· Private foundation
Arthur J & Mary C Lerman Charitable Foundation Inc
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CARMEL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT | $60,000 |
| PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY | $50,000 |
| LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA | $10,000 |
| SPEED ART MUSEUM | $7,410 |
| SAINT LEONARD CATHOLIC CHURCH | $5,842 |
| THE QUEENS DAUGHTERS | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASPEED ART MUSEUM6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +224%
- TLTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC3× · 2020–2025 · $19k · revenue +109%
- CECATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC2× · 2020–2021 · $12k · revenue +55%
Funded once
- KOKENTUCKY OPERAone grant, 2023 · $9k
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +189%
- KDKENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA LOUISVILLE BALLETgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +51%
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 louisville academy of music welcomes everyone to join our musical community. lam nurtures lifelong learners, not solely as musicians but also as creative, inspired people. equity in music education is a force to realize potential,…
To provide, in cooperation with public and private schools, equitable access to the highest quality musical opportunities and to foster a life- long love of music for dedicated young musicians. ckyo enriches the lives of its student…
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.
Its mission is to perform great performances for greater audiences. the kansas city symphony will achieve this mission by: - developing an uncompromising performance standard. - advancing the profile and value of the orchestra locally,…
Opera theatre's mission is to shape a vibrant future for opera by connecting, inspiring, and entertaining our communities through the power and beauty of the art form; to foster the next generation by empowering a diverse group of artists,…
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…
Kentucky opera sparks discovery, joy, and connection among communities throughout the commonwealth with the shared experience of opera.
The colorado symphony association (csa) is a not-for-profit organization established to fund and operate the colorado symphony orchestra for the enjoyment and benefit of the citizens of metropolitan denver and (cont'd on schedule…
To attract, create, and host quality sporting events in the louisville area that increase economic vitality, enhance the quality of life, promote healthy lifestyles, and brand louisville as a great place to live, work, and play.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
The mission of the cincinnati symphony orchestra is to seek and share inspiration.
The foundation supports the university of louisville in its effort to maintain its distinction as a premier, nationally recognized metropolitan research university while promoting the university's departments in their educational,…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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 PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds SPEED ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
- Who funds QUEEN'S DAUGHTERS INC ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA LOUISVILLE BALLET ↗
- Who funds LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN KENTUCKY SYMPHONY ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Arthur J & Mary C Lerman Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthur J & Mary C Lerman Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Palm Beach Day Academy Inc: 0% of income from government
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