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The Monica Lester Charitable Trust: 16 grants to organizations, $600,000 (tax year ended June 2025)
The Monica Lester Charitable Trust, a private foundation in Los Angeles, CA, paid 16 grants to organizations totaling $600,000 in its tax year ended June 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 11, 2025. The largest was $150,000 to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA for supporting medical research.
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- EIN
- 811000768
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
- Assets
- $12,600,735
- Grants paid
- $600,000
- Tax year ended
- June 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended June 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed November 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202533159349102168. It reported $600,000 in grants paid; 16 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA | Supporting medical research | Health care | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | Supporting higher education | Education | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | Funding cancer research | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Hospital | Los Angeles, CA | Supporting medical research | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | Funding cancer research | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tunnel To Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | Providing community services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chabad's Terror Victims Project | Brooklyn, NY | Providing community service | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colel Chabad | Brooklyn, NY | Providing community services | Religion-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | Providing community service | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Fellowship of Christians and Jews | Chicago, IL | Providing community service | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Supporting higher education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Los Angeles, CA | Providing community services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps | Rockford, TN | Providing community services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Selfhelp Community Services Foundation | New York, NY | Providing community services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Mahler Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | Supporting musical production | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Federation of Jewish Communities of Cis (ukraine) | New York, NY | Providing community service | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Health care | $150,000 |
| Education | $135,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 |
| Religion-related | $10,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $515,000 |
| New York | $65,000 |
| Illinois | $10,000 |
| Tennessee | $10,000 |
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Updated November 11, 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.