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Private foundation (trust)EIN 273423670Est. 2011-01

THE ROBERT LEMELSON FOUNDATION

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA 90272

Total Assets

$7.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$334K

FY 2024

Grants Made

6

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$56K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$513–$180K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$160K

Total Expenses

$399K

Qualifying Distributions

$335K

Distributable Amount

$377K

Min. Investment Return

$379K

Payout rate 89%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.89%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

6 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $513 through median $26K to maximum $180K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $520K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

25 grants

UCLA FOUNDATION
$868K
4 grants
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY
$180K
1 grant
AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
$160K
3 grants
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION
$90K
2 grants
GIVE 2 ASIA
$54K
1 grant
MYRIAD USA
$50K
1 grant
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
$23K
1 grant
USC PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM
$17K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

25 grants

<$10K
11
grants
$10–50K
5
grants
$50–250K
7
grants
$250K–1M
2
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

6 states

California
$1.2M
83% of total
Virginia
$160K
11% of total
New York
$56K
4% of total
Ohio
$23K
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$10K
1% of total
Massachusetts
$2K
0% of total

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