The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 47-1084641. Reported 81 grants totalling $10.3M to 64 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 64 distinct organizations, with 27% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 18% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $32,500. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $935,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esperanza Community Housing Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $2,770,943 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Eviction Defense Network | Los Angeles, CA | $1,360,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Johns Community Health | Los Angeles, CA | $1,193,888 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rightway Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $564,918 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Social Impact Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $443,351 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Calls Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $399,118 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Onegeneration | Van Nuys, CA | $363,445 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Childrens Law Center of California | Monterey Park, CA | $335,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Expanded Learning Alliance Expandla | Los Angeles, CA | $295,460 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Los Angeles Dept of Animal Servi | Los Angeles, CA | $252,900 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges | Los Angeles, CA | $234,054 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment | Los Angeles, CA | $140,464 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator | Los Angeles, CA | $139,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban Alchemy | San Francisco, CA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Global Philanthropy Partnership | Chicago, IL | $85,295 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Initiating Change in Our Neighborhoods Community Dev Corp | Pacoima, CA | $84,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Managed Career Solutions Spc | Los Angeles, CA | $84,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| My Friends House Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social Model Recovery Systems Inc | Covina, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Homeless Health Care Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gryd Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $51,666 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vermont-Slauson Ldc Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $50,521 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Barrio Planners Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $42,188 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights | Los Angeles, CA | $37,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| L a Voice | Los Angeles, CA | $32,860 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship | New York, NY | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Workforce Investment Board of the City of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $27,052 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Better Angels United Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Core Community Organized Relief Effort | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Economic Development Corporation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Christian Health Centers | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unite-La Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ilm Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Shaw Community Transformation Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management | Los Angeles, CA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cangress | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Parks Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Indian Chamber of Commerce of California | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Century City Chamber of Commerce | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chatsworth Porter Ranch Chamber of Commerce | Chatsworth, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Get Lit Words Ignite Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Boyle Heights Chamber of Commerce | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce | Van Nuys, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce | Encino, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lax Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce | Westchester, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley | Sherman Oaks, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Venice Chamber of Commerce | Venice, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wilmington Chamber of Commerce | Wilmington, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodland Hills Chamber of Commerce | Woodland Hls, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Armenian National Committee Western Region | Glendale, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Women for Wellness | Los Angeles, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Build Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Chinese American Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Innercity Struggle | Los Angeles, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Keeping All Communities Informed and Engaged | Burbank, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Koreatown Youth and Community Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Womens Christian Association of Greater Los Angeles California | Los Angeles, CA | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Library Foundation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
13 of 64 (20%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Social Impact Fund
EVOLVE ENTERTAINMENT FUND - City of Los Angeles
WORKFORCE EQUITY DEMONSTRATION - The Foundation for La Community Colleges
CV-19 DACA FEES-COLLEGE PROMISE - Initiating Change in Our Neighborhoods
CV-19 - STREET VENDORS/BUSINESS - My Friend's House Foundation
CV-19 - HOMELESSNESS VACCINE - Social Model Recovery Systems Inc
CV-19 - MOVE/HOMELESS VACCINE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 43 of 64 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $1,977,197 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $2,021,485 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 7 | $2,676,029 | $399,118 |
| 2024 | 6 | $970,255 | $95,544 |
| 2025 | 9 | $2,625,737 | $125,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
29 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 40 grants totalling $9,185,500 to The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles. That is 43% of the 67 funders we can see giving to it. Those 29 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a community foundation.
8 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iger Bay Foundation | Delaware | $5,050,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The California Endowment | California | $1,225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation | California | $630,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Hearthland Foundation | California | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wasserman Foundation | California | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York | $353,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The James Irvine Foundation | California | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Maryland | $100,308 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| East West Bank Foundation | California | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society | New York | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 29.
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $32,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 9 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1000 N Alameda St 340, Los Angeles, CA, 90012.
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