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The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Altadena, California · EIN 263913831

The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Altadena, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $116,760 in 33 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $202,753 the year before.

49% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$87,46631$3.1 million
2024$202,75347$3.2 million
2025$116,76033$3.5 million

How to apply

ContactLeslie E Hansen
2225 North Windsor Avenue, Altadena, CA 91001
Phone or email(626) 398-3598
What to submitNo particular forms required.
DeadlinesNo particular deadlines.
RestrictionsNo particular limitations set.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California24$74,910
Illinois1$15,500
Hawaii2$15,200
New York2$7,600
Kentucky1$2,000
District of Columbia1$1,000
Maryland2$550

Grants paid in 2025

All 33 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Flintridge Preparatory School
La Canada, CA
General support of operations$25,000
American Friends of Versailles
Chicago, IL
General support of operations$15,500
The Huntington Library
San Marino, CA
General support of operations$12,000
Hawaiian Humane Society
Honolulu, HI
General support of operations$10,000
Los Anegles Philharmonic Assoc
Los Angeles, CA
General support of operations$10,000
Friends of the Domaine de Chantilly
New York, NY
General support of operations$7,500
Women's Fund Hawaii of
Honolulu, HI
General support of operations$5,200
Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena, CA
General support of operations$5,000
The Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
General support of operations$5,000
La Opera
Los Angeles, CA
General support of operations$3,000
Five Acres
Altadena, CA
General support of operations$2,500
Pasadena Symphony and Pops
Pasadena, CA
General support of operations$2,500
Diamond Derby
Louisville, KY
General support of operations$2,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Foothills
Monrovia, CA
General support of operations$1,500
Flintridge la Canada Guild
La Canada, CA
General support of operations$1,500
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA
General support of operations$1,250
Colonial Dames (Nscda)
Washington, DC
General support of operations$1,000
Prager University Foundation
Sherman Oaks, CA
General support of operations$1,000
Wcpsa (Womens Committee Pasadena Sy
Pasadena, CA
General support of operations$1,000
Didi Hircsh Psychiatric Service
Culver City, CA
General support of operations$500
Harvard-Westlake School
Studio City, CA
General support of operations$500
Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation (U
Los Angeles, CA
General support of operations$500
Kingfisher Equine Rescue
Solvang, CA
General support of operations$500
Pasadena Humane Society
Pasadena, CA
General support of operations$500
West Pasadena Residence Assoc (Wpra
Pasadena, CA
General support of operations$500
Macular Degeneration Research
Clarksburg, MD
General support of operations$350
Union Rescue Mission
Los Angeles, CA
General support of operations$250
Alzheimers Disease Research
Clarksburg, MD
General support of operations$200
Pasadena Beautiful Foundation
Pasadena, CA
General support of operations$125
La Canada Flintridge Valley Beautif
La Canada Flintridge, CA
General support of operations$100
Salvation Army
City of Industry, CA
General support of operations$100
Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
General support of operations$100
California Art Club
Pasadena, CA
General support of operations$85

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No particular deadlines.

How much does The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc give?

$116,760 in tax year 2025, across 33 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Gerald L Fishbein (President), Millicent Reynolds (Secretary) and Leslie E Hansen (Vice Preside).

What does The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and animals.

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