The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation Grants
Private foundation · San Francisco, CA · EIN 23-7425637 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications
The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation is a private foundation based in San Francisco, CA (EIN 23-7425637). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $9.2M paid in 9 grants, with a median grant of $200K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $154.4M. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE WALT AND LILLY DISNEY FOUNDATION
Where The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation 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.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Walt Disney Family Museum | San Francisco, CA | Education - arts | Tax year 20242024 | $7.5M |
| Walt Disney Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Education - arts | Tax year 20242024 | $700K |
| California Institute of the Arts | Santa Clarita, CA | Arts | Tax year 20242024 | $300K |
| La Philharmonic Association | Los Angeles, CA | Arts | Tax year 20242024 | $250K |
| Walt Disney Magnet School | Chicago, IL | Education - arts | Tax year 20242024 | $200K |
Showing 5 of the 9 largest grants (9 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). 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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