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The Norman & Sadie Lee 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.

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

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Top recipients

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  • 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.