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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-0593759

Herb Ritts Foundation

A private foundation in Beverly Hills, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 24 grants and $499,600 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $499,600

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $24,405,731

  • Tax year 2023

    $532,438

    Grants listed
    54
    Assets, end of year
    $24,598,383

  • Tax year 2022

    $617,300

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $24,957,819

  • Tax year 2021

    $479,160

    Grants listed
    46
    Assets, end of year
    $27,764,413

  • Tax year 2020

    $481,720

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $26,887,876

  • Tax year 2019

    $567,745

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $27,965,696

  • Tax year 2018

    $607,606

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $27,165,412

Grants paid in 2024

24 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Project Angel Food (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $150,000
  2. UCLA (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $100,000
  3. Las Fotos (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $50,000
  4. Film 2 Future (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $15,000
  5. Bailey HouseBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $15,000
  6. City Hearts (cash)Harbor City, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $15,000
  7. Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (cash)New York, NY

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  8. NYC Live Arts (cash)New York, NY

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  9. Desert AIDS Project (cash)Palm Springs, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  10. Foothill AIDS Project (cash)Claremont, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  11. Black AIDS Institute (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  12. Armory Center for the Arts (cash)Pasadena, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  13. Heart of Los Angeles Youth (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  14. Los Angeles LGBT Center (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  15. Los Angeles County Museum (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  16. AIDS Project Los Angeles (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  17. Aperture Foundation (cash)New York, NY

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  18. Vincent Price Art Museum (cash)Monterey Park, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  19. AIDS Alabama (cash)Birmingham, AL

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  20. Persad CenterPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $9,000
  21. Venice Arts (cash)Venice, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $7,500
  22. Pablove Foundation (cash)Los Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $5,000
  23. The Light Factory (cash)Charlotte, NC

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $2,500
  24. SF Moma (cash)San Francisco, CA

    Unrestricted donation for donee's exempt purpose

    $600

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Health1 grant $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California17 grants $433,100
  2. New York4 grants $45,000
  3. Alabama1 grant $10,000
  4. Pennsylvania1 grant $9,000
  5. North Carolina1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Mark McKennaEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $150,000
  • Warren GrantDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Erik HymanDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Richard GereDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Steve FinkDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Michael WhalenDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Stephen HuvaneDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0

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