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The Louis B Mayer Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 95-2232340 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
- Total grants paid
- $1.1M
- Grants reported
- 30
- Median grant
- $42.5K
- Future commitments
- None reported
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | $583K |
| 2024 | 13 | $530K |
Where The Louis B Mayer Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Eastman Museum | Rochester, NY | Digitization of the personal papers of independent filmmaker Leo Hurwitz. | 2024 | $101K |
| George Eastman Museum | Rochester, NY | Roof replacement for LBM Conservation Center. | 2025 | $85K |
| George Eastman Museum | Rochester, NY | Upgrade to LBM Conservation Center back-up generator and installation. | 2024 | $64.5K |
| American Cinematheque | Los Angeles, CA | For upgraded projection equipment. | 2025 | $57K |
| UCLA Film and Television Archive | Los Angeles, CA | TBD - Preservation of The Forbidden Valley. | 2024 | $55K |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | Dr. Ray - Targeting Alzheimer's Disease with Immunotherapy. | 2025 | $51K |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | Dr. Ray - Targeting Alzheimer's Disease with Immuno-therapy. | 2024 | $50K |
| George Eastman Museum | Rochester, NY | Film Atlas Project with Seaver Center. | 2025 | $50K |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA | Small vessel disease in the heart and brain; identifying biomarkers for dementia treatment targets. | 2025 | $50K |
| Northeast Historic Film | Bucksport, ME | Unrestricted, one-time emergency funding. | 2025 | $50K |
| Mt Sinai Medical Center | New York, NY | Enhancing Anti-tumor immune Response and Flash Radiation in Pediatric Diffuse Midline Glioma. | 2024 | $50K |
| Vanguard Charitable | Warwick, RI | The Louis B. Mayer Donor Advised Fund. | 2024 | $48.5K |
| Association of Moving Image Archivi | Los Angeles, CA | For film restoration support including fellowships, "The Moving Image" journal, equipment kits for loan, and training via webinars and a conversation series. | 2025 | $47.5K |
| UC Berkeley Art MuseumPacific Film | Berkeley, CA | Preservation of 5 short films by Jordon Belson. | 2025 | $45K |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Brookline, MA | Dr. Reinherz - Harnessing T Cells for Immune-oncology. | 2024 | $45K |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | Dr. Gordon - Targeting metabolic adaptations to boost immunotherapy effectiveness in Osteosarcoma. | 2025 | $40K |
| George Eastman Museum | Rochester, NY | Film Atlas Project with Seaver Center. | 2024 | $40K |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital | Cincinnati, OH | Dr. Zheng / Understanding the mechanism of how normal blood cells transition to MDS and Leukemia cells for developing novel therapeutics. | 2025 | $30K |
| UC Berkeley Art MuseumPacific Film | Berkeley, CA | CineFiles Film Document Imaging Project. | 2025 | $25K |
| Arts Resources in Collaboration Inc | New York, NY | To support the Eye on Dance Archive Legacy Project | 2024 | $25K |
| UC Berkeley Art MuseumPacific Film | Berkeley, CA | For the CineFiles Film Document Imaging Project. | 2024 | $25K |
| Arts Resources in Collaboration Inc | New York, NY | To support the Eye on Dance Archive Legacy Project | 2025 | $20K |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | Columbia Publishing Course 5-year Scholarship. | 2024 | $11K |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | The Robert Gottlieb Memorial Scholarship - Columbia Publishing Course. | 2025 | $11K |
| George Eastman Museum | Rochester, NY | Louis B. Mayer Foundation Fellowship Program. | 2025 | $10K |
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Louis B Mayer Foundation'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 e-file archive.