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Alan & Elaine Lichtenberg Foundatio at a glance

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Alan & Elaine Lichtenberg Foundatio

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$56kFood & Nutrition$47kHuman Services$14kReligion$4kEducation$4kYouth Development$3kRecreation & Sports$2kCivil Rights$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$510k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK$5,000
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$5,000
HADASSAH$3,500
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SUNRISE DAY CAMP: $3k → 7%SUNRISE DAY CAMP: $2k → 7%SUNRISE DAY CAMP: $2k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$109k · 11 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
17

Total granted

$109k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+90%

Still filing today

64%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TI
    THE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +79%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $28k · revenue +91%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    5× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • NN
    NAMI Nationalgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +181%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
7
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
10
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
11
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
12
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bob Mcintyre Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
13/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Children's Hospital Corporation: $27,500 · HealthChildren's Hospital CorporationAmerican Heart Association Inc: $13,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncNAMI National: $5,000 · HealthNAMI National+4 more: $2,750 · Health+4 moreTHE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC: $46,500 · Food & NutritionTHE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INCHOPE LODGE CO ACS: $6,000 · OtherHOPE LODGE CO ACSHADASSAH: $3,500 · OtherHADASSAHIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…Individual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $2,500 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERINGMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $2,500 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HO…CAMP SUNSHINE: $2,000 · OtherCAMP SUNSHINETHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $1,750 · OtherTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPOR…MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL DEVE: $1,500 · OtherRELAY FOR LIFE AMERICAN CANCER SOCI: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+4 more: $2,000 · Other+4 moreSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 · Human ServicesALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $1,500 · EducationTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $500 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $500 · Civil Rights
Health$48,250Food & Nutrition$46,500Other$29,250Human Services$7,000Housing & Shelter$2,500Education$2,000Civil Rights$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC: $46,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $27,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEROES IN TRANSITION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOB MCINTYRE FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗
  • Who funds ALI FORNEY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HEROES IN TRANSITION INC ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FESSENDEN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BOB MCINTYRE FOUNDATION INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alan & Elaine Lichtenberg Foundatio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alan & Elaine Lichtenberg Foundatio. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Heroes in Transition Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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