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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 47-5545263

The LSM Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Washington, DC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $20,500 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $20,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $384,279

  • Tax year 2023

    $21,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $379,471

  • Tax year 2022

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $388,488

  • Tax year 2021

    $15,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $407,257

  • Tax year 2020

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $415,957

  • Tax year 2019

    $12,027

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $402,129

  • Tax year 2018

    $7,350

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $296,599

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The National Building MuseumWashington, DC

    Edward feiner lecture fund

    $12,500
  2. Diffa Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDSNew York, NY

    General operations

    $5,000
  3. Jubilee HousingWashington, DC

    General operations

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $12,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia2 grants $15,500
  2. New York1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Debra Lehman-SmithDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • James McLeish IIIDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • David SmithDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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