Adams Fund Grants
Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-6015986 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 · Latest filing: preselected organizations only
Adams Fund is a private foundation based in Los Angeles, CA (EIN 95-6015986). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $2.2M paid in 100 grants, with a median grant of $10K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $15.5M. Its latest 990-PF says it contributes only to preselected organizations.
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- Total grants paid
- $2.2M
- Grants reported
- 100
- Typical grant
- $10K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $15.5M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
This foundation's latest 990-PF says it contributes only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: ADAMS FUND
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where Adams Fund gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/adams-fund-956015986
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoag Hospital | Newport Beach, CA | Reasearch | Tax year 20252025 | $300K |
| Havard Westlake School | Los Angeles, CA | Support | Tax year 20242024 | $140K |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | Research | Tax year 20242024 | $112.5K |
| Havard Westlake School | Los Angeles, CA | Support | Tax year 20252025 | $100K |
| Meaning Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Support | Tax year 20242024 | $100K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (100 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Adams Fund's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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