Funding search · EIN 136161749 · Venice, CA

Helen Sperry Lea Foundation

Name: Helen Sperry Lea 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.

47
grants reported: $515,133
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

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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.

The Wooden Floor4 grants · $110,377
Second Harvest Heartland4 grants · $73,000
Project for Pride in Living4 grants · $68,000
Music Academy of the West4 grants · $46,000
Braver Angels-Inst for Amer Values2 grants · $38,935
Simpson Housing Services2 grants · $33,000
Interact Ctr for Vis Perm Arts4 grants · $26,935
Hallie Q Brown Comm Center4 grants · $23,131
Braver Angels-Inst for Am Values2 grants · $21,755
Mass Audubon2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$143,870

2022

$124,688

2023

$113,066

2024

$133,509

2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$32,033
The Wooden Floor · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
General
$30,000
The Wooden Floor · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
General
$25,000
The Wooden Floor · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
General
$23,344
The Wooden Floor · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
General
$20,000
Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General
$20,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General
$20,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General
$19,935
Braver Angels-Inst for Amer Values · New York, NY · 2022
General
$19,000
Braver Angels-Inst for Amer Values · New York, NY · 2023
General
$18,000
Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General
$18,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General
$18,000
Simpson Housing Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General
$15,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General
$15,000
Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General
$15,000
Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General
$15,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General
$15,000
Simpson Housing Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General
$11,755
Braver Angels-Inst for Am Values · New York, NY · 2025
General
$11,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Interact Ctr for Vis Perm Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
General
$10,000
Mass Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2025
General
$10,000
Braver Angels-Inst for Am Values · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Mass Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Mass Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023
General
$10,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Mass Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2022
General
$9,754
Hallie Q Brown Comm Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
General
$8,000
Alternatives To Violence Project Ca · Stockton, CA · 2022
General
$7,000
Interact Ctr for Vis Perm Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General
$5,935
Interact Ctr for Vis Perm Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General
$5,033
Hallie Q Brown Comm Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General
$4,344
Hallie Q Brown Comm Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General
$4,000
Urban Boat Builders · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
General
$4,000
Interact Ctr for Vis Perm Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General
$4,000
Urban Boat Builders · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General
$4,000
Hallie Q Brown Comm Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General
$3,000
Urban Boat Builders · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General
$3,000
Urban Boat Builders · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General
$2,000
Friend of the Ms River · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
General
$2,000
Friend of the Ms River · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General
$2,000
Friends of the Mississippi River · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General
$2,000
Friends of the Mississippi River · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General
$1,000
Walk in Counseling Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General
$1,000
Walk in Counseling Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General
$1,000
Walk in Counseling Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General
$1,000
Walk in Counseling Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General

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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.