Funding search · EIN 956058214 · Santa Monica, CA
Lawrence E & Elaine Smith Irell Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 25
- grants reported
- $657,000
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $15,000
- 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.
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Grant history
All 25 reported grants, largest first.
- $120,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable and scientific services benefiting the general public and the scientific community.
- $120,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable and scientific services benefiting the general public and the scientific community.
- $120,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable and scientific services benefiting the general public and the scientific community.
- $30,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To assist the organization in achieving its goals to help end social and legal injustice.
- $30,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To assist the organization in achieving its goals to help end social and legal injustice.
- $30,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To assist the organization in achieving its goals to help end social and legal injustice.
- $15,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable services benefiting the general public.
- $15,000
International Rescue Committee · Glendale, CA · 2024
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable services benefitting refugees around the world.
- $15,000
Salk Insttute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2024
To assist the institute in its continuing research programs dedicated to curing diseases and advancing knowledge in the fields of microbiology and genetics.
- $15,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable services benefiting the general public.
- $15,000
International Rescue Committee · Glendale, CA · 2023
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable services benefitting refugees around the world.
- $15,000
Salk Insttute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2023
To assist the institute in its continuing research programs dedicated to curing diseases and advancing knowledge in the fields of microbiology and genetics.
- $15,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable services benefiting the general public.
- $15,000
International Rescue Committee · Glendale, CA · 2022
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable services benefitting refugees around the world.
- $15,000
Salk Insttute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2022
To assist the institute in its continuing research programs dedicated to curing diseases and advancing knowledge in the fields of microbiology and genetics.
- $12,000
Creative Quest Foundation · 2023
To assist the organization to maintain its goal in developing equal opportunities for minorities in pursuing careers in the entertainment and performaing industries.
- $10,000
Los Angeles Innocence Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To assist the organization in maintaining its charitable goals benefitting wrongly convicted and incarcerated innocent victims and in helping to reform the criminal justice system.
- $10,000
Los Angeles Innocence Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To assist the organization in maintaining its charitable goals benefitting wrongly convicted and incarcerated innocent victims and in helping to reform the criminal justice system.
- $10,000
Los Angeles Innocence Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To assist the organization in maintaining its charitable goals benefitting wrongly convicted and incarcerated innocent victims and in helping to reform the criminal justice system.
- $7,000
Create Cures Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To help sustain the program's goals of monitoring weight loss, healthy aging and metabolic health through nutrition and fasting.
- $7,000
Death Penalty Focus · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To assist the organization in maintaining its commitment to bringing about the abolition of the death penalty.
- $6,000
Death Penalty Focus · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To assist the organization in maintaining its commitment to bringing about the abolition of the death penalty.
- $5,000
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To help sustain the organization's commitment to providing information and medical care for women's choices regarding birth control, pregnancy and pregnancy termination and reproductive rights.
- $4,000
The Humane Society · Washington, DC · 2022
To assist the organization in maintaining its dedication to helping find homes for stray and abandoned pets and animals.
- $1,000
California State Parks Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To assist the organization to maintain its charitable and ecological services benefitting the genral public.
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