Foundation profile
The Herbert and Patricia Lessow Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · New York, NY
Invitation only
Grants (last 3 years)
16
Total given (last 3 years)
$71k
Median grant
$1.8k
Range
$500 – $15k
Giving by year
Total grants paid per tax year, as reported to the IRS.
Where the money goes
Causes
Child abuse prevention · 39%Private operating foundation · 26%Ethnic and immigrant services · 13%Intergroup relations · 10%Diseases of specific organs · 5%
States
New YorkCaliforniaMarylandNew JerseyIllinois
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Contacts, deadlines, restrictions, openness to new grantees and every grant this foundation made.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF / 990 Schedule I filings. Not affiliated with the IRS. About the data