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Largest Private Foundations
Los Angeles County

Ranked by Total Book Value Assets

Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Getty Center from the air, supported by the J. Paul Getty Trust. Photo by Jelson25 via Wikimedia Commons.


Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
J Paul Getty Trust Named Trust $10,778,929,123 Los Angeles 1954
Conrad N Hilton Foundation Private Grantmaking $4,101,713,350 Agoura Hills 1990
The California Endowment Private Independent $3,446,801,045 Los Angeles 1996
Norton Simon Foundation Private Grantmaking $1,797,886,197 Pasadena 1954
Broad Foundation Private Independent $1,797,812,814 Los Angeles 1999
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Norton Simon Art Foundation Fund Raising / Fund Distribution $1,644,035,362 Pasadena 1957
W M Keck Foundation Private Grantmaking $1,638,138,521 Los Angeles 1959
The Ahmanson Foundation Private Grantmaking $1,220,048,082 Beverly Hills 1955
The California Wellness Foundation Single Organization Support $1,019,755,165 Los Angeles 1991
Weingart Foundation Private Grantmaking $830,894,039 Los Angeles 1952
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Kavli Foundation Private Independent $660,487,921 Los Angeles 2001
Broad Art Foundation Fund Raising / Fund Distribution $622,456,421 Los Angeles 1998
The Broad Art Museum $573,557,667 Los Angeles 2011
The David Geffen Foundation Private Grantmaking $526,821,989 Los Angeles 1987
Ralph M Parsons Foundation Private Grantmaking $412,929,990 Los Angeles 1963
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Windsong Trust Private Independent $405,765,254 Manhattan Beach 2004
Craig H Neilsen Foundation Private Grantmaking $405,058,532 Encino (Los Angeles) 2004
Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation Private Grantmaking $353,010,874 Los Angeles 1956
Unihealth Foundation Community Health System $315,423,572 Los Angeles 1985
Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Private Grantmaking $284,509,813 Santa Monica 2018
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Michael A Considine Foundation Philanthropy, Voluntarism, & Grantmaking $284,509,813 Claremont 1996
Dan Murphy Foundation Private Grantmaking $280,929,861 Los Angeles 1959
Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc Private Independent $260,206,954 Los Angeles 2014
Helen & Wil Webster Foundation Private Grantmaking $257,573,629 Altadena 1997
Helen & Jose Colton Foundation Private Independent $257,573,629 Los Angeles 2014
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Saul Brandman Foundation Private Grantmaking $251,558,804 Beverly Hills 1994
Wunderkinder Foundation Private Grantmaking $244,055,492 Los Angeles 1982
Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation Private Independent $236,459,881 West Hollywood 2010
Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Private Independent $231,517,293 Santa Monica 2003
Merkin Family Foundation Private Independent $228,667,698 Marina del Rey 2004
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching Private Grantmaking $227,949,888 Los Angeles 1985
The Chan Soon-Shion Family Foundation Private Grantmaking $220,943,500 Culver City 2010
Dart-L Foundation Private Grantmaking $211,916,353 Los Angeles 2017
David Hockney Foundation Inc Private Grantmaking $210,476,556 Los Angeles 2010
Smidt Foundation Private Grantmaking $209,740,330 Calabasas 2017
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Karsh Family Foundation Private Grantmaking $194,281,082 Beverly Hills 1999
LA84 Foundation Private Independent $190,219,767 Los Angeles 1990
Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation Private Grantmaking $183,326,727 Los Angeles 2006
Otis Booth Foundation Private Grantmaking $181,808,442 Los Angeles 1967
JHM Charitable Foundation Private Grantmaking $180,988,173 Manhattan Beach 2012
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation Private Independent $179,490,057 Santa Monica 2002
Colburn Foundation Private Independent $176,145,907 Los Angeles 1999
Fletcher Jones Foundation Private Grantmaking $171,018,850 Pasadena 1969
Michelson Medical Research Foundation Inc Private Grantmaking $153,609,395 Los Angeles 1996
Colburn Music Fund Music $146,867,171 Los Angeles 2000
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Wallis Annenberg Legacy Foundation Private Independent $145,562,173 Los Angeles 2011
Wasserman Foundation Private Grantmaking $142,881,526 Los Angeles 1957
Roy & Patricia Disney Family Foundation Private Independent $140,930,030 Burbank 2016
Johnny Carson Foundation Private Grantmaking $138,749,732 Encino (Los Angeles) 2006
The Green Foundation Private Grantmaking $137,803,464 Pasadena 1995
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Fritz B Burns Foundation Specifically Named Disease $131,479,874 Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) 1995
Angell Foundation Private Grantmaking $129,849,291 Los Angeles 2003
Broad Reach Foundation Private Grantmaking $127,755,130 Los Angeles 2001
The Eisner Foundation Inc Private Grantmaking $126,400,447 Beverly Hills 1996
James G Boswell Foundation Private Grantmaking $125,201,679 Pasadena 1948
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Marion & John E Anderson Foundation Private Grantmaking $121,107,597 Los Angeles 1986
Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Private Independent $115,990,283 Los Angeles 2000
Max H Gluck Foundation Inc Private Grantmaking $114,790,781 Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) 1985
Hoag Foundation Private Grantmaking $113,334,965 Burbank 1991
Lowell Milken Family Foundation Private Grantmaking $111,901,243 Santa Monica 1987
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes Foundation Private Grantmaking $107,970,056 Agoura Hills 1997
Edgerton Foundation Private Grantmaking $107,143,080 Los Angeles 2001
The Goldrich Family Foundation Private Grantmaking $105,190,248 Culver City 1988
Shapell Guerin Family Foundation Private Grantmaking $102,794,043 Beverly Hills 1961
Archstone Foundation Group Health Practice (Health Maintenance Organization) $102,165,257 Burbank 1987
Name Type Total Assets* Location Tax-Exempt Since
Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation Fund Raising / Fund Distribution $101,746,130 Los Angeles 1994
The Milken Family Foundation Private Grantmaking $99,205,599 Santa Monica 1998

* Book value of Total Assets for 2019, except where noted.
† Asset data are for 2018.
‡ Asset data are for 2016.

Sources:
Open 990;
990 Finder (Foundation Center);
ProPublica Non-Profits Explorer;
Almanac Research