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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 85-3976419

Clein-Lemann Esperanza Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $1.2 million 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

    $1,161,333

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $12,350,792

  • Tax year 2023

    $803,333

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $13,106,209

  • Tax year 2022

    $380,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $14,016,751

  • Tax year 2021

    $330,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $14,278,507

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $13,841,149

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Arts andChapel Hill, NC

    General & Unrestricted

    $460,000
  2. Brown UniversityProvidence, RI

    Clein-Lemann Esperanza Foundation Health Equity Scholars Program

    $250,000
  3. Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY

    The Center on Extremism and General Operating Funds

    $200,000
  4. Trustees of Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Esperanza HBC Fund for Writing Students at the School of Arts

    $80,000
  5. Preservation Alliance of New Orleans IncorporatedNew Orleans, LA

    Preserve historic architecture in New Orleans Fund

    $50,000
  6. Bard CollegeAnnandale, NY

    Bard Early College New Orleans to support their program teach college level classes to inner city public school students in New Orleans, enhancing their preparation and opportunities for higher education, and for their futures in life

    $33,333
  7. Loyola UniversityNew Orleans, LA

    Work of the Center for Editing and Publishing at Loyola, reward faculty excellence with performance-based bonuses, and supplement the salary of the co-directors of the center for editing and publishing and/or and faculty who are administering its activities

    $33,000
  8. 826 New OrleansNew Orleans, LA

    General & Unrestricted

    $30,000
  9. North Carolina Community Foundation IncRaleigh, NC

    NC Disaster Relief Fund

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development2 grants $300,00043% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $200,00029% of the total
  3. Education4 grants $176,33325% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina2 grants $485,000
  2. New York3 grants $313,333
  3. Rhode Island1 grant $250,000
  4. Louisiana3 grants $113,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Mark CleinDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nancy LemannDir, Pres, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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