LS Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The LS Foundation’s grantmaking supports education, medical research and the arts.
IP TAKE: The foundation keeps a low public profile, which limits information available on its grantmaking priorities and activities.
PROFILE: Established in 1968, the LS foundation is steered by tech veteran Laurence L. Spitters and family. Unfortunately, the foundation lacks transparency and does not maintain a website or public grantmaking interests or strategies; however, tax filings suggest it prioritizes education, medical research and the arts.
According to tax filings, grants range from a low of $1,000 to high of $50,000. Past grantees include Santa Clara University (Spitters received an honorary degree from the school,which his son attended), East Palo Alto Tennis Foundation; UCSF Department of Ophthalmology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Computer History Museum. Learn more about past grantees in the funder’s tax records.
The foundation accepts unsolicited applications; however, there appears to be no prescribed form and no apparent deadlines or restrictions.
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CONTACT:
L L Spitters, President
555 Byron Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 324-1775
