Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected, so a charity without an existing invitation should not send a request.
- Where a route in exists, about 8 in 10 of its 127 grants to organisations fall between $1,000 and $20,000, with a median of $5,000, so a modest request in that range fits its pattern, though its largest grant was $330,000, so the band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat giving is significant: 57% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in one of its two earlier filings, so a relationship built over time matters more than a cold approach.
- The filing states no geographic focus; grants are mainly in California, Florida, Illinois and Connecticut, but that pattern is not a rule on who may apply.
- Its application information does not explain selection criteria, so a charity cannot test its fit against published criteria.
Overview
Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Agoura Hills, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's organisation grants are recorded as general support. The recipient organisations include universities and medical research programmes, schools, social-service and health organisations, arts and cultural institutions, community groups, and charities addressing hunger, conservation and animal welfare. The recorded grants therefore show a varied range of charitable recipients rather than a single clearly stated funding field. Grants span several states, with California and Florida accounting for the largest shares in the filings; the filing does not state that these locations are eligibility limits or formal priorities. The foundation makes contributions to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. Its application information does not explain selection criteria or provide an open application route.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, Florida, Illinois and Connecticut.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 57% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 127 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 5%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 36% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 57% of grant dollars went to organisations Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 51 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $6,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- UCLA Center for East West Medicine · General support$185,0002024 tax year
- UCLA Center for Neurobiology of Stress · General support$100,0002024 tax year
- UCLA Foundation · General support$60,0002024 tax year
- Kinship United · General support$25,0002024 tax year
- Marion County Senior Services · General support$25,0002024 tax year
- Los Angeles Philharmonic · General support$22,0002024 tax year
- Jules Stein Eye Institute (Development Office) · General support$20,0002024 tax year
- Cheshire Academy · General support$20,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- William Oppenheimer — Vice President
- Stephen P Petty — President
- Bradley R Straatsma MD JD — Director
- Susan Oppenheimer — Director
- Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin — Treasurer
- Peter L Funsten Esq — Secretary
- Doug Oppenheimer — Vice President
- Brooke Oppenheimer — Vice President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $565,927 | $573,450 | $13,812,736 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $514,457 | $580,050 | $16,026,327 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,062,026 | $688,500 | $18,293,745 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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- Agoura Hills, CA