Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation
Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation was established to encourage, solicit, and manage private gifts for the benefit of momentum agencies and its charitable mission and programs.
Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation at a glance
In short: Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation gave $5.3M across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $2.6M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $5,288,253
- -60.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- +100.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $2,644,127
- -80.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,644,127
- Total assets
- $88,583,083
- +7.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Momentum Agencies ($4.8M). Together the top 2 received $5.3M.
Grant Size Distribution
6 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 3 grants of 6 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−1%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $73K (2021) to $13.5M (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $5.3M.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Momentum Agencies Chatsworth, CA | General Support, Building Purchase, Upgrades and Building Improvements | $4,788,253 |
| UCLA Center for Cerebral Palsy Oakland, CA | General Support | $500,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $88,583,083 | $9,209,140 | $5,721,943 | $5,288,253 | 2 | $1,799,022 |
| 2024 | $82,212,886 | $8,102,363 | $13,914,062 | $13,501,894 | 1 | $931,396 |
| 2023 | $85,955,474 | $2,460,440 | $8,262,263 | $7,826,000 | 2 | $-1,682,550 |
| 2022 | $87,182,799 | $16,154,923 | $5,656,939 | $5,316,700 | 1 | $5,075,879 |
| 2021 | $89,271,791 | $9,844,178 | $243,999 | $73,000 | Total only | $2,660,718 |
| 2020 | $71,180,793 | $1,900,507 | $6,835,242 | $6,660,000 | 2 | $1,987,197 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Chatsworth, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $88.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $5.3M. Net investment income was $1.8M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation is led by Lori Anderson, President & CEO since 2023 (on filings since 2020); none of the 10 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Lori Anderson
President & CEO
CEO → President & CEO, 2023
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Longo
Chair
Treasurer → Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter William Shapiro
Director
President → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Hansen
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ronald S. Cohen
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dan Nguyen
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Miller
Co-Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Co-Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ronald Levenson
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paige Levenstein
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe Simoneschi
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (10)
- Former: Derek Rogers (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Glowacki (2020–2022) — President
- Former: Milton Miller (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Gary Coleman (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Peter Devereaux (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Joseph Simoneschi (2021) — CFO
- Former: Barbara Chiodo (2020) — CFO
- Former: Max Levenstein (2020) — Director
- Former: Nick Roxborough (2020) — Director
- Former: Ralph J. Shapiro (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation
How much does Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation give each year?
Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation gave $5.3M across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $13.5M across 1 grant.
How large is Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation?
Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation reported $88.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $9.2M.
What is Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation?
Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Chatsworth, CA. It holds $88.6M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation operate?
Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation has awarded grants in California.
What is Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation's EIN?
Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7261108. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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