The Leonard Hill Charitable Trust concentrates its giving on education and youth development in Los Angeles, providing large, program-focused gifts to scale school-based interventions, out-of-school supports, and college-access programs. It favors organizational partners that deliver direct services in LA public schools and surrounding communities, while also making targeted responses to crises (e.g., COVID relief, emergency support for Israel). Grants are strategic and sizable rather than numerous, often supporting expansion or launch of new sites and scholarship/placement programs.
Leonard Hill Charitable Trust’s recent giving is defined by large, program-specific support for Los Angeles education initiatives, especially school-based partnerships, college access, and literacy work. A 2025 grant of $825,000 to College Track Los Angeles was earmarked to launch a third site in Los Angeles, while Partnership for Los Angeles Schools received $755,000 in 2025 for the Len Hill Civil Rights Project 2022–2025 and scholarships for Jordan High School. Those gifts fit a pattern of funding expansion, site launches, and direct student support rather than small, dispersed awards. The trust also backs organizations that work inside public schools and surrounding communities. City Year Inc received $500,000 in 2025 for teams at Mendez High School, 75th Street, McKinley Ave, and Lovelia P Flournoy, and Reading Partners received $500,000 in 2025 for program expansion in Los Angeles. Other grants support afterschool and youth-development services, school improvement partnerships, and college advising, all with a clear emphasis on direct service in Los Angeles. The foundation also makes targeted emergency and civic-response grants when needed, including support tied to Israel and COVID relief.
College access is a central thread in the trust’s giving. In 2023, College Advising Corps received $295,000 for the UCLA college advising program, and in 2025 the YMCA received $378,000 for the Youth & Govt Civic Leadership Program. These awards point to a preference for helping students move from high school into college and civic engagement through structured, place-based programs. The trust also invests in reading and school improvement. Springboard Collaborative received $598,000 in 2023 and $200,000 in 2025 for the Springboard Learning Accelerator in Los Angeles, while Communities in Schools of Los Angel received $200,000 in 2023 for programming at 99th Street Elementary School and 107th Street Elementary School. Arts access appears as a smaller but consistent theme: Museum of Contemporary Arts received $190,000 in 2023 and $80,000 in 2025 for the Contemporary Art Start Program.
Typical grants cluster in the mid-to-large range, with a p25 of $15,000, a median of $67,000, and a p75 of $200,000. The recent record includes several six-figure awards, but also smaller operational and program grants. Recipients often reappear across years, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards: College Track Los Angeles, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, City Year Inc, Reading Partners, Springboard Collaborative, J Street Education Fund Inc, Playworks Education Energized, Museum of Contemporary Arts, and Ikar all received repeat support. The trust is a regular funder and also makes donor-advised grants, as shown by a 2025 grant to the Jewish Community Foundation for a donor advised fund to contribute to other charities.
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$10.9M
$725K
$5.9M
Most grants fall between $15K and $200K, with a median of $67K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$67K
75th Percentile
$200K
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Concentrated, high-dollar grants to a small set of repeat grantees and trusted intermediaries; funding is primarily local (Los Angeles) and program-expansion focused, with occasional targeted emergency gifts outside the primary geography.
Notable grantees: College Track Los Angeles, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, Springboard Collaborative, Playworks Education Energized, New Israel Fund
Grantmaking is nationally scoped, but it is heavily concentrated in California: 79% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. Los Angeles dominates recipient geography, with multiple grants to organizations in Los Angeles itself, including College Track Los Angeles, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, YMCA, and Museum of Contemporary Arts. Outside California, recipients appear in Philadelphia, Boston, Oakland, New York, Chapel Hill, Providence, and Washington, DC, but the largest share of activity remains tied to Los Angeles-area organizations and programs.
It most often backs education and youth-development organizations serving Los Angeles, including college access groups, school partnerships, reading interventions, afterschool programs, and civic leadership programming. Recent recipients include College Track Los Angeles, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, Reading Partners, City Year Inc, and the YMCA.
