Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
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About Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
To continue Ella Fitzgerald's charitable goals by providing grants that create educational opportunities for children, foster a love and knowledge of music, provide health care/food/shelter/counseling to those in need, and support medical research (with emphasis on diabetes, vision problems and heart disease).
Focus Areas
Children and youth programsMusic education and outreachLiteracy and reading programsAfter-school enrichmentScholarships for college (grants to organizations to fund scholarships)Health care access (free/low-cost health and dental care)Food and shelter servicesMedical research (diabetes, heart disease, vision/eye problems, childhood illnesses)
Who They Fund
scholarship recipients / studentsLos Angeles–based organizations
About Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation’s giving follows Ella Fitzgerald’s charitable goals: education for children, music learning, health care and basic needs, and medical research with emphasis on diabetes, vision problems, and heart disease. Recent grants show that pattern in practice, with unrestricted support going to major cultural, educational, and human-services organizations as well as scholarship funding. The largest recent grant listed is $100,000 to Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, and the foundation also made a $50,649 scholarship grant to Ncuu Foundation Inc for students. Its grantmaking includes support for music-related institutions such as Apollo Theater Foundation and Grammy Museum Mississippi, alongside funding for food and shelter services, literacy, and health access. The foundation also funds individuals through scholarship activity, but its recent public grant record is dominated by organization-based awards. Most grants in the latest data are unrestricted, suggesting flexibility in how recipients use the funds.
What Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Funds
Education for children is a recurring theme in the foundation’s recent grants. It gave $41,916 to Los Angeles Regional Food Bank for unrestricted support and $34,973 to Spread the Word NV in Henderson for unrestricted support, reflecting direct help for community-serving organizations. Music education and cultural learning also appear in the record: the foundation awarded $36,250 to Apollo Theater Foundation in New York for unrestricted support and $26,160 to Grammy Museum Mississippi in Cleveland for unrestricted support. Health-related giving includes $32,346 to Venice Family Clinic in Venice for unrestricted support and $30,000 to American Heart Association in Dallas for unrestricted support. The grant list also shows support for higher education through scholarships, including the $50,649 award to Ncuu Foundation Inc.
How Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Gives
Typical awards are modest relative to the foundation’s total annual giving: the 25th percentile is $3,214, the median is $6,167, and the 75th percentile is $11,453. The recent grants table shows a much wider upper range, with several six-figure and mid-five-figure grants. Most awards in the file are unrestricted. The foundation’s public grant history shows repeated support for some recipients across 2024 and 2025, including Salvation Army Varcenterspgms, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Venice Family Clinic, North Carolina Central University, and Apollo Theater Foundation. It does not accept unsolicited applications in its listed grant programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.5M
Total Assets
$17.9M
Total Revenue
$3M
Total Expenses
$2.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $11K, with a median of $6K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$6K
75th Percentile
$11K
Geographic Reach
Regional25 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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