Funding search · EIN 237007566 · Los Angeles, CA

Chet & Jon Lappen Foundation

Name: Chet & Jon Lappen Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

192
grants reported: $432,515
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education 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.

Center for Childhood4 grants · $107,575
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica4 grants · $31,800
La Regional Foodbank4 grants · $26,000
Var Organized Charities4 grants · $14,872
University High Education Foundation4 grants · $12,250
Maccabi USA2 grants · $11,000
Colorado Academy4 grants · $10,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $10,000
Focus for Democracy2 grants · $10,000
UCLA School of Law4 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$113,265

2022

$89,652

2023

$98,350

2024

$131,248

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 192 grants.

$38,500
Center for Childhood · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$24,300
Center for Childhood · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$23,975
Center for Childhood · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$20,800
Center for Childhood · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$11,800
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
Public charity
$11,000
La Regional Foodbank · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$9,000
Focus for Democracy · Washington, DC · 2025
Charity/general
$9,000
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Public charity
$7,000
Maccabi USA · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Charity/general
$6,675
Var Organized Charities · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$6,100
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity/general
$5,800
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Public charity
$5,200
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Public charity
$5,117
Var Organized Charities · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$5,000
La Regional Foodbank · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$5,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2024
Charity/general
$5,000
La Regional Foodbank · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$5,000
La Regional Foodbank · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$4,250
University High Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$4,000
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$4,000
Maccabi USA · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charity/general
$4,000
Campbell Hall School · Nhollywood, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$4,000
University High Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$3,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$3,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Charity/general
$3,000
Planned Parenthood · San Barbara, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$3,000
Temple Beth Shalom · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$3,000
Kehilla Community Synagogue · Oakland, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$3,000
Planned Parenthood · San Barbara, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$3,000
Temple Beth Shalom · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$2,850
Kehilla Community Synagogue · Oakland, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$2,500
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2025
Charity/general
$2,500
UCLA School of Law · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Education
$2,500
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity/general
$2,500
UCLA School of Law · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education
$2,500
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education
$2,500
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity/general
$2,500
UCLA School of Law · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$2,500
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$2,500
Campbell Hall School · Nhollywood, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$2,500
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity/general
$2,500
UCLA School of Law · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$2,400
Kehilla Community Synagogue · Oakland, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$2,330
Var Organized Charities · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$2,150
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Charity/general
$2,140
Donorschoose · New York, NY · 2022
Charity/general
$2,000
24th Street Theatre · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$2,000
California Fire Relief · Playa Del Rey, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$2,000
Palestine Children'S Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$2,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Charity/general
$2,000
University High Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$2,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$2,000
Ground Game Fund · Manchaca, TX · 2024
Charity/general
$2,000
Planned Parenthood · San Barbara, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$2,000
Psychotherapy Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$2,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Charity/general
$2,000
Temple Beth Shalom · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$2,000
University High Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$2,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$2,000
Planned Parenthood · San Barbara, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$2,000
The Philanthropic Initative · Boston, MA · 2023
Charity/general
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Public charity
$2,000
Psychotherapy Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$1,800
Peterson Automotive Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Public charity
$1,800
Peterson Automotive Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public charity
$1,600
Peterson Automotive Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$1,500
Hirshberg Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$1,500
Kovno Communications · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$1,500
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023
Charity/general
$1,500
Hawai'I Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Charity/general
$1,500
Hirshberg Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$1,500
Temple Israel of Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$1,500
Hirshberg Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$1,500
Oakland Interfaith · Oakland, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$1,320
Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$1,250
Palestine Children'S Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$1,218
Palm Springs International Film Society · Palm Springs, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$1,210
Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$1,160
Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2023
Charity/general
$1,110
Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2022
Charity/general
$1,100
Buddhist Churches of America · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$1,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
California State Parks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Public charity
$1,000
Elephant Sanctuary · Galt, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
Ground Game Fund · Manchaca, TX · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
Jane Goodall Institute · Vienna, VA · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
Kqed Public Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
Save the Chimps · Fort Pierce, FL · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Oakland, CA · 2025
Education
$1,000
United Friends of the Children · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Education
$1,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Education
$1,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Charity/general
$1,000
24th Street Theatre · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charity/general
$1,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2024
Charity/general
$1,000
California State Parks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charity/general

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