The Perenchio Foundation is a private foundation established by the late A. Jerrold “Jerry” Perenchio. Our founder was driven by a love for Los Angeles and the arts. The Foundation’s work is guided by Mr. Perenchio’s commitment to create a positive, lasting impact in the region through the arts with a focus on quality, accessibility, and permanence. The Foundation carries forward his vision with the intention of making a deep and lasting mark on the Los Angeles arts ecosystem.
What We Do
The Perenchio Foundation believes that arts play an essential role in creating more equitable, culturally vibrant, and inclusive communities. We support arts organizations in building the capacity and resilience to create meaningful, enduring experiences for current and future generations.
What We Hope To Achieve
The Perenchio Foundation is deeply rooted in Los Angeles—the creative capital of the world and a destination for people from all walks of life to explore our region’s arts offerings. The arts enrich our lives, create spaces for community experiences, and drive our economy. We support arts organizations because a thriving arts sector is inseparable from the well-being of our region — and because the communities most in need of that vitality deserve the strongest possible investment.
Quality – Art uplifts the quality of everyone’s life by allowing us to see new perspectives.
Our purpose is to engage and support a mosaic of creative voices and art practices throughout Los Angeles County in their pursuit of artistic excellence.
Accessibility – Art is for everyone.
We strive to improve equity in the arts by focusing on supporting organizations that provide access to the arts for all communities.
Permanence – Art contributes to the well-being of current and future generations.
We seek to strengthen the capacity of arts organizations to secure their place as enduring cultural anchors in their communities.
We engage with and listen to the needs of arts organizations to understand how we can support them in their work of creating and connecting people to the arts, especially for communities that have been historically underfunded and underserved. Our relationships with grantees are ongoing and built on trust. We invest with depth rather than breadth, accompanying organizations through periods of growth, challenge, and transition. Our grantmaking reflects a conviction that sustained, multi-year investment — not one-time grants — is what meaningfully transforms an organization’s long-term trajectory.
