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The Waits Brennan Foundation: 18 grants to organizations, $131,750 (tax year ended December 2024)
The Waits Brennan Foundation, a private foundation in Los Angeles, CA, paid 18 grants to organizations totaling $131,750 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $40,000 to Redwood Food Bank in Santa Rosa, CA for support of a local community food bank to feed those in need and end hunger in the community.
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- EIN
- 954812822
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
- Assets
- $678,023
- Grants paid
- $131,750
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202503219349105125. It reported $131,750 in grants paid; 18 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood Food Bank | Santa Rosa, CA | Support of a local community food bank to feed those in need and end hunger in the community | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa, CA | In support of the organizations efforts to provide shelter, meals, and care to underserved populations. | Human services | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nami | Santa Rosa, CA | Support to provide support to those with diagnosed mental illness. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Naui Sonoma County | Riverview, FL | Education for divers while advocating for aquatic conservation efforts. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pacific Zen Center | Santa Rosa, CA | Support of the community seeking food assistance, in addition providing emergency food boxes and vital food distribution centers. | $9,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Redwood Gospel Mission | Santa Rosa, CA | Support of a homelessness organization. | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Food for Thought | Forestville, CA | Support to end food deserts nationwide. | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,200 | apps.irs.gov |
| NRDC | San Fransisco, CA | Support for advocacy for environmental protection causes | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Actors Gang | Culver City, CA | To provide assistance in the performing arts industry in support of formerly incarcerated individuals. | Arts, culture and humanities | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bread & Roses | Venice, CA | Support of human services mission through live music performances to underserved and marginalized communities. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sera Jey Foundation | El Cerrito, CA | Support to a budhist temple. | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Silverlake Conservatory of Music | Los Angeles, CA | Providing support for music education to underserved communities. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | Rohnert Park, CA | Support to fight homelessness and hunger in sonoma county. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bodega Bay Firefighters | Bodega Bay, CA | To aid and protect our community and those who serve it | $400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Edible Schoolyard Project | Berkeley, CA | To encourage education and support for growing crops and food for the younger generation | Education | $300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ceres | Sebastopol, CA | To provide assistance for meals and food for people in need. | $200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Santa Rosa, CA | Protection of environmentally signficant land plots in sonoma county. | Environment | $100 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lomi Psychotherapy Clinic | Santa Rosa, CA | In support of low cost therapy to anyone in need. | $50 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $30,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,200 |
| Education | $800 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $500 |
| Environment | $100 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $111,750 |
| Florida | $20,000 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.