Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

• This foundation funds across medicine, education, the arts, community and youth programmes, and science, so check your work fits one of these themes first.
• It operates strictly by invitation only, does not accept unsolicited applications, letters of inquiry or requests, and values long-standing relationships with its grantees, with 92% of grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded in the two prior filings, so a cold approach is unlikely to succeed.
• Typical grants are modest: about eight in ten of its 498 grants fall between $10,000 and $160,000, with a median of $30,000, though the largest grant was about $1,350,000.
• No geographic focus is stated, though its filings show grants mainly in California.
• As it does not accept unsolicited requests, organisations without an existing relationship should not attempt to apply directly.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Children's Hospital Los Angeles · Fellowship program and impact research
  $1,100,0002024 tax year
• American Red Cross Los Angeles Region · 2025 los angeles fire victims
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Torrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation · Behavioral health clinic expansion/integration
  $800,0002024 tax year
• Uscnorris Comprehensive Cancer Center - Norris Healthcare Consultation Cent · Cancer immunotherapies for diverse patients
  $750,0002024 tax year
• City of Hope · Dual-targeted car-t therapy for glioblastoma
  $700,0002024 tax year
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Cedars-sinai bone health&aging program
  $600,0002024 tax year
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County · Exhibitions and education programs
  $575,0002024 tax year
• California Science Center Foundation · Oschin air and space center
  $500,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.