The Ray Charles Foundation
Official site for The Ray Charles Foundation, a Los Angeles-based foundation focused on hearing disorders and empowering young people through education. The site includes mission language, a grants section with eligibility and application guidelines, and contact details listing a Los Angeles address and foundation phone number.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established charities working in education, youth development, or hearing/health initiatives—especially organizations with programs or partnerships in California and capacity to manage substantive grants and reporting.
Good Fit
- • Programmatic alignment with education, youth development, or hearing-health work.
- • Organizational presence or program activity in California (or a clear CA partnership).
- • Capacity to absorb and report on mid-to-large sized awards.
- • Willingness to follow the foundation's grant checklist and mailing application process.
- • Track record of repeat funding or sustained program delivery.
Geography
Recent grants reached recipients in seven states, so the observed footprint is multi-state; however, giving in the latest year was concentrated in California, which received about 64% of dollars.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded about ten distinct recipients in the latest year and supported multiple independent organizations across three years with seven repeat grantees, but dollars are highly concentrated in one or a few large awards (the top five took 97%).
New Applicants
There is a clear public application path (website, online application and a mailed grant packet) and new grantees were funded in the latest year, though selection appears selective given the concentration of dollars in a few large recipients.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
