About Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation
The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on community-based performing arts and cultural programming in Southern California, with the vast majority of dollars going to a single recurring beneficiary. Grants overwhelmingly support community music and dance initiatives and related local community programs, indicating a preference for sustaining established arts organizations that provide public programming and likely arts education. The foundation's giving is highly targeted and relationship-driven rather than broadly diversified.
Focus Areas
Community music and dance programming in Orange CountyPerforming arts organizations offering public/community programsLocal arts education and outreach tied to community performanceSupport for established Southern California cultural nonprofits
Who They Fund
local communitiesgeneral public/residents
Giving Approach
Very concentrated giving: few, large gifts with multiple repeat grants to the same lead recipient (Orange County Music & Dance), and a small number of other substantial one-off grants.
About Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation
The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation’s giving is dominated by a long-running relationship with Orange County Music & Dance, including a $1,650,000 grant in 2024 and a $1,432,253 grant in 2025. That pattern points to a funder that sustains established local organizations rather than rotating broadly across many beneficiaries. Across its recent grants, the foundation supports community-based programming tied to music, dance, youth services, education, and children’s well-being, with nearly all grant dollars landing in California. The foundation’s largest recent awards also show how concentrated its portfolio is. It gave $725,000 to The Molina Foundation in 2024, and multiple grants of $500,000 and $333,333 to organizations such as Orangewood Children Foundation, Orange County School of the Arts, High School Inc, Olive Crest, YMCA of LA (Downey), and Samueli Academy. The recipients are largely Southern California public charities working in community programs and services, neighborhood engagement and outreach, and local recreational and social programming. Its grantmaking looks relationship-driven and place-based, with a strong emphasis on organizations serving local residents, especially children and young people. The foundation also supports a small number of grants outside Orange County, but its recent pattern remains tightly centered on Southern California organizations and recurring beneficiaries.
What Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation Funds
In community arts, the foundation gave $1,650,000 in 2024 and $1,432,253 in 2025 to Orange County Music & Dance in Irvine for community programs. It also backed Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana with $425,000 in 2023 and $400,000 in 2024, reinforcing a pattern of support for performing arts organizations with public-facing programming. Youth-serving community programs appear throughout the portfolio. The foundation granted $500,000 in 2024 and $333,333 in 2024 to Orangewood Children Foundation in Santa Ana, and $333,333 in 2025 each to Olive Crest in Santa Ana and YMCA of LA (Downey) in Downey. Education-focused grantees include The Molina Foundation in Los Alamitos, which received $725,000 in 2024, $400,000 in 2024, and $400,000 in 2023. The foundation also funded Samueli Academy in Santa Ana with $333,333 in 2025 and El Sol Science & Arts Academy of Santa Ana with $333,333 in 2024.
How Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$9.5M
Total Assets
$112.7M
Total Revenue
$12M
Total Expenses
$11M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Local6 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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