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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 95-4212896

Leo Freedman Foundation

A private foundation in Camarillo, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $75,000 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. It still lists the details below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Orange county arts programs only.

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,501,835

  • Tax year 2024

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,217,518

  • Tax year 2023

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,238,510

  • Tax year 2022

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,332,566

  • Tax year 2021

    $77,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,386,669

  • Tax year 2020

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,448,942

  • Tax year 2019

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,519,696

  • Tax year 2018

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,589,408

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cal State Univ - FullertonFullerton, CA

    Fine arts - scholarships

    $25,000
  2. Chapman UniversityOrange, CA

    Fine arts - scholarships

    $25,000
  3. University of California - IrvineIrvine, CA

    Fine arts - scholarships, signs for UCI

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $25,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $75,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Ellis SternTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $13,736
  • Sharon Lesk Co Tygir EnterprisesTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $14,990

The return

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