Fite Family Foundation

About Fite Family Foundation

A $650,000 grant to Girls Athletic Leadership School in Panorama City stands out in the Fite Family Foundation’s recent giving and points to a clear pattern: the foundation backs girls’ education and leadership through schools that combine academics and athletics. In the recent grants list, that support appears alongside a $250,000 gift to Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, reinforcing a preference for direct institutional support rather than broad, diffuse funding. The foundation’s grant history shows repeated commitments to schools and education-related organizations, with some recipients appearing across multiple years and at multiple sizes. It also uses its giving for family-directed philanthropy through the Fite Family Fund, which receives large financial support grants. Alongside education, the foundation has made grants to universities and health-related organizations, including George Washington University, Duke University, and children’s health charities. Most of its recent grants go to recipients in California, especially the Los Angeles area, but the pattern also extends to other states through national institutions and named funds. The overall profile is of a family foundation making substantial, targeted cash grants with a strong emphasis on young women’s development and selected institutional partners.

What Fite Family Foundation Funds

Girls’ education and leadership are central to the foundation’s recent grantmaking. It gave $650,000 to Girls Athletic Leadership School in Panorama City for financial support, and another $250,000 to Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles for financial support. The foundation also backed Pluralistic School One in Santa Monica with $50,000, extending that education focus to another local school. Beyond K–12 education, the foundation supports higher education and institutional learning environments. It gave $135,000 to George Washington University and $85,000 to Duke University, both described as financial support. Health-related giving appears as well: California Hospital Medical Center Foundation in Los Angeles received $50,000, and Alsac St Jude Childrens Hospital in Santa Ana received $30,000. These grants suggest a mix of school-based, university-based, and community health support rather than a single-purpose fund.

How Fite Family Foundation Gives