About Looker Foundation
The Looker Foundation concentrates its funding on arts organizations—especially programs that serve children and institutional capacity-building—while also supporting local human services. Its largest and recurring support goes to Children's Creative Project, indicating a strong interest in arts education for youth; it also funds capital/expansion needs at visual arts institutions and targeted community programs like St. Joseph Center's Mary's Gift.
Focus Areas
Children's arts education and youth creative programs (Los Angeles area)Support for visual arts institutions and residency/campus expansion (e.g., artist residencies)Local community services for vulnerable populations (e.g., St. Joseph Center’s programs)
Who They Fund
general nonprofit organizations (operational recipients)disaster-affected communities (e.g., Maui, hurricane zones)food-insecure individuals and householdsyouth and familiesstudents/campus communities
About Looker Foundation
The Looker Foundation’s clearest pattern is its repeated support for Children's Creative Project, including three recent general operating grants of $45,000 in 2023 and $40,000 in both 2024 and 2025. That recurring commitment points to a funder that backs arts education for children over time, rather than making isolated awards. The foundation also gives to organizations that extend arts access through institutional growth, such as a $27,500 grant to Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc. for its Campus Expansion Program. Alongside those arts grants, it funds local human services, including St Joseph Center’s "Mary's Gift" and St Margaret's Center’s general operating and foodbank work. The mix of unrestricted support and project-specific awards suggests a practical approach: some grants stabilize ongoing programs, while others help organizations expand facilities or respond to targeted community needs. Its recent awards show a regional funder with clear, repeated interests in youth arts, visual arts institutions, and community-based services.
What Looker Foundation Funds
Arts education is the strongest thread in the foundation’s recent giving. Children's Creative Project received $40,000 in 2025 for general operating support, continuing earlier awards of $40,000 in 2024 and $45,000 in 2023. The foundation also supports artist training and campus growth: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc. received $27,500 in 2023 for its Campus Expansion Program. Beyond arts organizations, the foundation funds community services for vulnerable households. St Margaret's Center received $25,000 in 2024 for general operating support, and an earlier $21,000 grant covered both general operating and foodbank work. It also gave $40,000 to St Joseph Center in 2023 for "Mary's Gift" 2022, showing a willingness to support named service programs as well as core operations.
How Looker Foundation Gives
The Looker Foundation’s recent grants cluster around a middle range: the 25th percentile is $4,500, the median is $10,500, and the 75th percentile is $15,000. That distribution is consistent with a grantmaker making many modest awards and a smaller number of larger commitments. The record also shows repeat recipients across multiple years, especially Children's Creative Project and St Margaret's Center, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts. Most awards are for general operating support, with some program-specific, educational-outreach, and capital-oriented grants. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not listed as making program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$233K
Total Assets
$6M
Total Revenue
$247K
Total Expenses
$315K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $15K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$15K
Geographic Reach
Regional9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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