The Katie Mcgrath & Jj Abrams Family
Encino, CA · EIN 45-3682112. Reported 269 grants totalling $27.7M to 144 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Katie Mcgrath & Jj Abrams Family checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations The Katie Mcgrath & Jj Abrams Family funded make grants themselves, and it reported 10 grants totalling $3,860,000 to them. That is 20% of the $19.0M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $3,800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Entertainment Industry Foundation | federated giving programme | California | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | community foundation | California | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| International Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $2,150,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Publica Inc | New York, NY | $5,750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $3,800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $2,459,859 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Times Up Foundation | Washington, WA | $2,150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, CA | $2,100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Array Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $2,040,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The 19TH News | Austin, TX | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Motion Picture & Television Fund | Woodland Hills, CA | $725,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Womens Law Center | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $505,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $460,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aubin Pictures | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Paley Center for Media | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance | New York, NY | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Impact Capital Foundation | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Actors Fund of America | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Futures Lab | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| People for the American Way | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Latinx House | Fremont, OH | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Service of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $122,137 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Free and Fair Litigation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Legal Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | Beaverton, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Womens Law Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Opportunity Network | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Utah Film Center | Beverly Hills, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Academy Museum of Motion Pictures | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anti-Recidivism Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fair Count Inc | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| International Medical Corps | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Westside Food Bank | Santa Monica, CA | $72,386 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| US Ireland Alliance | Arlington, VA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The People Concern | Los Angeles, CA | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Destination Crenshaw | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Women's Media Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| La Community Action Network | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Promise Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Poderistas Community Fund | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stop Appi Hate | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Mission Continues | St Louis, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Vad Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Points North Institute | Camden, ME | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Forgotten Dog Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reading Partners Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Film Independent | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kpcc | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Action Network | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Entertainment Industry Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Refugee Assistance Project | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israaid | Palo Alto, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| March for Our Lives Foundation | Encino, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montclair Film | Montclair, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Trust for Local News | Lexington, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisades, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| School on Wheels | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Share Our Strength | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Simmons University | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Paniscus Project | Cambridge, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Childrens Rights | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Megunticook Watershed Association | Camden, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moste | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Yorkers for Children | Hartsdale, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seeds of Peace | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camden Public Library | Camden, ME | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Epilepsy Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Glsen | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Community Foundation | National City, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Manifestworks | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Plastic Pollution Coalition | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Laane | Los Angeles, CA | $10,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Abortion Freedom Fund | Middletown, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| ACLU Socal | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Advancement Project | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Advancement Project | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| BABY2BABY | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citizens of the World | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coastal Mountain Land Trust | Camden, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Coastal Mountains Land Trust | Camden, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Columbia University School of Arts | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Death Penalty Focus | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gwcf Kara Kennedy Fund | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hollyrod Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jhpiego | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Malaria No More | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pen America | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Monica Pal | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| So Ca Pub Radio | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Edward M Kennedy Institute for United States Senate | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unatti Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women Film | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Geffen Playhouse | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Heart | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Athletes for Hope | Bethesda, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Non-Violent Education & Parenting Dba Echo Training | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Year | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media | Marina Del Rey, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harness Community | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing California | Alhambra, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Independent School Alliance | Culver City, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Island Readers and Writers | Southwest Harbor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Narrative 4 Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| No Kid Hungry | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Obstetricians for Reproductive Justice | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pan-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Goldie Hawn Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kiwanis Club of Rolling Hills Estates | Palos Verdes, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Juvenile Law and Policy at Loyola Law School | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diamond in the Raw Foundation | Culver City, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Donorschoose | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eastern Maine Community College | Bangor, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kiwanis Club | Torrance, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sf Jazz | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mid-Coast Recreation Center | Rockport, ME | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
69 of 144 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Times Up Foundation
$2,050,000 UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT$100,000 WE, AS OURSELVES INITIATIVE - Pro Publica Inc
$1,250,000 UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT$500,000 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences
$100,000 FINANCIAL AID ENDOWNMENT$50,000 ANNUAL FUND$800,000 WORLDS UNIMAGINED CAMPAIGN - Hopewell Fund
DEMOCRACY DOCKET LEGAL FUND - Community Coalition
$300,000 FREEDOM SCHOOL PROGRAM$250,000 SOUTH CENTRAL YOUTH EMPOWERED THRU ACTION (SCYEA) PROGRAM$200,000 UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT - Array Alliance
$40,000 DR. STANLEY SEIDMAN GRANT FOR ART EDUCATORS$500,000 UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 173 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | $8,895,700 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 64 | $7,135,700 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 67 | $6,352,837 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 76 | $5,311,995 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Katie Mcgrath & Jj Abrams Family has 4 of them, worth $3,450,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Pro Publica Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 |
| Pro Publica Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| The 19TH News | Austin, TX | $250,000 |
| The Paley Center for Media | New York, NY | $200,000 |
Where its money goes
37% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Katie Mcgrath & Jj Abrams Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 16030 Ventura Blvd 320, Encino, CA, 91436. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 45-3682112 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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