Roth Family Foundation
The Roth Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Los Angeles, California. Its 2025 grants supported organizations working on civil liberties and trans rights, homelessness, youth services, arts and music, food assistance, and other community programs.
Roth Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Roth Family Foundation gave $1.1M across 14 grants in 2025 (avg $76K), mostly in New York. 50% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,063,167
- +215.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 14
- -12.5% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $75,941
- +260.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $17,000
- Total assets
- $4,802,370
- -10.3% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 50% first-time grantees (7 of 14, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- New York (71% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Roth Family Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: 3688 S Norton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90018-4043
Phone: (310) 717-1604
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Roth Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc ($500K). Together the top 10 received $1.0M.
Organizations only. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($14,000), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
51 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 38 grants of 51 (75%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In 2025, 71% of grant dollars went to recipients in New York, 23% to recipients in California, and 6% to recipients in Massachusetts. Listed recipients included organizations in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California, as well as organizations in New York and Massachusetts.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 14 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Roth Family Foundation open to new grantees?
50%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 7 of 14 grantees (50%) were first-time recipients. With only 14 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 7 points. First grants averaged $128K; repeat grants $24K. How we count
Medians: $52K first-time, $10K repeat.
- 29% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 473% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 454% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $186K (2022) to $5.1M (2021). In 2025 it made 14 grants totaling $1.1M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc New York, NY | Trans Rights Project | $500,000 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc New York, NY | General Operating Support | $250,000 |
| My Friend's Place Hollywood, CA | Capital Campaign | $100,000 |
| Documentary Educational Resources Watertown, MA | Finishing Costs for the Film "Cut to David" | $65,000 |
| North County LGBTQ Resource Center Oceanside, CA | To Support the Care of 31 Youth | $51,667 |
| Calibrate Pasadena, CA | General Operating Support | $20,000 |
| Southern California Grantmakers Los Angeles, CA | General Operating Support | $20,000 |
| 1 grant to individuals Recipients not named | — | $14,000 |
| California Community Foundation Los Angeles, CA | FBO La Partnership for Early Childhood Investment | $10,000 |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Los Angeles, CA | General Operating Support | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,802,370 | $776,574 | $1,028,712 | $1,063,167 | 14 | $1,079,924 | $741,363 | $237,974 |
| 2024 | $5,352,185 | $364,273 | $295,954 | $337,500 | 16 | $350,296 | $326,829 | $260,918 |
| 2023 | $5,205,805 | $3,508,866 | $723,914 | $287,500 | 8 | $301,429 | $3,493,663 | $198,451 |
| 2022 | $4,977,184 | $143,089 | $201,461 | $185,500 | 9 | $201,194 | $141,948 | $246,075 |
| 2021 | $5,261,660 | $290,785 | $5,126,688 | $5,101,550 | 4 | $68,509 | $249,287 | $391,239 |
| 2020 | $8,942,009 | $2,569,169 | $3,048,800 | $3,007,350 | 34 | — | $2,567,147 | $450,500 |
| 2019 | $11,722,760 | $1,063,417 | $1,500,258 | $1,462,450 | 40 | — | $1,061,168 | $544,017 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Roth Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $238K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its grants show support for a range of charitable work. For example, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund received a grant for its Trans Rights Project, and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation received general operating support. Other 2025 recipients included organizations supporting youth, arts and music, food assistance, and community programs.
Among organizations the foundation supported in 2024, My Friend’s Place describes its work as providing emergency and transitional shelter to people and families experiencing homelessness in Strafford County, New Hampshire. Street Poets describes itself as an arts education and violence-prevention program for system-impacted youth and young adults in Los Angeles County. Elevated Access says its volunteer pilots provide free transportation to help people access health care. These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own work.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 14 grants totaling $1,063,167. Awards ranged from $2,500 to $500,000, with a median of $17,000. Notable grants included $500,000 to Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund for its Trans Rights Project; $250,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation for general operating support; $100,000 to My Friend’s Place for a capital campaign; and $65,000 to Documentary Educational Resources for finishing costs for the film *Cut to David*.
Other 2025 grants included $51,667 to North County LGBTQ Resource Center to support the care of 31 youth, $20,000 each to Calibrate and Southern California Grantmakers for general operating support, and $10,000 to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank for general operating support.
In 2024, the foundation reported 16 grants totaling $337,500. Grantees that year included My Friend’s Place ($100,000), Street Poets ($50,000), Elevated Access ($25,000), and the National Network of Abortion Funds ($25,000). Its 2025 filing, the latest on this page, reports 14 grants totaling $1.1 million.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The foundation’s 2025 filing lists Rachel Roth as president, Andrea Roth-Fedida as treasurer, and Sarah Roth as secretary.
Roth Family Foundation is led by Rachel Roth, President since 2021 (on filings since 2019); none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rachel Roth
President
Vice President → President, 2021
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrea Roth-Fedida
Treasurer
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
$252 (2022) → $0 (2025)
Sarah Roth
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2021
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (5)
- Former: Michael P. Roth (2019–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Andrea Roth Fedida (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Dana Boldt (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Gil Garcetti (2019–2020) — President
- Former: Sukey Garcetti (2019–2020) — Treasurer
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2022 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2022 filing was $252, to Andrea Roth-Fedida (Treasurer).
Frequently asked questions about Roth Family Foundation
How much does Roth Family Foundation give each year?
Roth Family Foundation gave $1.1M across 14 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $338K across 16 grants.
What is Roth Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Roth Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $17,000, and its average grant was $75,941, across 14 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Roth Family Foundation that year got $128K on average.
Where does Roth Family Foundation give grants?
Roth Family Foundation gives mostly in New York: 71% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were California (23%) and Massachusetts (6%). The most frequent recipient cities were Los Angeles, CA (5 grants) and New York, NY (2 grants).
Does Roth Family Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 50% of Roth Family Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (7 of 14) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Roth Family Foundation's largest grantees?
Roth Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc ($500,000), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($250,000) and My Friend's Place ($100,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($14,000), which are not listed by name. Together they received 80% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Roth Family Foundation?
Roth Family Foundation reported $4.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $1.1M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $238K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Roth Family Foundation fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its grants show support for a range of charitable work. For example, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund received a grant for its Trans Rights Project, and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation received general operating support. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Roth Family Foundation?
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Roth Family Foundation's EIN?
Roth Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 88-0352682. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Roth Family Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 19, 2020)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 5, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Grantable. (2026). Roth Family Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/roth-family-foundation-morg_b4b3dca6b67e411cb0d788d6cac79d72
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