Bar-El Family Foundation

Invitation Only

Los Angeles, California · EIN 84-2661937 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2025)$28K

Organizations funded5

Typical grant$500

Total assets$0

Half of its grants to organizations were between $500 and $2,000.

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From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Education1
Housing1

Where it gives

40% of grants went outside California.

Where it gives most, by cause

Its largest causes in a single state on the latest return. Each page shows the leading foundations that fund the same cause there, with their largest grants.

Grants paid in tax year 2025

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
New Israel Fund	Philadelphia, PA	Payments to organizations	$4,000
Immigrant Defenders League	Los Angeles, CA	Immigrant advocacy	$2,000
Berkeley Student Cooperative	Berkeley, CA	Payments to organizations	$500
American Friends of MDA	New York, NY	Payments to organizations	$500
Tiyya Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	Payments to organizations	$500

The return also lists 17 grants to individuals ($20,670). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2025	$28,170	22
2024	$20,254	15
2023	$16,199	15

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Mar 18, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202640789349100004
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 84-2661937
Profile updated Nov 10, 2026

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