Roy And Patricia Disney Family Foundation
The Roy + Patricia Disney Family Foundation is a private family foundation (based in the Los Angeles/Burbank area) that funds criminal justice reform, affordable housing preservation, and environmental justice through place-based, trust-based grantmaking. The website describes funding priorities, partner work, and publishes a staff/team page and program information; it also states that grant applications are considered by invitation only.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Community-led or intermediary organizations working on criminal justice reform, affordable housing preservation, or environmental justice — especially those based in or doing substantial work in California — seeking flexible operating or project support.
Good Fit
- • Clear alignment with criminal justice reform, affordable housing preservation, or environmental justice priorities.
- • Demonstrated work in California or in communities and coalitions that intersect with California-based initiatives.
- • Requests framed as general operating or multi-year project support rather than narrowly scoped pilots.
- • Existing partnerships or visibility with organizations already in the foundation’s network or with intermediaries the foundation funds.
- • Capacity to receive trust-based funding and report in narrative rather than rigid output formats.
Geography
Grantmaking is CA-focused — roughly 70% of dollars were directed to California — but the latest year included recipients in 20 states, indicating state-level concentration with national reach.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation made 164 grants to 99 distinct recipients across a mix of intermediaries and community groups, with a wide range of grant sizes and program types, which indicates a broad and diverse recipient portfolio for the foundation’s size.
New Applicants
The foundation publicly states it funds by invitation only and the default application record shows preselected-only, yet the latest year included 56 newly funded recipients, so unfamiliar organizations can be added but not typically via an open unsolicited application process.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
