John and Katherine Gurash Foundation
ActivePhilanthropy & Voluntarism
LOS ANGELES, CA3105578100
About John and Katherine Gurash Foundation
The John and Katherine Gurash Foundation concentrates its giving in Southern California on organizations providing basic needs and community services, favoring core-operating support. Its largest grants repeatedly fund three main areas: girls’ secondary education, regional hospital care, and food recovery/distribution, with smaller support for homeless services. Grants are typically unrestricted and aimed at sustaining ongoing programs rather than project-specific initiatives.
Focus Areas
Alternative/charter girls’ secondary education in Los Angeles (New Village Girls Academy)Regional hospital and community healthcare in rural/underserved California (Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley)Food recovery and redistribution organizations serving Los Angeles County (Food Forward)Homeless services and supportive housing providers in Los Angeles (The People Concern)
Who They Fund
not specified
Giving Approach
Concentrated giving to a small set of repeat grantees (three organizations received the bulk of funding via multiple grants), primarily general operating support; locally focused within Southern California and balanced across health, food security, education, and homelessness.
About John and Katherine Gurash Foundation
The John and Katherine Gurash Foundation has made three organizations its clearest recurring priorities: Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley, New Village Girls Academy, and Food Forward each received $35,000 grants in 2025, matching the foundation’s pattern of sustaining a small set of Southern California institutions over multiple years. The grants are framed as general fund support rather than restricted project awards, which points to a preference for flexible operating dollars. That approach also shows up in repeat gifts to The People Concern, CA Hospital Med Center Foundation, Goodwill Southern California, Union Station Homeless Services, and St John's Well Child Family Center. Across these awards, the foundation backs organizations working in girls’ education, hospital and community health, food recovery, and homelessness-related services. The recent record shows a consistent rhythm: the same core grantees appear in 2023, 2024, and 2025, usually at similar size bands, suggesting ongoing support instead of one-time project funding. For researchers, the clearest signal is a local funder focused on organizational stability for direct-service nonprofits and schools in Los Angeles and nearby California communities.
What John and Katherine Gurash Foundation Funds
In girls’ secondary education, the foundation gave $35,000 in 2025 to New Village Girls Academy in Los Angeles, following similar general fund gifts of $32,000 in 2024 and $30,000 in 2023. In healthcare, it supported Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley with $35,000 in 2025, after $32,000 in 2024 and $30,000 in 2023, showing a repeated commitment to the same rural California provider. Food recovery is another visible theme: Food Forward received $35,000 in 2025, with prior general fund awards of $32,000 in 2024 and $30,000 in 2023. The foundation also backs homelessness and supportive services through The People Concern, which received $21,000 in 2025 and smaller grants in earlier years.
How John and Katherine Gurash Foundation Gives
Typical grant size centers on a $15,000 median, with a lower quartile of $6,000 and an upper quartile of $32,000. The recent record shows recurring support: the same organizations appear across 2023, 2024, and 2025, often at comparable levels, which indicates ongoing renewal rather than isolated awards. Grants are primarily listed as general fund support, aligning with unrestricted or flexible operating assistance. The foundation gives locally, and every recent grant in the record went to a California recipient.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$150K
Total Assets
$2.4M
Total Revenue
$318K
Total Expenses
$168K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $6K and $32K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$6K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$32K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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