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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-6139071

Lee and Anne Samson Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $487,325 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $487,325

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $731

  • Tax year 2024

    $164,258

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $4,906

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,139,322

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $4,614

  • Tax year 2022

    $284,621

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $23,295

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,361,570

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $31,843

  • Tax year 2020

    $677,852

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $80,778

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Ariel University FoundationMiddletown, DE

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $150,000
  2. Yula High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $125,000
  3. Los Angeles Philharmonic AssociationLos Angeles, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $60,000
  4. The Torah and Nature FoundationWest Hollywood, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $60,000
  5. Simon Wiesenthal Center IncLos Angeles, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $30,000
  6. Young Israel of North Beverly HillsBeverly Hills, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $29,600
  7. Friends of Nahal Haredi IncTeaneck, NJ

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $13,700
  8. Kiryat Shemona FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $10,000
  9. Beth Jacob CongregationMargate, NJ

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $2,045
  10. Our Big Kitchen Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $1,800
  11. The Westside ShulBeverly Hills, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $1,500
  12. American Friends of Unit 669 IncLivingston, NJ

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $1,000
  13. Beverly Hills Police Officers FundBeverly Hills, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $1,000
  14. Chabad Terror Victims Project IncBrooklyn, NY

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $1,000
  15. Chabad of Sunset StripW Hollywood, CA

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $500
  16. Aliyos ShlomoFar Rockaway, NY

    To further the exempt purpose of the organization

    $180

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $275,00065% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $90,00021% of the total
  3. Religion4 grants $41,60010% of the total
  4. International aid2 grants $14,7003% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture1 grant $1,800<1% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California10 grants $319,400
  2. Delaware1 grant $150,000
  3. New Jersey3 grants $16,745
  4. New York2 grants $1,180

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Lee C SamsonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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