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Form 990-PFTax year 2018EIN 36-6153888

Lester S Abelson Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2018 lists 3 grants and $149,671 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2018 (period ending Dec 31, 2018), 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2018 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2018

    $149,671

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2018

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Lyric OperaChicago, IL

    General operating purpose

    $97,296
  2. The Chicago Community TrustChicago, IL

    General operating purposes

    $52,372
  3. The Chicago Community TrustChicago, IL

    General operating purposes

    $3

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $52,375100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois3 grants $149,671

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Katherine A AbelsonPRES., SECTRY, TREAS & DIR Hours 0Pay $0
  • H Debra LevinDIR. Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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