of Theater Film and Tv
DIRECTING AND ACTING FELLOWSHIPS, FILM FESTIVAL - California State University Los Angeles Foundation
HFPA SCHOLARSHIP/FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENTS - American Film Institute Inc
HFPA SCHOLARSHIP/FELLOWSHIPS ENDOWMENTS - Film Independent Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT/PROJECT INVOLVE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 119 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 57 | $3,219,000 | $45,000 |
| 2021 | 10 | $315,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 44 | $2,116,720 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $1,964,220 | $30,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 86% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $30,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Hollywood Foreign Press Association's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 650 North Robertson Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, 90069. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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