Weingart Foundation
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LOS ANGELES, CAWebsite
About Weingart Foundation
The Weingart Foundation in Los Angeles is supporting large-scale public arts and cultural infrastructure, primarily through major capital investments that create accessible, place-based cultural experiences in the region. Their giving here targets a transformative public art project along the Crenshaw/LAX corridor that foregrounds community storytelling and cultural heritage.
Focus Areas
Public art and outdoor cultural corridors in Los AngelesCapital support for cultural infrastructure and placemakingCommunity-centered African American cultural heritage and storytelling
Who They Fund
Black communities and Black-led organizationsLatino communities and Latino-led organizationsimmigrant communities (including undocumented)Native/tribal communities and Native votersyouth organizers and young leaderspeople with disabilities
About Weingart Foundation
Weingart Foundation’s recent grantmaking is marked by a mix of major capital support, unrestricted operating grants, and pooled funds tied to racial justice, immigrant justice, and cultural infrastructure in California. One of the clearest signals is its repeated support for Destination Crenshaw: the foundation gave $2,000,000 in 2024 and another $1,000,000 in 2025 for a 1.3-mile outdoor art and cultural experience along the Crenshaw/LAX Metro line. That same place-based pattern appears in other large awards, including $1,000,000 for the California Black Freedom Fund and $1,000,000 for the Latino Power Fund. The foundation also backs institutions and intermediaries that move money into community-led work. Recent examples include unrestricted operating support to Southern California Grantmakers Fbo Angeleno Project, project support to Southern California Grantmakers, and capital support for Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment’s Center for Community Organizing. Alongside these grants, Weingart funded the development of the MLK Community Medical Group and supported the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, showing an interest in both community infrastructure and public-serving institutions.
What Weingart Foundation Funds
In racial justice and Black civic power, Weingart Foundation gave $1,000,000 to Silicon Valley Community Foundation for the California Black Freedom Fund, alongside additional support of the same amount in 2024. It also awarded $400,000 to Los Angeles Black Worker Center for unrestricted operating support and $400,000 to Black Women for Wellness. Immigrant and Latino civic power appears through $1,000,000 to Latino Community Foundation for the Latino Power Fund in 2023 and $500,000 in 2025 for the same fund. For housing and broader neighborhood advocacy, the foundation gave $750,000 to Liberty Hill Foundation for the Bold Vision Initiative in both 2023 and 2024, and $450,000 to Human Services Association Fbo Southeast Los Angeles Collaborative for unrestricted operating support. Its tribal and truth-and-healing work includes $500,000 to First Nations Development Institute for the California Tribal Fund and $500,000 to Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Fbo Decolonizing Wealth Project for the California Truth and Healing Pooled Fund.
How Weingart Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$35.7M
Total Assets
$909.4M
Total Revenue
$25.9M
Total Expenses
$54.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $100K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Local29 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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