The Stefan Adelpour For Life Foundation concentrates its giving on Jewish and Israel-related social and veteran support, combined with targeted local education scholarships and a handful of health/life-saving causes. Grants are typically one-time donations but include repeat support to mission-aligned organizations; recipients range from overseas Israeli charities and veteran groups to U.S. community organizations and public schools. The foundation appears to prioritize culturally specific community building (Jewish/Israeli and Iranian‑American) and direct-service health interventions over broad institutional operating support.
Stefan Adelipour for Life Foundation’s largest recent grant was $101,500 to Belev Echad Inc in New York, a signal of how heavily the foundation supports Jewish and Israel-related social and veteran causes. The pattern continues across the recent grants list: Brothers for Life received $46,000 in 2025 and $20,000 in 2023, while Friends of Asor Fund USA received $35,000. These gifts sit alongside funding for federated Jewish giving, local school support, and a few medical and relief-oriented grants. The foundation’s giving is broad in subject but consistent in posture: direct donations to organizations serving specific communities, rather than a wide spread of unrelated causes. Recent awards also show attention to both overseas-linked Israeli initiatives and U.S.-based community organizations. The foundation backed American Friends of Tsfat Inc, Yahalom Foundation, and Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, while also supporting Great Neck Public Schools and Great Neck North High School. Grants in the record range from $6,000 to six figures, indicating a mix of larger anchor gifts and smaller targeted awards. The overall profile is shaped by culturally specific philanthropy, veteran welfare, and selected local education and health support.
The foundation’s clearest cause-area pattern is support for Israeli social services and veteran welfare. Recent grants include $46,000 to Brothers for Life, $35,000 to Friends of Asor Fund USA, and $15,000 to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. It also backed Belev Echad Inc at $101,500 and again at $25,000, showing repeated support within that cluster. A second theme is Jewish communal and Israel-linked civic giving. The foundation gave $20,000 to Uja Federation of NY and $9,500 to Worldwide Friends Foundation Inc, both part of the broader communal infrastructure around Jewish philanthropy. Related support went to American Friends of Tsfat Inc and Yahalom Foundation. Local education appears as a separate thread. Grants of $15,000 each went to Great Neck Public Schools and Great Neck North High School, including one scholarship award. Health and relief causes also appear through Medical Debt Resolution Inc and Gift of Life Marrow Registry Inc.
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$103K
Most grants fall between $10K and $21K, with a median of $18K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$18K
75th Percentile
$21K
About 10% of grants go to recipients in NY.
SOHEILA ADELIPOUR
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Concentrated giving with a few large gifts that account for nearly half of total dollars; mixture of repeat grants to select overseas/veteran groups and one-off donations to local schools and health nonprofits. Typical gift size ranges from mid‑four figures to six figures, skewed toward donor-directed donations rather than multi-year programmatic grants.
Notable grantees: Belev Echad Inc, Brothers for Life, Friends of Asor Fund USA, UJA Federation of New York, Great Neck Public Schools / Great Neck North High School
Typical grant size clusters in the middle range: the 25th percentile is $9,500, the median is $17,500, and the 75th percentile is $21,250. The recent record also includes a wide upper tail, led by a $101,500 grant and several awards in the $20,000 to $46,000 range. Most grants look one-time in nature, but some organizations recur, including Belev Echad Inc and Brothers for Life across multiple years. The foundation is a private family foundation, led by Soheila Adelipour, and it gives through direct grants rather than program-related investments or individual support.
The foundation gives nationally, with all recent grants landing in the United States. New York shows up most often in the recipient list, including New York, Brooklyn, Great Neck, Long Island City, and Jonesboro, which indicate a strong Northeast concentration. California recipients include Irvine and Beverly Hills, and other grants went to Seattle, Alexandria, Ann Arbor, and Boca Raton. The foundation’s headquarters are in Los Angeles, but only 12% of grants in the record went to California recipients.
Recent grants point to Jewish and Israel-related social service organizations, veteran-focused nonprofits, Jewish communal institutions, local public schools, and a few health or relief groups. Examples in the record include Belev Echad Inc, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, Great Neck Public Schools, Medical Debt Resolution Inc, and Gift of Life Marrow Registry Inc.
The foundation’s grant sizes cluster around the mid-teens. The 25th percentile is $9,500, the median is $17,500, and the 75th percentile is $21,250. The recent record also includes a $101,500 grant at the high end and several grants in the $15,000 to $25,000 range.
Yes. Some organizations appear across multiple years, including Belev Echad Inc, which received $101,500 in 2025 and $25,000 in 2024, and Brothers for Life, which received $46,000 in 2025 and $20,000 in 2023. Most other recent awards look like one-time gifts.
New York is the top state by grant count. The recipient list includes organizations in New York, Brooklyn, Great Neck, Long Island City, and Jonesboro, showing a strong concentration of giving in that state even though the foundation is headquartered in Los Angeles.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROTHERS FOR LIFE | SEATTLE, WA | $66,000 | 2026 | DONATION |
| BELEV ECHAD INC | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | DONATION |
| BELEV ECHAD INC | NEW YORK, NY | $101,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| BROTHERS FOR LIFE | SEATTLE, WA | $46,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $35,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| YAHALOM FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TSFAT INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| MAGBIT FOUNDATION | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| GREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS | GREAT NECK, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| WORLDWIDE FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC | JONESBORO, GA | $9,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| HOPE FOUNDATION | ANN ARBOR, MI | $6,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| IRANIAN AMERICAN WOMEN FOUNDATION | IRVINE, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| BELEV ECHAD INC | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| UJA FEDERATION OF NY | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC | LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| HOPE FOUNDATION | ANN ARBOR, MI | $8,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| BROTHERS FOR LIFE | SEATTLE, WA | $20,000 | 2023 | 20000 |
| GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL | GREAT NECK, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | 15000 |
| GIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC | BOCA RATON, FL | $6,500 | 2023 | 6500 |
BROTHERS FOR LIFE
$66,000DONATION
BROTHERS FOR LIFE
$46,000DONATION
YAHALOM FOUNDATION
$15,000DONATION
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TSFAT INC
$15,000DONATION
GREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$15,000SCHOLARSHIP
WORLDWIDE FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC
$9,500DONATION
HOPE FOUNDATION
$6,000DONATION
IRANIAN AMERICAN WOMEN FOUNDATION
$25,000DONATION
HOPE FOUNDATION
$8,000DONATION
BROTHERS FOR LIFE
$20,00020000
GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
$15,00015000