Life Change Warriors Foundation

Rags for Riches Foundation

Culver City, CA

To raise monies for charities

The Welk Family Philanthropies Inc

Culver City, CA

Guthrie Family Foundation

Redondo Beach, CA

The Held Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The Held Foundation supports healthcare access, youth and family opportunity, Jewish life, and food security, with a focus on strengthening communities across Southern California. In 2024, its nine grants ranged from $250 to $61,000, with a median of $1,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected charitable organizations.

RAR Family Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

In 2025, the RAR Family Foundation gave general support to charitable organizations, including groups working in health, housing, and family services, with most funding going to California and the rest to New York. Grants ranged from $5,000 to $100,000, with a median of $45,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Play Equity Fund

Los Angeles, CA

The Play Equity Fund supports sport- and play-based programs that advance gender equity and social justice, raise awareness of equity in sports, and provide youth development. In 2024, grants ranged from $5,200 to $110,200, with a median of $50,000; 94% of funding went to California and 6% to New York. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Specialty Family Foundation

El Segundo, CA

SPECIALTY FAMILY FOUNDATION funded Catholic education, housing, substance use treatment, and programs addressing poverty, with a focus on vulnerable children, youth, and families in Los Angeles County. In 2020, it made 55 grants totaling about $2.24 million; grants ranged from $320 to $348,133, with a median of $15,000. Its 2020 filing says it did not accept unsolicited requests; the California entity filed a final return after merging in 2021.

Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc

Los Angeles, CA

The foundation supports animal welfare, including rescue and rehabilitation of animals in captivity worldwide, and programs addressing poverty, especially education, housing, health, and employment for underserved communities in the Los Angeles region. In 2024, grants ranged from $5,000 to $3.5 million, with a median of $150,000; most funding went to California organizations. It makes grants only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Snap Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

Snap Foundation funds nonprofits and collaboratives creating arts, creative education, career-readiness, and workforce pathways for underrepresented youth, primarily in Los Angeles. Its 2024 grants ranged from $10,000 to $250,000, with a median of $100,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Deutsch Foundation

Santa Monica, CA

The Deutsch Foundation supports nonprofit work benefiting children, youth, and families in Los Angeles County, with focus areas in education, humanitarian services, and capacity building. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $1 million, with a median of $100,000. It funds preselected organizations only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Clark and Kathryn Porter

Pacific Palisades, CA

The foundation supports a mix of schools, environmental, health, humanitarian, and food-assistance organizations, with most funding going to California and some grants going to other states. In 2024, grants ranged from $200 to $30,000, with a median of $1,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

United Way Inc

Los Angeles, CA

United Way of Greater Los Angeles funds local organizations working on homelessness and crisis needs, housing, community wealth building, and community college success in L.A. County. Its 2025 grants ranged from $9,350 to $585,000, with a median grant of $73,000. The Prosperity Fund is closed to new applications; other listed opportunities are targeted, and the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.