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Form 990-PFTax year 2020EIN 94-1689629

LS Foundation

A private foundation in Palo Alto, CA. Its return for tax year 2020 reports $665,000 paid in grants, listed in an attachment that is not in the e-file.

Tax year 2020 (period ending Dec 31, 2020), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Laurence L Spitters President
555 Byron Street 105
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 324-1775
Form and materials
No prescribed form
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
No restrictions or limitations

Assets and giving by year

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2020

    $665,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $6,422,375
  • Tax year 2019

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $6,422,375
  • Tax year 2018

    $463,050

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $6,577,375

Grants paid in 2020

Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file)

As listed on the return.

  1. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $665,000 in all.

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Laurence L SpittersPRESIDENT Hours 15Pay $0

The return

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