The Dr. Richard Onofrio Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on medical education and health-related student scholarships, primarily funding urology and hospital-based training programs in Southern California. Grants are directed to major medical centers and hospital foundations to support individual students or trainees rather than broad programmatic initiatives. The foundation’s giving reflects a clear interest in advancing clinical education within local health institutions.
Concentrated, mid-size gifts to a small set of repeat institutional grantees (major local medical centers and hospital foundations), focused on student/trainee scholarships rather than many small, diverse grants.
The Dr Richard Onofrio Foundation C/o Doron Tisser directs its giving toward student scholarships tied to medical training, with a clear emphasis on urology and hospital-based education in Southern California. The largest recent grants in the data went to Keck Medical Center of USC - Urology Dept in Los Angeles, including $75,000 in 2024 and $65,000 in 2025 for student scholarship support. That pattern sits alongside repeated awards to Pih Health Foundation in Whittier for the same purpose, showing an interest in backing individual trainees through institutional scholarship channels rather than broad operating support. The foundation also funded Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and Cedars Sinai Urology Dept, both in Los Angeles, again for student scholarship purposes. Its giving profile points to a local medical-education funder that favors restricted support for students and trainees connected to specific hospitals and departments.
Medical training is the clearest theme in the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2024, it gave $75,000 to Keck Medical Center of USC - Urology Dept for student scholarship support, and in 2025 it followed with another $65,000 for the same purpose. Urology also appears in other hospital settings: Cedars Sinai Urology Dept received $25,000 in 2023 for student scholarship support. The foundation has also backed pediatric and general hospital education channels, including $25,000 to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in 2024 for a student scholarship. Across these awards, the recipients are hospitals and hospital departments rather than standalone scholarship programs.
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: the p25 is $25,000, the median is $25,000, and the p75 is $50,000. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same recipients across multiple years, especially Pih Health Foundation, which received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Keck Medical Center of USC - Urology Dept, which appears in both 2024 and 2025. The foundation funds individuals through scholarship support and does not make program-related investments. Its giving is local, with all grants in the available data going to recipients in California.
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Most grants fall between $25K and $50K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$50K
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Notable grantees: Keck Medical Center of USC – Urology Dept, PIH Health Foundation, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Cedars-Sinai Urology Dept
All seven recent grants in the data went to recipients in the United States, and every one was awarded in California. Los Angeles appears repeatedly through Keck Medical Center of USC - Urology Dept, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and Cedars Sinai Urology Dept. Whittier also shows up through Pih Health Foundation, with multiple awards across consecutive years. The grant pattern is entirely in-state and concentrated in Southern California.
It supports hospitals and hospital departments connected to medical training, especially urology departments and clinical education programs. Recent recipients include Keck Medical Center of USC - Urology Dept, Pih Health Foundation, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and Cedars Sinai Urology Dept.
The foundation’s grants are usually in the $25,000 to $50,000 range. In the data, the p25 is $25,000, the median is $25,000, and the p75 is $50,000.
Yes. Pih Health Foundation appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Keck Medical Center of USC - Urology Dept appears in both 2024 and 2025. That indicates repeat support rather than only one-time awards.
The grant record is entirely California-based. All seven recent grants went to recipients in California, with Los Angeles and Whittier showing up multiple times.
Its clearest focus is student scholarship support in medical education, especially in urology and hospital-based training settings. The recent grants all carry student scholarship purposes.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KECK MEDICAL CENTER OF USC - UROLOGY DEPT | LOS ANGELES, CA | $65,000 | 2025 | STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP |
| PIH HEALTH FOUNDATION | WHITTIER, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP |
| KECK MEDICAL CENTER OF USC - UROLOGY DEPT | LOS ANGELES, CA | $75,000 | 2024 | STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP |
| PIH HEALTH FOUNDATION | WHITTIER, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP |
| CEDARS SINAI UROLOGY DEPT | LOS ANGELES, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP |
| PIH HEALTH FOUNDATION | WHITTIER, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP |
KECK MEDICAL CENTER OF USC - UROLOGY DEPT
$75,000STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
CEDARS SINAI UROLOGY DEPT
$25,000STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP