The David Geffen Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 95-4085811 · Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA 90049-4948
NTEE code: not stated · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $589,601,129.00 (2018–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 391 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($124,783,609.00); $464,817,520.00 across 450 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $107,750,000.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $30,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403139349100235 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033219349106238 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133199349109193 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202243149349102894 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303189349103810 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202533189349102648 |
| Academy Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202243149349102894 |
| Academy Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303189349103810 |
| Academy Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403139349100235 |
| Academy Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202533189349102648 |
| The Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association | New York, NY | $3,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202533189349102648 |
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | Woodland Hls, CA | $1,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202533189349102648 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $1,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202243149349102894 |
| Young Eisner Scholars | Inglewood, CA | $900,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403139349100235 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $500,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033219349106238 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $500,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133199349109193 |
| Young Eisner Scholars | Inglewood, CA | $300,000.00 | FY2021 | 202243149349102894 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $250,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403139349100235 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc. | New York, NY | $150,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403139349100235 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $150,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403139349100235 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $107,750,000.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $112,789,776.00 | qualifying_distributions | 93 | 37 | 56 | $93,102,683.00 |
| FY2023 | $130,054,828.00 | qualifying_distributions | 86 | 37 | 49 | $93,021,899.00 |
| FY2022 | $90,794,201.00 | qualifying_distributions | 103 | 52 | 51 | $74,732,233.00 |
| FY2021 | $108,310,234.00 | qualifying_distributions | 98 | 46 | 52 | $90,922,612.00 |
| FY2020 | $67,288,550.00 | qualifying_distributions | 149 | 73 | 76 | $55,444,215.00 |
| FY2019 | $41,441,269.00 | qualifying_distributions | 152 | 72 | 80 | $29,870,341.00 |
| FY2018 | $38,922,271.00 | qualifying_distributions | 160 | 74 | 86 | $27,723,537.00 |
| All years on file | $589,601,129.00 | 841 | 391 | 450 | $464,817,520.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/29eed4aa-7450-4f06-8ff3-7bf0fb48c755
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 95-4085811.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).