The Loud and Live Foundation concentrates its giving on Latin music culture and community-facing programs, primarily funding arts and cultural institutions that align with its mission and a smaller share of local community services. Grants are directed toward organizations that advance Latin music heritage, performance, scholarships and neighborhood-level outreach—often in the Miami/Latinx cultural sphere. The foundation appears mission-driven and targeted rather than broadly diversified.
The Loud and Live Foundation Inc made a single six-figure grant to the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation, giving $206,000 in 2025 in support of its mission. That grant is the clearest signal in the foundation’s recent record: it centers Latin music culture, arts programming, and organizations tied to Latin music heritage. The same pattern appears in smaller awards to community and education groups that sit close to Miami’s cultural ecosystem. In the latest filing year, the foundation reported $335,464 in annual grants against $454,293 in total assets, which points to an active grantmaking posture relative to its size. Its giving is targeted rather than broad, with support concentrated among a small set of organizations and a recurring mission statement attached to most awards. Recent recipients include Friends of Echale Inc, Ronald Mcdonald House Charities, and Miami Dade College Foundation Inc, showing a mix of cultural, educational, and community-serving grantees. The foundation is organized as a private foundation and does not fund individuals. Its recent awards also include organizations working in artist development, scholarship support, and neighborhood-level outreach connected to arts events.
Latin music preservation is a core theme. The foundation gave $206,000 to the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation in 2025, and the award was labeled in support of Loud and Live’s mission. Its community giving reaches beyond the arts. Ronald Mcdonald House Charities received $21,000, also in support of the mission, showing a connection to family support and local service organizations. Education and youth-oriented cultural support appears as well. Miami Dade College Foundation Inc received $10,000, while the foundation also awarded $10,000 to Fight for Our Future and $10,000 to The Lucy Fernandez Foundation, both in Miami. Smaller grants to Blue Missions Group Inc and Fundacion Monica Burguera Inc further reflect a mix of community, cultural, and outreach priorities.
The Loud and Live Foundation Inc gave $335,464 in annual grants in the latest filing year, against $454,293 in total assets. The grant list shows a steep drop from the largest award to smaller midrange gifts, with $206,000 at the top, $42,530 as the next largest, and several $10,000 grants. The pattern looks concentrated and largely one-off in the provided year: the listed grantees appear as a single-year set, and the awards are labeled mostly as support for the foundation’s mission. The foundation is a private foundation, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. No application process is shown in the data.
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Highly concentrated and targeted: very few grants overall with one dominant, large award to a major cultural foundation and a smaller grant to a local community organization. Gives sizable, mission-specific gifts rather than many small, diversified donations; appears to fund established cultural institutions and complementary community partners.
Notable grantees: Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation, Friends of ECHALE Inc, Loud and Live Foundation (internal/mission-driven programs)
All listed recent grants went to U.S. recipients. Miami is the main recipient city, with multiple grants to organizations there, including the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation, Ronald Mcdonald House Charities, Miami Dade College Foundation Inc, and several smaller local grantees. Key Biscayne also appears through Friends of Echale Inc, and New York appears once through Save the Music Foundation in New York, NY. The recipient-country distribution is entirely domestic, with 11 U.S. grants.
The recent grants point to Latin music and arts organizations, education and scholarship-related groups, and community service nonprofits. Examples in the record include a $206,000 grant to the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation, $21,000 to Ronald Mcdonald House Charities, and $10,000 to Miami Dade College Foundation Inc.
Its 2025 grants range from $2,934 to $206,000 in the list provided. The median visible grant is $10,000, with a second-largest award of $42,530 and multiple grants at the $10,000 level.
Yes. Although Miami recipients dominate the list, one grant went to Save the Music Foundation in New York, NY, for $2,934. Another recipient was Friends of Echale Inc in Key Biscayne, FL.
The available grant list shows a concentrated set of 2025 awards, most labeled “in support of Loud and Lives mission.” The data provided does not show multi-year repeats among the named grantees, so the visible pattern is one of mission-based awards within a single filing year.
The Loud and Live Foundation Inc is a private foundation. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LATIN GRAMMY CULTURAL FOUNDATION | MIAMI, FL | $206,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
| FRIENDS OF ECHALE INC | KEY BISCAYNE, FL | $42,530 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | MIAMI, FL | $21,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
| LUCAS ALVAREZ LA6 FOUNDATION | MIAMI, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
| MIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | MIAMI, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
| FUNDACION MONICA BURGUERA INC | MIAMI, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
| FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE | MIAMI, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
| THE LUCY FERNANDEZ FOUNDATION | MIAMI, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
| FACTS ABOUT CUBAN EXILES - FACE | MIAMI, FL | $8,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT OTHER ORGS GALA |
| BLUE MISSIONS GROUP INC | MIAMI, FL | $5,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
| SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $2,934 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION |
FRIENDS OF ECHALE INC
$42,530IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION
LUCAS ALVAREZ LA6 FOUNDATION
$10,000IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
$10,000IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION
FUNDACION MONICA BURGUERA INC
IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION
FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE
$10,000IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION
THE LUCY FERNANDEZ FOUNDATION
$10,000IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION
FACTS ABOUT CUBAN EXILES - FACE
$8,000SUPPORT OTHER ORGS GALA
BLUE MISSIONS GROUP INC
$5,000IN SUPPORT OF LOUD AND LIVES MISSION