Louis B Mayer Foundation
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 95-2232340 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Louis B Mayer Foundation
47grants reported
$36Kmedian award
$20Klower quartile
$2,500smallest grant
$1.7Mtotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
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
572 Valley RD Unit 43019
Montclair, NJ 07043-6801
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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Eastman Museum Digitization of the personal papers of independent filmmaker Leo Hurwitz. | Rochester, NY | $101,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Roof replacement for LBM Conservation Center. | Rochester, NY | $85,000 |
| Museum of Modern Art To preserve the film heritage of William S. Hart. | New York, NY | $70,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Upgrade to LBM Conservation Center back-up generator and installation. | Rochester, NY | $64,500 |
| American Cinematheque For upgraded projection equipment. | Los Angeles, CA | $57,000 |
| Ucla Film and Television Archive TBD - Preservation of The Forbidden Valley. | Los Angeles, CA | $55,000 |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Ray - Targeting Alzheimer's Disease with Immunotherapy. | Houston, TX | $51,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Film Atlas Project with Seaver Center. | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Small vessel disease in the heart and brain; identifying biomarkers for dementia treatment targets. | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Northeast Historic Film Unrestricted, one-time emergency funding. | Bucksport, ME | $50,000 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Dr. Ahn / Dr. Wu Neoantigen Vaccine for CLL. | Brookline, MA | $50,000 |
| Miami City Ballet For general operating support in 2023. | Miami Beach, FL | $50,000 |
| Mt Sinai Medical Center Enhancing Anti-tumor immune Response and Flash Radiation in Pediatric Diffuse Midline Glioma. | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Ray - Targeting Alzheimer's Disease with Immuno-therapy. | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| Vanguard Charitable The Louis B. Mayer Donor Advised Fund. | Warwick, RI | $48,500 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Dr. Tammela / Dissection of Cancer Cell States in Solid Tumors (Intra-Tumoral Heterogeneity). | New York, NY | $48,000 |
| Association of Moving Image Archivi For film restoration support including fellowships, "The Moving Image" journal, equipment kits for l | Los Angeles, CA | $47,500 |
| UC Berkeley Art Museumpacific Film Preservation of 5 short films by Jordon Belson. | Berkeley, CA | $45,000 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Dr. Reinherz - Harnessing T Cells for Immune-oncology. | Brookline, MA | $45,000 |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Gordon - Targeting metabolic adaptations to boost immunotherapy effectiveness in Osteosarcoma. | Houston, TX | $40,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Film Atlas Project with Seaver Center. | Rochester, NY | $40,000 |
| Film Preservation Society Funding the preparation and scanning of eight titles as part of The Biograph Project. | Los Angeles, CA | $39,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Film Atlas Project with Seaver Center. | Rochester, NY | $36,600 |
| Miami City Ballet Second half of annual gift. | Miami Beach, FL | $36,400 |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Dr. Zheng / Acute Myeloid Leukemia. | Cincinnati, OH | $35,000 |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Dr. Zheng / Understanding the mechanism of how normal blood cells transition to MDS and Leukemia cel | Cincinnati, OH | $30,000 |
| George Eastman Museum William S. Hart films supplemental grant and extension to 12/31/2025. | Rochester, NY | $30,000 |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Dr. Zheng / Improving Cancer Immunotherapy. | Cincinnati, OH | $30,000 |
| UC Berkeley Art Museumpacific Film CineFiles Film Document Imaging Project. | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Dr. Perez's Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET)Clinical Trial Correlative Studies. | Brookline, MA | $25,000 |
| UC Berkeley Art Museumpacific Film CineFiles Film Document Imaging Project. | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 |
| Ucla Film and Television Archive Preservation of The Confession (1920). | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Dr. Waks/HER2+ Breast CAncer (matched internally by (DFCI). | Brookline, MA | $25,000 |
| Ucla Film and Television Archive For 5 shorts: Doctor Cupid (1911), Cursed by His Beauty (1914), Nearly a Widow (1914), Twixt Love an | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Arts Resources in Collaboration Inc To support the Eye on Dance Archive Legacy Project | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| UC Berkeley Art Museumpacific Film For the CineFiles Film Document Imaging Project. | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 |
| Arts Resources in Collaboration Inc To support the Eye on Dance Archive Legacy Project | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Arts Resources in Collaboration Inc To support the Eye on Dance Archive Legacy Project | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Columbia University The Robert Gottlieb Memorial Scholarship - Columbia Publishing Course. | New York, NY | $11,000 |
| Columbia University Columbia Publishing Course 5-year Scholarship. | New York, NY | $11,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Louis B. Mayer Foundation Fellowship Program. | Rochester, NY | $10,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Louis B. Mayer Foundation Fellowship Program. | Rochester, NY | $10,000 |
| Arts Resources in Collaboration Inc Further support of the Eye on Dance Archive Legacy Project. | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Selznick School's 2023-2024 academic year. | Rochester, NY | $5,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Selznick School's 2024-2025 academic year. | Rochester, NY | $5,000 |
| George Eastman Museum Selznick School's 2025-2026 academic year. | Rochester, NY | $4,000 |
| George Eastman Museum | Rochester, NY | $2,500 |
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