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Lawrence E & Elaine Smith Irell Foundation: 8 grants to organizations, $230,000 (tax year ended December 2025)
Lawrence E & Elaine Smith Irell Foundation, a private foundation in Santa Monica, CA, paid 8 grants to organizations totaling $230,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on August 5, 2026. The largest was $120,000 to Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge, MA for to assist the organization to maintain its charitable and scientific services benefiting the general public and the scientific community..
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- EIN
- 956058214
- Based in
- Santa Monica, CA
- Assets
- $4,815,497
- Grants paid
- $230,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed August 5, 2026, IRS object ID 202602179349100520. It reported $230,000 in grants paid; 8 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | To assist the organization to maintain its charitable and scientific services benefiting the general public and the scientific community. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | To assist the organization in achieving its goals to help end social and legal injustice. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Death Penalty Focus | Sacramento, CA | To assist the organization in maintaining its commitment to bringing about the abolition of the death penalty. | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | Hagerstown, MD | To assist the organization to maintain its charitable services benefiting the general public. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salk Insttute for Biological Studies | La Jolla, CA | To assist the institute in its continuing research programs dedicated to curing diseases and advancing knowledge in the fields of microbiology and genetics. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trinity Care Hospice Foundation | Torrance, CA | To help sustain the foundation's goals of providing palliative care for patients afflicted with terminal illness. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Los Angeles Innocence Project | Los Angeles, CA | To assist the organization in maintaining its charitable goals benefitting wrongly convicted and incarcerated innocent victims and in helping to reform the criminal justice system. | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | To help sustain the organization's commitment to providing information and medical care for women's choices regarding birth control, pregnancy and pregnancy termination and reproductive rights. | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed July 23, 2025, IRS object ID 202522049349100417. It reported $224,000 in grants paid; 9 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | To assist the organization to maintain its charitable and scientific services benefiting the general public and the scientific community. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | To assist the organization in achieving its goals to help end social and legal injustice. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | Hagerstown, MD | To assist the organization to maintain its charitable services benefiting the general public. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Rescue Committee | Glendale, CA | To assist the organization to maintain its charitable services benefitting refugees around the world. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salk Insttute for Biological Studies | La Jolla, CA | To assist the institute in its continuing research programs dedicated to curing diseases and advancing knowledge in the fields of microbiology and genetics. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Los Angeles Innocence Project | Los Angeles, CA | To assist the organization in maintaining its charitable goals benefitting wrongly convicted and incarcerated innocent victims and in helping to reform the criminal justice system. | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Create Cures Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | To help sustain the program's goals of monitoring weight loss, healthy aging and metabolic health through nutrition and fasting. | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Death Penalty Focus | Sacramento, CA | To assist the organization in maintaining its commitment to bringing about the abolition of the death penalty. | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | To help sustain the organization's commitment to providing information and medical care for women's choices regarding birth control, pregnancy and pregnancy termination and reproductive rights. | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $240,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $22,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $20,000 |
| Health care | $15,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $7,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $240,000 |
| California | $184,000 |
| Maryland | $30,000 |
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Updated August 5, 2026. 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.