The Robert Lemelson Foundation

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Pacific Palisades, California · EIN 27-3423670 · Private foundation · Website

Grants paid (2024)$334K

Organizations funded6

Typical grant$2,700

Total assets$7.8M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $1,023 and $100,000.

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From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2024 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.

Education2
Arts & Culture1

Where it gives

50% 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 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
American Friends of Hebrew University	Los Angeles, CA	General funds	$180,000
UCLA Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	Designated to thedepartment of anthropology: for the c-blaac 2025 program	$100,000
Myriad USA	New York, NY	Putra bangsa sch/ninik supartini scholarship	$49,721
Beyond Baroque Foundation	Venice, CA	General funds	$2,700
Name withheld	Brooklyn, NY	F.lefrak annual celebration	$1,023
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge	Needham, MA	Pan mass challenge 2024	$513

Name withheld: we could not match the recipient to an IRS-registered organization, and the name may be a person's. Amount, place and purpose are as filed.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$333,957	6
2023	$520,050	5

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 30, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202503039349101395
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 27-3423670
Profile updated Nov 10, 2026

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