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The Robert M Sinskey Foundation

Accepts applications Los Angeles, California · EIN 954628223

The Robert M Sinskey Foundation is a private foundation in Los Angeles, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.5 million in 10 grants; the typical grant was $150,000 and the largest $350,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $1.4 million the year before.

40% of its 2024 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$1.4 million10$26.9 million
2024$1.5 million10$25.9 million

How to apply

ContactJeffrey Lapin
2232 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone or email(310) 453-8911
What to submitLetter form
DeadlinesJune 1 and december 1
RestrictionsNo restrictions or limitations

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts1$350,000
Maryland1$250,000
California2$235,905
Florida1$150,000
New York1$150,000
South Carolina1$150,000
Washington1$125,000
Vermont1$57,000
Texas1$30,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Foundation Mass Eye & Ear
Boston, MA
General use$350,000
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
General use$250,000
Napa Community Foundation
Napa, CA
General use$215,905
Musc Storm Eye Institute
Charleston, SC
General usegeneral use$150,000
Hearing Health Foundation
New York, NY
General use$150,000
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Coral Gables, FL
General use$150,000
University of Washington Foundation
Seattle, WA
General use$125,000
Himalayan Cataractcure Blindness
Waterbury, VT
General use$57,000
Southern Smoke Foundation
Houston, TX
General use$30,000
Edward Charles Foundation Inc
Beverly Hills, CA
General use$20,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Robert M Sinskey Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: June 1 and december 1.

How much does The Robert M Sinskey Foundation give?

$1.5 million in tax year 2024, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $150,000.

Who runs The Robert M Sinskey Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Jeffrey C Lapin Esq (Trustee).

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