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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-6161749

Helen Sperry Lea Foundation

A private foundation in Venice, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $133,509 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
R Brooke Lea II
931 Fairmount Ae
Saint Paul, MN 55105
(651) 696-6196
Form and materials
No specific format required
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $133,509

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,623,042

  • Tax year 2024

    $113,066

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,582,281

  • Tax year 2023

    $124,688

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,532,534

  • Tax year 2022

    $143,870

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,449,454

  • Tax year 2021

    $124,342

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,611,945

  • Tax year 2020

    $127,654

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,652,556

  • Tax year 2019

    $127,754

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,870,216

  • Tax year 2018

    $115,490

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,865,888

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    General

    $30,000
  2. Second Harvest HeartlandBrooklyn Park, MN

    General

    $20,000
  3. Project for Pride in LivingMinneapolis, MN

    General

    $20,000
  4. Music Academy of the WestSanta Barbara, CA

    General

    $15,000
  5. Individual

    General

    $11,755
  6. Individual

    General

    $10,000
  7. Individual

    General

    $10,000
  8. Hallie Q Brown Comm CenterSaint Paul, MN

    General

    $9,754
  9. Individual

    General

    $4,000
  10. Individual

    General

    $2,000
  11. Walk in Counseling CenterMinneapolis, MN

    General

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $20,00036% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $20,00036% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $15,00027% of the total
  4. Mental health1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Minnesota4 grants $50,754
  2. California1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • R Brooke Lea IIPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Emily FieldsVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Helena Lea-BastilleVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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