Teamsters Local 399 Charity Fund focuses on supporting the entertainment labor community and its members in Southern California, funding industry-specific welfare and relief alongside union-run scholarships and member-directed charities. Their giving also extends to veteran housing and labor-community advocacy groups, favoring practical, programmatic donations to organizations that serve Teamsters members, entertainment workers, and allied worker-advocacy causes.
Teamsters Local 399 Charity Fund Inc centers its giving on the entertainment labor community and Teamsters members in Southern California. The largest recent grant in the data was an $86,500 donation to MPTF in 2025, alongside a $50,000 donation to the Teamsters Scholarship Fund in 2024, showing a mix of industry welfare and member support. Its recent grants also point to practical help for worker-focused charities rather than broad, generalized philanthropy. The fund has supported veteran housing through Homes for Our Troops, labor-community advocacy through LAANE, and direct service groups tied to entertainment workers and union families. In the recent-grants list, several recipients are in California, including Woodland Hills, Pomona, Los Angeles, and Blaine is the out-of-state exception among the top gifts. The pattern suggests a funder that uses donations to back organizations serving working people, scholarship seekers, distressed families, and labor-connected charities, with a clear emphasis on causes that intersect with the union and entertainment ecosystem.
In motion picture and television welfare, the fund gave $86,500 to Mptf in 2025 and $27,480 in 2024, indicating repeated support for entertainment-industry relief. For education, it donated $50,000 to Teamsters Scholarship Fund in 2024, linking its grantmaking to postsecondary or skill-training support. Labor-side community services also appear in the record: it gave $10,000 to Labor Community Services in Los Angeles in 2025 and $7,500 to Laane the same year, both tied to worker and community advocacy. Veterans’ housing is another recurring theme, with $10,000 grants to Homes for Our Troops in both 2024 and 2025, showing support for rehabilitation and housing-related services for veterans.
Typical grants cluster in five figures: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $12,000, and the p75 is $27,480. The recent record shows repeat support to some organizations across years, including Mptf and Homes for Our Troops, while other recipients appear once. Grants are listed as donations, and the fund does not make program-related investments. The pattern is organizational grantmaking rather than individual aid, with scholarship and charity-support gifts alongside direct-service donations.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $27K, with a median of $12K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$12K
75th Percentile
$27K
Richard Bennetti
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Concentrated but pragmatic — a small portfolio with a few large gifts (notably MPTF and the Teamsters Scholarship Fund) plus multiple smaller, one-off donations. Mix of repeat grantees and single-year support, primarily local/industry-aligned organizations and member-facing programs.
Notable grantees: Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF), Teamsters Scholarship Fund, Homes for Our Troops, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), Directors Guild Foundation
Giving is regional, with California accounting for 40% of grants to recipients in the HQ state. Recent California recipients include Woodland Hills, Pomona, and Los Angeles, showing a strong Southern California concentration. The record also includes a smaller set of out-of-state recipients such as Blaine, Minnesota; Washington, DC; and Boston, Massachusetts. All of the recent grants in the list went to US organizations.
The recent grant record shows support for entertainment-industry welfare groups, Teamsters scholarship and member charities, veterans’ housing organizations, and labor-community advocacy groups. Examples in the data include Mptf, Teamsters Scholarship Fund, Homes for Our Troops, Labor Community Services, and Laane.
The grant-size distribution centers on five-figure gifts. The p25 is $10,000, the median grant is $12,000, and the p75 is $27,480.
Yes. The recent grants list includes repeat support for Mptf in 2024 and 2025, and Homes for Our Troops also appears in both years. That suggests at least some ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts only.
California receives the largest share of grants by recipient location, at 40% of grants in the HQ state. Recent California recipients are in Woodland Hills, Pomona, and Los Angeles.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPTF | Woodland Hills, CA | $86,500 | 2025 | Donation |
| Teamsters Joint Council 42 Ch | Pomona, CA | $12,000 | 2025 | Donation |
| Labor Community Services | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | Donation |
| Homes for Our Troops | Blaine, MN | $10,000 | 2025 | Donation |
| LAANE | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 2025 | Donation |
| Directors Guild Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $6,500 | 2025 | Donation |
| Teamsters Scholarship Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2024 | Donation |
| MPTF | Woodland Hills, CA | $27,480 | 2024 | Donation |
| JC 42 Charity | Pomona, CA | $12,000 | 2024 | Donation |
| Homes for Our Troops | Blaine, MN | $10,000 | 2024 | Donation |
| Teamsters Local 25 Autism Fun | Boston, MA | $5,180 | 2024 | Donation |
| Teamsters Scholarship Fund | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2023 | Donation |
| MPTF | Woodland Hills, CA | $9,000 | 2023 | Donation |
MPTF
$86,500Donation
Teamsters Joint Council 42 Ch
$12,000Donation
Homes for Our Troops
$10,000Donation
Directors Guild Foundation
$6,500Donation
MPTF
$27,480Donation
JC 42 Charity
$12,000Donation
Homes for Our Troops
$10,000Donation
Teamsters Local 25 Autism Fun
$5,180Donation
MPTF
$9,000Donation