Funding search · EIN 471573526 · Los Angeles, CA

The Lester Napier Foundation

Name: The Lester Napier Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

52
grants reported: $591,500
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Preble Street3 grants · $75,000
World Central Kitchen3 grants · $65,000
Midcoast Maine Community Action3 grants · $45,000
Second Servings Houston3 grants · $45,000
Target Hunger3 grants · $45,000
Big Sunday3 grants · $35,000
Bath Area Food Bank3 grants · $30,000
Undies for Everyone3 grants · $30,000
Nova Ukraine2 grants · $25,000
International Fund for Animal Welfare2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$215,500

2022

$209,000

2023

$167,000

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$25,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$25,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$25,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Midcoast Maine Community Action · Bath, ME · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Second Servings Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Target Hunger · Houston, TX · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Big Sunday · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Midcoast Maine Community Action · Bath, ME · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Nova Ukraine · Stanford, CA · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Second Servings Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Target Hunger · Houston, TX · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Midcoast Maine Community Action · Bath, ME · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Second Servings Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
Target Hunger · Houston, TX · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$15,000
The Change Reaction · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Bath Area Food Bank · Bath, ME · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Big Sunday · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Undies for Everyone · Houston, TX · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Bath Area Food Bank · Bath, ME · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
International Fund for Animal Welfare · Yarmouth Port, MA · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Undies for Everyone · Houston, TX · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Bath Area Food Bank · Bath, ME · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Big Sunday · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
International Fund for Animal Welfare · Yarmouth Port, MA · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Nova Ukraine · Stanford, CA · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Sunflower of Peace Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
Undies for Everyone · Houston, TX · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Center for Child Counseling · Palm Beach Garden, FL · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley · Billings, MT · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Home Safe · Lake Worth, FL · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Vita Nova · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Ywca of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Adopt a Family of the Palm Beaches · Lake Worth, FL · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Alzeimer'S Community Care · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Cancer Alliance of Help and Hope · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Caridad Center · Boynton Beach, FL · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Community Leadership and Development · Billings, MT · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
The Arc of Palm Beach County · Riviera Beach, FL · 2023
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Cij Intermountain · Helena, MT · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Clinics Can Help · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Cros Ministries · Lake Worth, FL · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Milagro Foundation · Delray Beach, FL · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
The Achievement Centers for Children & Families · Delray Beach, FL · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
The Glades Initiative · Belle Glade, FL · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$7,000
Urban Youth Impact · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization
$1,500
Dogwill · Bath, ME · 2022
Grants are made for specific charitable purposes consistent with the purpose of this organization

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.