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Who does The Herb Alpert Foundation fund?

The Herb Alpert Foundation has awarded $37 million across 434 grants to 170 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $15,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $30,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$37.0M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
170
Grants
434
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 170 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
California Institute of the Arts $5.5M52020–20242024CA
U UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music $3.4M42020–20232023— —
Good People Fund INC $2.4M52020–20242024NJ
Harlem School of the Arts INC $2.1M52020–20242024NY
The Louisiana Museum Foundation $1.7M52020–20242024LA
C Chrysalis $1.3M52020–20242024— —
U UCLA Foundation UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music $1.3M120242024— —
Pacific Jazz Orchestra $1.2M22023–20242024CA
P S Arts $1.2M52020–20242024CA
C California State Summer School Foundation $1.1M32022–20242024— —
T The Harmony Project $762K52020–20242024— —
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz $750K32022–20242024DC
T The Jazz Foundation $705K52020–20242024— —
F Fulcrum Arts FBO Sappa $605K52020–20242024— —
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank $600K42020–20232023CA
H Herbie Hancock Institute $500K120202020— —
Turnaround Arts California $500K52020–20242024CA
K King Baudouin Foundation $400K120232023— —
California State University - Northridge Foundation $400K52020–20242024CA
Homeboy Industries $395K52020–20242024CA
C California State Summer School for the Arts $382K120202020— —
T The Kennedy Center FBO Turnaround Arts (pcah) $300K32020–20222022— —
Jazz House Kids INC $300K32020–20222022NJ
N New Orleans Arts and Cultural Host Committee $250K120202020— —
The Painted Turtle $250K52020–20242024CA
The Actors Fund of America $250K120232023NY
L Leadercomm Global Community $225K32022–20242024— —
C Community Partners $215K22021–20222022— —
United States Artists INC $200K120202020IL
Rediscover $195K52020–20242024MO
S Southern Poverty Law Center INC $195K52020–20242024AL
Venice Arts $190K52020–20242024CA
Contra-Tiempo $180K52020–20242024CA
A Artworxlathe Heart Project $180K52020–20242024— —
C Csssa Foundation $178K120212021— —
T The Actors' Gang $175K52020–20242024— —
Ascap Foundation $175K52020–20242024NY
Plaza De La Raza INC $165K52020–20242024CA
I Individual recipient $160K42020–20232023— —
I Individual recipient $160K52020–20242024— —
Y Young Storytellers Foundation $155K52020–20242024— —
Sol-La Music Academy INC $155K52020–20242024CA
Casa 0101 INC $155K52020–20242024CA
Skirball Cultural Center $150K52020–20242024CA
T The World Stage $150K52020–20242024— —
Leadership Foundations $150K22020–20212021WA
Berklee College of Music INC $150K32020–20232023MA
Grammy Museum Foundation INC $150K52020–20242024CA
P Pen America La Pen Center West $140K52020–20242024— —
Dream a World Education INC $135K52020–20242024CA
California Dance Institute $135K52020–20242024CA
I Individual recipient $130K52020–20242024— —
1 18th Street Arts Center $130K52020–20242024— —
L La City College $130K22022–20242024— —
Gerry and Franca Mulligan Foundation INC $125K52020–20242024CT
Jazz Education Network $125K52020–20242024IL
Vision to Learn $125K52020–20242024CA
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra $120K52020–20242024CA
Ghetto Film School INC $110K52020–20242024NY
A Angel City Arts $110K52020–20242024CA
International Trumpet Guild $106K42020–20242024MS
F Free Arts Org $100K52020–20242024— —
Field Museum of Natural History $100K120242024IL
U UCLA Foundation Music Partnership $100K22022–20242024— —
C Community Partners FBO Libros Schmibros Lending $100K32020–20242024— —
M Music Center $100K120232023— —
T The Unusual Suspects $90K32022–20242024— —
R Ryman-Carroll Foundation Previously Ryman Arts $85K32022–20242024— —
L La Jazz Society $81K32022–20242024— —
T The Jazz Bakery $80K22020–20232023— —
Music Mends Minds INC $79K52020–20242024CA
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles $75K32022–20242024CA
C Create La $75K32022–20242024— —
M Madison Project Foundation $70K22020–20212021— —
Arts for L A $70K52020–20242024CA
Arts for Healing and Justice Network $65K32022–20242024CA
C Concern Foundation $64K52020–20242024— —
Conga Kids $60K42020–20242024CA
C Community Partners FBO L A Commons $60K22023–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $60K22023–20242024— —
T The Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation $60K22020–20212021— —
T The Library Foundation $50K22020–20212021— —
F Friends of Malibu Urgent Care $50K120232023— —
Americans for the Arts INC $50K22020–20222022DC
C Community Partners FBO Write Girl $50K22023–20242024— —
Los Angeles Jazz Society $50K22020–20212021CA
S Snapshots Music and Arts $50K120202020— —
Southern California Grantmakers $48K52020–20242024CA
C California Alliance for Arts Education $45K22020–20212021— —
Grantmakers in the Arts $40K42020–20232023NY
R Ryman Arts $40K22020–20212021— —
T The Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy $40K42020–20242024— —
S Scholarship Audition Performance Prepatory Academy $35K120242024— —
M Madison Project Foundation DBA the Broad Stage $35K120222022— —
C Community Partners FBO La Commons $35K120202020— —
A Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network $35K22020–20212021— —
L Los Angeles City College $32K22020–20212021— —
U Unusual Suspects Theatre $30K120202020— —
E Everybody Dances La Fka the Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation $30K120222022— —
I Illumination Foundation $30K32022–20242024— —

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