Adams Fund
Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-6015986 · reported 2023–2025
143grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$2,500lower quartile
$250smallest grant
$3.3Mtotal paid
14states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 11 of its 143 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $343K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
400 S Hope St Ste 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2815
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hoag Hospital REASEARCH | Newport Beach, CA | $300,000 |
| Meaning Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 |
| Havard Westlake School | Los Angeles, CA | $140,000 |
| City of Hope RESEARCH | Duarte, CA | $112,500 |
| Havard Westlake School | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Sansum Diabetes Research Institute RESEARCH | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 |
| Meaning Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| St Francis High School | LA Canada Flintridge, CA | $98,900 |
| Catholic Education Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 |
| City of Hope RESEARCH | Duarte, CA | $75,000 |
| Killebrew-Thompson Memorial Fund | Hailey, ID | $69,545 |
| Killebrew-Thompson Memorial Fund | Hailey, ID | $68,000 |
| Killebrew-Thompson Memorial Fund | Hailey, ID | $65,810 |
| Breakthrough T1D | Hagertown, MD | $55,600 |
| Jserra Catholic High School | San Juan Capistrano, CA | $55,000 |
| Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians | Santa Ynez, CA | $54,000 |
| Childrens Hospital | Los Angeles, CA | $52,500 |
| California Art Club | Pasadena, CA | $52,000 |
| American Red Cross | Honolulu, HI | $50,000 |
| Havard Westlake School | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Hoag Hospital REASEARCH | Newport Beach, CA | $50,000 |
| St Bede the Venerable Parish | LA Canada, CA | $46,165 |
| Adams Cowan Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $46,000 |
| Jserra Catholic High School | San Juan Capistrano, CA | $45,000 |
| Hollenbeck Palms | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 |
| St Bede the Venerable Parish | LA Canada, CA | $38,990 |
| Jdrf Southern CA | Hagertown, MD | $37,100 |
| Breakthrough T1D | Hagertown, MD | $35,539 |
| St Philip the Apostle School | Pasadena, CA | $35,000 |
| Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians | Santa Ynez, CA | $32,000 |
| World Business Academy | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 |
| World Business Academy | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 |
| World Business Academy | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 |
| Childrens Hospital | Los Angeles, CA | $27,500 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagertown, MD | $25,000 |
| Hollenbeck Palms | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Schoolpower | Laguna Beach, CA | $25,000 |
| St Bede the Venerable Parish | LA Canada, CA | $25,000 |
| St Philip the Apostle School | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 |
| American Red Cross | Honolulu, HI | $25,000 |
| Catholic Education Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagertown, MD | $25,000 |
| Hollenbeck Palms | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Chumash Charity Golf Calssic | Santa Ynez, CA | $24,000 |
| City of Hope RESEARCH | Duarte, CA | $22,500 |
| Education for All Children | Portsmouth, NH | $22,000 |
| Colburn School of the Arts | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 |
| Dream Program | Winooski, VT | $20,000 |
| Intermountain Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 |
| St Philip the Apostle School | Pasadena, CA | $20,000 |
| St Johns Healthcare Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 |
| Catholic Education Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 |
| Dream Program | Winooski, VT | $20,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagertown, MD | $20,000 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital REASEARCH | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 |
| Hoag Hospital REASEARCH | Newport Beach, CA | $20,000 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 |
| St Francis High School | LA Canada Flintridge, CA | $20,000 |
| Dream Program | Winooski, VT | $20,000 |
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