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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 27-3423670

The Robert Lemelson Foundation

A private foundation in Pacific Palisades, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $333,957 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $333,957

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,507,876

  • Tax year 2023

    $520,050

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,746,647

  • Tax year 2022

    $410,305

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,959,639

  • Tax year 2021

    $345,314

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $5,962,482

  • Tax year 2020

    $204,502

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $6,039,431

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. American Friends of Hebrew UniversityLos Angeles, CA

    General funds

    $180,000
  2. UCLA FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Designated to thedepartment of anthropology: for the c-blaac 2025 program

    $100,000
  3. Myriad USANew York, NY

    Putra bangsa sch/ninik supartini scholarship

    $49,721
  4. Beyond Baroque FoundationVenice, CA

    General funds

    $2,700
  5. Brooklyn Workforce InnovationsBrooklyn, NY

    F.lefrak annual celebration

    $1,023
  6. Pan-Massachusetts ChallengeNeedham, MA

    Pan mass challenge 2024

    $513

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $100,00065% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $49,72132% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $2,7002% of the total
  4. Housing and shelter1 grant $1,023<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $282,700
  2. New York2 grants $50,744
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $513

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Robert Lemelson PHDPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Zoe LemelsonSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Lois ShickmanCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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