New York · Private foundation
Carl Lesnor Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $425k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Carl Lesnor Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $425k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $321k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $230k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $160k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $163k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archipelago Books Inc | $447,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Peace Action Fund of New York State Inc | $324,000 | 8 | 27% |
| Worcester Art Museum | $295,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Boston Artists Ensemble Inc | $110,000 | 7 | 39% |
| The Drift Magazine Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Global Medical Knowledge Alliance Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Marlboro School of Music Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Book Bodega Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archipelago Books Inc | $447,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Peace Action Fund of New York State Inc | $324,000 | 8 | 27% |
| Worcester Art Museum | $295,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Boston Artists Ensemble Inc | $110,000 | 7 | 39% |
| The Drift Magazine Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Global Medical Knowledge Alliance Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Marlboro School of Music Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Book Bodega Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Freedom Reads Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($561k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Carl Lesnor Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Carl Lesnor Family Foundation
- How much does Carl Lesnor Family Foundation give?
- Carl Lesnor Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $425,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Carl Lesnor Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (59%), Crime & Legal (21%), International (18%).
- Who are Carl Lesnor Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Archipelago Books Inc ($447k), Peace Action Fund of New York State Inc ($324k), Worcester Art Museum ($295k).
- Does Carl Lesnor Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carl Lesnor Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carl Lesnor Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Carl Lesnor Family Foundation based?
- Carl Lesnor Family Foundation is based in NY.
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