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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 26-1609012

Barbara and Fred Kort Foundation

A private foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $1.9 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,850,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $18,528,170
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,253,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $18,943,253
  • Tax year 2022

    $824,600

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $19,721,336
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,930,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $18,652,432
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,365,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $20,335,731
  • Tax year 2019

    $1,200,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $21,415,353
  • Tax year 2018

    $1,425,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $22,276,255
  • Tax year 2017

    $1,200,550

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $22,110,084

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Friends of Rachashei LevBrick, NJ

    Cancer treatment

    $300,000
  2. AmitNew York, NY

    Child education

    $250,000
  3. Skookum KidsBellingham, WA

    Child education

    $200,000
  4. The RoseHouston, TX

    Cancer treatment

    $200,000
  5. Chasday Naomi USA FriendsHouston, TX

    Holocaust remembrance

    $175,000
  6. Neeman Foundation USABoston, MA

    Holocaust remembrance

    $175,000
  7. Virginia Holocaust MuseumRichmond, VA

    Holocaust remembrance

    $170,000
  8. Israel Cancer Research FundNew York, NY

    Cancer research

    $100,000
  9. Names Not NumbersNew York, NY

    Holocaust remembrance

    $80,000
  10. Yeshiva Ketana of Los AngelesValley VLG, CA

    Child education

    $75,000
  11. US Friends of Dror IsraelBoca Raton, FL

    Child education

    $75,000
  12. Asian Youth CenterSan Gabriel, CA

    Child education

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services3 grants $425,00046% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $175,00019% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $170,00018% of the total
  4. Education2 grants $155,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $430,000
  2. Texas2 grants $375,000
  3. New Jersey1 grant $300,000
  4. Washington1 grant $200,000
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $175,000
  6. Virginia1 grant $170,000
  7. California2 grants $125,000
  8. Florida1 grant $75,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Lucia CheungPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Steven M FrankielCFO Hours 5Pay $0
  • Daniel LeeSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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