Funding search · EIN 956058214 · Santa Monica, CA

Lawrence E & Elaine Smith Irell Foundation

Name: Lawrence E & Elaine Smith Irell 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.

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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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.

3 grants matching “microbiology” · $45,000

$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
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
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.

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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