The William C Bannerman Foundation
West Hollywood, CA · EIN 95-6061353. Reported 207 grants totalling $2,272,000 to 125 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The William C Bannerman Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainforest Action Network | San Francisco, CA | $115,000 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Human -I-T | Bell, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| One Generation | Van Nuys, CA | $68,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Food Finders | Los Alamitso, CA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Gals Charter | Panorama City, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| School on Wheels | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reading Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Echoes of Hope | El Segundo, CA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | Alexandria, VA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees for Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hollywood Food Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends Indeed | Pasadena, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Ballona Wetlands | Playa Del Rey, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the La Harbor | San Pedro, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for the Pacific Asian Family | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc of Greater La | North Hollywood, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harmony Project | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Saving Innocence Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Audubon Ctr at Debs Park | Los Angeles, CA | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| 826 La | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Place for Youth | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium | San Pedro, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grameen America | Jackson Heights, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Para Los Ninos | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camino Nuevo Pueblo Nuevo | Los Angeles, CA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lamusart | Los Angeles, CA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Abortion Care Network | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alaska Sealife Center | Seward, AK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camino Nuevo Charter Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Huntington Park, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crete Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jvs Socal | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Natural History Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Village Girls Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peace 4 Kids | Compton, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Puente Learning Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Climate Center | Santa Rosa, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Upward Bound House | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young and Healthy | Pasadena, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alaska Marine Conservation Council | Homer, AK | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arts Bridging the Gap | Los Angeles, CA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Fistula Foundation | San Jose, CA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $17,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reimagine Freedom | San Francisco, CA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Biological Conservation Inst | Washington, DC | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cook Inletkeeper | Homer, AK | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Access Books | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Conservation Corps of Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crossroads Inc | Claremont, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glassroots | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grand Vision | San Pedro, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grid Alternatives | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| La Musart | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mono Lake Committee | Lee Vining, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Angel Food | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Ropa | Gardena, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Santa Monica Mountains Fund | Thousand Oaks, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Forestry & Fire Recruitment Pgm | Azusa, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Variety Boys & Girls Club | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volunteer Collective | Santa Monica, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vote America | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wwf Pollinators | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Algalita Marine Research and Education | Long Beach, CA | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Greater La | Los Angeles, CA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| La Waterkeeper | Santa Monica, CA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Adelante Youth Alliance | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Calls Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| California Safe Schools | Toluca Lake, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ground Education | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Karsh Center | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Valley Caring Services | North Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| PBS Socal | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Power My Learning | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Students Run La | Tarzana, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Plato Society of La | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| UCLA Unicamp | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Valley Family Center | San Fernando, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westside Family Health Center | Culver City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wildaid | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Young Eisner Scholars | Inglewood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| La World Affairs Council | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palisades Charter Hs | Pacific Palisades, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Treepeople | Beverly Hills, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Caesura Youth Orchestra | Sunland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California State Parks | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California State Parks Fdn | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Emerson Ave Community Garden Club | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Environment Ca Research & Policy | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food on Foot | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| La World Affairs Council-Th | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles World Affairs Council | Culver City, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Musicares | Santa Monica, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nrdc | Santa Monica, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| PBS Socal (pmgsc) | Burbank, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pollinator Partnership | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Surgical Oncology Educ Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Voto Latino | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Watch Duty | Santa Rosa, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Watts Healthcare Corp | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Yellowhammer Fund | Tuscaloosa, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA Collins Katz | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Surgical Oncology Research | Los Angeles, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inlet Keepers | Homer, AK | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kpcc Fm 893 | Pasadena, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Alaska Marine Conserv Council | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inletkeeper | Homer, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Plato Society | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Smithsonian Biological Conserv | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Surgical Oncology | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Epilepsy Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orangutan Foundation International | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Surgical Oncology Educ& Research Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Code Read | Canyon County, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Island Trails Network | Kodiak, AK | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saturday Night Bath Concert Fund | Lawndale, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
45 of 125 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 35%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Gals Charter
GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECT - Center for the Pacific Asian Family
SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. - Human -I-T
REPAIR & UPGRADE COMPUTERS FOR STUDENTS - Center for Biological Diversity
NUMEROUS: LITIGATION AGAINST MINING, PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY AND MORE - First Place for Youth
SUPPORTS FOSTER YOUTH TO MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS AND UNSTABLE LIVING CONDITIONS INTO SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING - Grameen America
MICROFINANCE LOANS FOR LOW-INCOME ENTREPRENEURS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 126 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 55 | $450,500 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 40 | $477,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $472,500 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $430,000 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 36 | $442,000 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 82% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The William C Bannerman Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 9255 Sunset Blvd Suite 400, West Hollywood, CA, 90069. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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