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Carl Lesnor Family Foundation: 15 grants to organizations, $425,000 (tax year ended December 2024)
Carl Lesnor Family Foundation, a private foundation in Melville, NY, paid 15 grants to organizations totaling $425,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $70,000 to Archipelago Books in Brooklyn, NY for arts, culture, and humanities.
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- EIN
- 461611644
- Based in
- Melville, NY
- Assets
- $6,273,042
- Grants paid
- $425,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202523219349104622. It reported $425,000 in grants paid; 15 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archipelago Books | Brooklyn, NY | Arts, culture, and humanities | Arts, culture and humanities | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Grid Books | Beacon, NY | To support operations with the goal of expanding book publishing | $57,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Palestine Legal | San Francisco, CA | Legal internship | $52,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Worcester Art Museum | Worcester, MA | Arts, culture, and humanities | Arts, culture and humanities | $48,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peace Action Fund of New York State | New York, NY | Promote non-violent resolution of conflict, | $43,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The New Masses Foundation | New York, NY | Arts, culture, and humanities | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Parole Prep | New York, NY | Supports currently and formerly incarcerated new yorkers through advocacy, litigation, and community care | $32,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Arts Ensemble | Newton, MA | Arts, culture, and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Medical Knowledge Alliance Inc | Wellesley, MA | Provide cancer and trauma educational resources, medical and surgical supplies. | Health care | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Restorative Community Justice of Southern Vermont | Townshend, VT | Provide restorative justice practices | $11,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | To provide medical assistance to people in need | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooklyn Bodega | Brooklyn, NY | Arts, culture, and humanities | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Freedom Reads | Hamden, CT | Provides books to prisons | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mount Tamalpais College | San Quentin, CA | To provide in support of the education program | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marlboro School of Music Inc | Philadelphia, PA | To support the musical program | Arts, culture and humanities | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $122,000 |
| Health care | $12,000 |
| Human services | $5,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $258,000 |
| Massachusetts | $90,000 |
| California | $57,000 |
| Vermont | $11,000 |
| Connecticut | $5,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $4,000 |
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- Who funds arts, culture and humanities in Pennsylvania
Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.