· Private foundation
Alan G and Jane a Lehman Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $52k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $552k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY | $125,000 |
| FRIENDS OF LAKE CLARK | $125,000 |
| VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | $102,000 |
| AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY | $100,000 |
| THEATER PALISADES | $100,000 |
| UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION | $26,600 |
| SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $25,000 |
| RAMONA ART CENTER | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 51% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $458k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- USUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $600k · revenue +78%
- APAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY8× · 2017–2025 · $259k · revenue +48%
- CCCalifornia Council on Science and Techno logy3× · 2017–2021 · $100k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- CMCARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ARTone grant, 2017 · $50k
- ASAMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFAgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue ×18
- SLSAN LUIS OBISPO SYMPHONY INCone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +21%
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.
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.
The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
Empowering scientists to understand life and improve health by advancing and communicating discoveries in physiology and medicine.
To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…
To provide leadership, knowledge-building, advocacy and connection to expand the vitality and impact of the orchestra and broader music community.
Founded in 1780, the american academy of arts and sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together "to…
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THEATRE PALISADES INC ↗
- Who funds California Council on Science and Techno logy ↗
- Who funds THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA ↗
- Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds San Diego Opera Association ↗
- Who funds The Fistula Foundation ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alan G and Jane a Lehman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alan G and Jane a Lehman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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