Supports the Long Beach Symphony’s artistic, education, and community programs (performances, education outreach, and community grants) to bring orchestral music to the Long Beach region.
Foundation for the Long Beach Symphony’s recent giving is centered on general support for the Long Beach Symphony Association, with the largest listed grant at $172,541 in 2025. That pattern points to a funder that backs the Symphony as an operating and community institution rather than funding only isolated projects. Across the grants on file, support stays tied to orchestral music, education, and community engagement in Long Beach and surrounding communities. The foundation’s current grant programs also point to performance presentation, education outreach, collaborative arts projects, and community access to music. Recent awards include $114,224 in 2024 and two 2023 grants of $103,538 and $94,181, all to the same organization for general support. In practice, the foundation appears to fund the Symphony’s core artistic and public-facing work, including performances, education outreach, and community grants. Its grantmaking is local and entirely California-based in the data provided.
In performing arts, the foundation supported the Long Beach Symphony Association with $172,541 in 2025 for general support. Another general support grant of $114,224 followed in 2024, reinforcing the role of core operating funding in this portfolio. The grant programs also point to concert presentation and collaborative arts projects as eligible work under posted opportunities. Music education is a clear part of the foundation’s stated activity. Its program descriptions reference education outreach, youth programs, and music education in Long Beach and surrounding communities. That theme also appears in the Long Beach Symphony Foundation — Community/Foundation Grants program, which is framed around orchestral music, music education, and community engagement. Community arts programs are another emphasis. The foundation’s community-grants language includes community organizations, arts accessibility, and youth programs, with a local geography centered on Long Beach and Greater Long Beach. This shows a mix of institutional support and community-facing arts funding.
The recent grants list shows a tight grant-size band: p25 is $101,199, median is $108,881, and p75 is $128,803. The foundation’s recent awards are recurring rather than one-off, with the same recipient appearing across 2023, 2024, and 2025. The grants are structured as general support, matching the foundation’s flexible, non-project-specific funding style. The organization does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. On the data provided, grantmaking is local and entirely within California.
$137K
$3M
$172K
$187K
Most grants fall between $101K and $129K, with a median of $109K.
25th Percentile
$101K
Median
$109K
75th Percentile
$129K
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Grant activity is concentrated in Long Beach, with the recent-grants table showing four awards to Long Beach, CA recipients. The top state by grant count is California, and 100% of grants in the provided data go to recipients in the HQ state. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based. Program descriptions also point to a local reach across Long Beach, Los Angeles County, and the broader Southern California area.
Its stated focus areas are performing arts, music education, and community arts programs. The program language also references concert presentation, community outreach, collaborative arts projects, youth programs, and arts accessibility in Long Beach and surrounding communities.
Yes. The recent grants listed are all marked general support, including $172,541 in 2025, $114,224 in 2024, and two 2023 grants of $103,538 and $94,181.
The foundation’s geographic scope is local. In the data provided, 100% of grants go to recipients in California, and the recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
The same recipient appears across multiple years in the recent grants list, with grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern suggests recurring support rather than isolated one-time awards.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals, according to the provided data.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG BEACH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION | LONG BEACH, CA | $136,667 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| LONG BEACH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION | LONG BEACH, CA | $172,541 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LONG BEACH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION | LONG BEACH, CA | $114,224 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LONG BEACH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION | LONG BEACH, CA | $103,538 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LONG BEACH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION | LONG BEACH, CA | $94,181 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |