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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 92-1183398

LNS&JNS Foundation

A private foundation in Saint Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $411,500 paid in grants.

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

4 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $411,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $10,990,016
  • Tax year 2024

    $292,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $10,179,009
  • Tax year 2023

    $204,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $9,113,634
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $7,727,288

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Teachers College - Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Annual grant

    $100,000
  2. Abraham Joshua Heschel SchoolNew York, NY

    Honorarium

    $60,000
  3. Brady Center to Prevent Gun ViolenceWashington, DC

    Annual grant

    $55,000
  4. Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO

    Annual grant

    $50,000
  5. Japan SocietyNew York, NY

    Annual grant

    $25,000
  6. Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    Annual grant

    $25,000
  7. Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA

    Annual fund

    $20,000
  8. Dalton SchoolNew York, NY

    $5k annual fund, $10k ellen stein faculty fund

    $15,000
  9. Nightingale-Bamford SchoolNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $15,000
  10. San Diego University School of LawSan Diego, CA

    Annual fund

    $10,000
  11. UJA Federation of New YorkNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $10,000
  12. Taft SchoolWatertown, CT

    Annual grant

    $5,000
  13. Northwell Health FoundationNew Hyde Park, NY

    Annual grant

    $5,000
  14. Brown UniversityProvidence, RI

    Annual grant

    $5,000
  15. Jewish National Fund - USANew York, NY

    Annual grant

    $5,000
  16. John Burroughs SchoolSaint Louis, MO

    Honorarium

    $3,000
  17. Student Leadership NetworkNew York, NY

    Annual grant

    $2,500
  18. Collegiate SchoolNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education8 grants $254,00071% of the total
  2. Crime and legal aid1 grant $55,00015% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $25,0007% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $12,5004% of the total
  5. Community development1 grant $5,0001% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $5,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York10 grants $238,500
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $55,000
  3. Missouri2 grants $53,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $25,000
  5. Pennsylvania1 grant $20,000
  6. California1 grant $10,000
  7. Connecticut1 grant $5,000
  8. Rhode Island1 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.

  • Linda N SchapiroPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Joshua N SolomonVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Andrew E NewmanSECRETARY & TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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