Yes. Several recipients appear in more than one year of the recent grants list, including College Track Los Angeles, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, City Year Inc, Reading Partners, Springboard Collaborative, J Street Education Fund Inc, Playworks Education Energized, Museum of Contemporary Arts, and Ikar.
The listed grant-size distribution shows a p25 of $15,000, a median of $67,000, and a p75 of $200,000. Recent awards also include larger six-figure grants, such as $825,000 to College Track Los Angeles and $755,000 to Partnership for Los Angeles Schools.
California receives 79% of the trust’s grants, with Los Angeles the main recipient city. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the provided data.
Beyond education, the trust has made emergency and civic-response grants, including $500,000 to New Israel Fund for emergency relief efforts in Israel and $750,000 to Partnership for Los Angeles Schools for the Watts COVID-19 Response Fund and Jordan High School scholarships.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEGE TRACK LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $825,000 | 2025 | FUNDS TO LAUNCH A THIRD SITE IN LOS ANGELES |
| PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $755,000 | 2025 | LEN HILL CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT 2022-2025 & SCHOLARSHIPS FOR JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL |
| PARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $560,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED | OAKLAND, CA | $500,000 | 2025 | PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS IN LOS ANGELES AREA IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS & BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LA |
| NEW ISRAEL FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2025 | EMERGENCY SAFETY NET FUND TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS IN ISRAEL |
| CITY YEAR INC | BOSTON, MA | $500,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR TEAMS AT MENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL, 75TH STREET, MCKINLEY AVE, AND LOVELIA P FLOURNOY |
| READING PARTNERS | OAKLAND, CA | $500,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM EXPANSION IN LOS ANGELES |
| YMCA | LOS ANGELES, CA | $378,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE YOUTH & GOVT CIVIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM |
| J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $250,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR THE ISREAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE |
| SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $200,000 | 2025 | SPRINGBOARD LEARNING ACCELERATOR IN LOS ANGELES |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $180,000 | 2025 | DONOR ADVISED FUND TO CONTRIBUTE TO OTHER CHARITIES. |
| AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION | WASHINTON DC, DC | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INSTITUTE FOR NOPROFIT NEWS | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR GIGAFACT |
| MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $80,000 | 2025 | CONTEMPORARY ART START PROGRAM |
| IKAR | LOS ANGELES, CA | $54,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS, BUILDING CAMPAIGN, & ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN |
| CURE CERVICAL CANCER | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BRAVE NEW FILMS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | MEDIA OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN |
| KINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC | NOGALES, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | ASSIST MIGRANTS ALONG THE MEXICO/US BORDER |
| AMERICAN ISRAEL DEMOCRACY COALITION | BRYN MAWR, PA | $10,000 | 2025 | PRESERVE DEMOCRATIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL |
| NEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| VERBUM DEI HIGH SCHOOL | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE PROGRAM |
| FOUNDATION FOR LA COMMUNITY COLLEGE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GANG REHABILITATION AND RE-ENTRY PROGRAM |
| AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER |
| PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $755,000 | 2024 | LEN HILL CIVIL RIGHTS PROKJECT 2022-2025 & SCHOLARSHIPS FOR JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL |
| J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $450,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR THE ISREAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADO | NEW YORK, NY | $410,000 | 2024 | EMERGENCY AID TO ISRAEL |
| NEW ISRAEL FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $400,000 | 2024 | EMERGENCY SAFETY NET FUND TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS IN ISRAEL |
| CITY YEAR INC | BOSTON, MA | $400,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR TEAMS AT MENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL, 75TH STREET, MCKINLEY AVE, AND LOVELIA P FLOURNOY |
| GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $350,000 | 2024 | HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PILOT FOR LAUSD |
| SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $300,000 | 2024 | SPRINGBOARD LEARNING ACCELERATOR IN LOS ANGELES |
| READING PARTNERS | OAKLAND, CA | $250,000 | 2024 | PROGRAM EXPANSION IN LOS ANGELES |
| MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2024 | CONTEMPORARY ART START PROGRAM |
| CURE CERVICAL CANCER | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $150,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| YMCA | LOS ANGELES, CA | $122,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE YOUTH & GOVT CIVIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM |
| IKAR | LOS ANGELES, CA | $84,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS, BUILDING CAMPAIGN, & ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN |
| CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS PHILANTHROPIC F | CARSON, CA | $60,000 | 2024 | PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM FUND |
| COMMUNITY PARTNERS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | PROJECT SOAR CONSULTANT AND LEADERSHIP SUPPORT |
| PS ARTS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | PROGRAMMING AT JOYNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
| LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | LINDA DISHMAN LEGACY FUND |
| INSTITUTE FOR NOPROFIT NEWS | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR GIGAFACT |
| KESHET CHAIM DANCERS | SHEMAN OAKS, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | SURVIVORS PLAY 2023 |
| INSTITUTE FOR FIELD RESEACH | LOS ANGELES, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL AND PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| BROTHERS FOR LIFE | SEATTLE, WA | $20,000 | 2024 | EMERGENCY AID FOR ISRAEL |
| FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | EMERGENCY CAPAIGN TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS IN ISRAEL |
| HARVARD WESTLAKE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CURTIS SCHOOL FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR KIBBUTZ SUFA |
| BRAVE NEW FILMS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $7,500 | 2024 | MEDIA OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN |
| CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | PROVIDE REDUCED TICKETS TO HADESTOWN FOR 25 & UNDER AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS |
COLLEGE TRACK LOS ANGELES
$825,000FUNDS TO LAUNCH A THIRD SITE IN LOS ANGELES
LEN HILL CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT 2022-2025 & SCHOLARSHIPS FOR JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL
PARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION
$560,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS IN LOS ANGELES AREA IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS & BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LA
NEW ISRAEL FUND
$500,000EMERGENCY SAFETY NET FUND TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS IN ISRAEL
SUPPORT FOR TEAMS AT MENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL, 75TH STREET, MCKINLEY AVE, AND LOVELIA P FLOURNOY
SPRINGBOARD LEARNING ACCELERATOR IN LOS ANGELES
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$180,000DONOR ADVISED FUND TO CONTRIBUTE TO OTHER CHARITIES.
INSTITUTE FOR NOPROFIT NEWS
$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR GIGAFACT
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
$80,000CONTEMPORARY ART START PROGRAM
IKAR
$54,000GENERAL OPERATIONS, BUILDING CAMPAIGN, & ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN
CURE CERVICAL CANCER
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
BRAVE NEW FILMS
$25,000MEDIA OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN
PRESERVE DEMOCRATIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
VERBUM DEI HIGH SCHOOL
$10,000COLLEGE COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE PROGRAM
FOUNDATION FOR LA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK
$10,000SUPPORT FOR SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER
LEN HILL CIVIL RIGHTS PROKJECT 2022-2025 & SCHOLARSHIPS FOR JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL
EMERGENCY SAFETY NET FUND TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS IN ISRAEL
SUPPORT FOR TEAMS AT MENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL, 75TH STREET, MCKINLEY AVE, AND LOVELIA P FLOURNOY
GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$350,000HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PILOT FOR LAUSD
SPRINGBOARD LEARNING ACCELERATOR IN LOS ANGELES
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
$150,000CONTEMPORARY ART START PROGRAM
CURE CERVICAL CANCER
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
YMCA
$122,000SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE YOUTH & GOVT CIVIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
IKAR
$84,000GENERAL OPERATIONS, BUILDING CAMPAIGN, & ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN
CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS PHILANTHROPIC F
$60,000PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM FUND
KESHET CHAIM DANCERS
$25,000SURVIVORS PLAY 2023
INSTITUTE FOR FIELD RESEACH
$20,000GENERAL AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
BROTHERS FOR LIFE
$20,000EMERGENCY AID FOR ISRAEL
EMERGENCY CAPAIGN TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS IN ISRAEL
HARVARD WESTLAKE
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
BRAVE NEW FILMS
$7,500MEDIA OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN
PROVIDE REDUCED TICKETS TO HADESTOWN FOR 25 & UNDER AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS