Warren and Elaine Breslow Family Foundation

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OVERVIEW: The Warren and Elaine Breslow Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to Jewish causes and human services organizations. It also supports health, arts and a few global organizations.

IP TAKE: The foundation keeps a low public profile, which limits information available on its grantmaking priorities and activities. It will be difficult to gain this funder’s attention; the Breslow Family Foundation does not accept requests for funding and tends to support the same organizations year after year.

PROFILE: The Warren and Elaine Breslow Family Foundation was established in 2001. It was founded by Southern California real estate mogul Warren L. Breslow and his late wife, Elaine, a civic leader. Warren Breslow rose through the ranks of Goldrich & Kest Industries, eventually becoming CEO. Goldrich Kest is a privately-owned diversified real estate company focused on the management, redevelopment and acquisition of multifamily residential properties. The foundation lacks transparency and does not maintain a website, which makes it difficult to locate further information on its priority areas and grantmaking strategies. Tax filings suggest the Warren and Elaine Breslow Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to Jewish causes and human services organizations. It also supports health, arts, educational and youth organizations.

Grants for Jewish Causes

Jewish causes represent the Breslow Foundation’s largest giving area, although the foundation does not name specific focus areas of for its Jewish giving. Grantees include the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, the Stephen Wise Temple, the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum, Yeshiva Gedoloah of Los Angeles and Beit Tshuvah, a Jewish residential mental health provider in Los Angeles that is home to the Elaine Breslow Institute for Addiction, Prevention and Family Education, which Elaine helped spearhead.

Grants for Global Development, Global Health and Human Rights

This funder has demonstrated interest in human rights and the health of vulnerable people around the world. Grants have supported organizations including Women for Women International, the Jewish World Watch and Doctors Without Borders.

Grants for Arts and Culture

A significant portion of this funder’s giving goes to arts and culture organizations in Los Angeles. Grantees include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Opera Company, Museum Associates of Los Angeles and the Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles. A few grants have also supported arts organizations in other parts of the U.S. Recipients include New York City’s Whitney Museum of American Art and Connecticut’s Ballet Theatre Company.

Grants for Education and Youth

The Breslow Foundation makes a limited number of grants for education and does not articulate a strategy for its giving in this area. Some grants support Jewish schools and educational organizations. Grantees include De Toledo High School in West Hills, the Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School and the Hillel at UCLA.

Grants for Public Health and Diseases

Grants for health care and disease research have been a smaller area of giving for the Breslow Foundation in recent years. Grantees include the Tower Cancer Research Foundation, Achievable Health of Culver City and the American Cancer Society.

Important Grant Details:

Breslow’s grants range from $140 to about $165,000.

  • Jewish organizations account for approximately half of this funder’s recipients.

  • Grantmaking focuses on but is not strictly limited to the greater Los Angels area.

  • This funder tends to support the same organizations year after year.

  • This funder does not unsolicited requests for funding.

  • See the foundation’s tax filings for additional information about past giving.

The Warren and Elaine Breslow Family Foundation does not provide a direct way of getting in touch. Its phone number is 310-204-2050. unsolicited proposals.

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CONTACT:

Warren and Elaine Breslow Family Foundation
1925 Century Park East, 16th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067

310-204-2050