Griffith Observatory Foundation
Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
The Griffith Observatory Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting Griffith Observatory as a center for science literacy, education, and public astronomy. It pursues this aim through resource development and advocacy carried out in partnership with the surrounding community. For more than four decades, the foundation has served Griffith Observatory as its sole nonprofit partner, enabling updates, upgrades, and preservation through the efforts of a volunteer board and thousands of members and donors. Based in Los Angeles, California, the organization operates as a small to mid-sized nonprofit. Its work focuses on mobilizing resources and advocating to sustain and expand the Observatory's educational and outreach programs for the public. Through ongoing preservation and improvement efforts supported by volunteers and supporters, the foundation helps maintain Griffith Observatory as a regional center for science education and public astronomy.