Funding search · EIN 953333368 · Los Angeles, CA

The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation

Name: The Norman & Sadie Lee 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.

77
grants reported: $5.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $7,500
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

public

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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.

Los Angeles Philharmonic3 grants · $1.3M
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust3 grants · $1.3M
American Friends of Magen David Adom (Afmda)2 grants · $525,000
Los Angeles Opera3 grants · $480,000
City of Hope2 grants · $425,000
Usc Associates3 grants · $371,000
Center Theatre Group3 grants · $360,000
Venice Family Clinic3 grants · $180,000
Skirball Cultural Center3 grants · $155,000
The UCLA Foundation3 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$1.9M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$1.7M

2024

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

$820,000
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$500,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom (Afmda) · New York, NY · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$457,500
Los Angeles Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$457,500
Los Angeles Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$412,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$400,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$225,000
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$212,750
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$160,000
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$160,000
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$160,000
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$135,000
Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$128,000
Usc Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$128,000
Usc Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$125,000
Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$115,000
Usc Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$100,000
Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$60,000
Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$60,000
Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$60,000
Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$55,000
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$50,000
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$50,000
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$25,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom (Afmda) · New York, NY · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$25,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$20,000
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue · Arlington, VA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$20,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$20,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Enterprise for Youth · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Gold Trail Grange · Coloma, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Gold Trail Grange · Coloma, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue · Arlington, VA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$8,500
Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$8,500
Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$7,500
Enterprise for Youth · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$7,500
Enterprise for Youth · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$7,500
Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
American River Conservancy · Coloma, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Burn Institute · San Diego, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Exhale To Inhale · New York, NY · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Hoover Institution - Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Laura'S House · Ladera Ranch, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness Greater La County (Nami Glac) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Performing Arts Center of La County Dba the Music Center (Tmc) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Sos Outreach · Avon, CO · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
The Phoenix · Denver, CO · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Chp 11-99 Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Exhale To Inhale · New York, NY · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Laura'S House · Ladera Ranch, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Chp 11-99 Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Gold Trail Grange · Coloma, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Laura'S House · Ladera Ranch, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
The Phoenix · Denver, CO · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$4,000
Exhale To Inhale · New York, NY · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$3,500
Project Heal · Douglaston, NY · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$3,000
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$3,000
Reel Recovery · Needham, MA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
Active Social Communities Inc Dba Volo Kids Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
Al Otro Lado · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
Burn Institute · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
Sos Outreach · Avon, CO · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
Al Otro Lado · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
Burn Institute · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
Girls Inc of Greater Los Angeles · Inglewood, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$2,000
American River Conservancy · Coloma, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$1,750
Aktiv Against Cancer Foundation · Riverdale, NY · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$1,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2022
Public support of organization mission

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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.