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Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$146k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$7,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$42,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$3.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving15$146k0%
FY202417$104k18%
FY202318$174k33%
FY202219$129k11%
FY202117$218k0%
FY202023$238k17%
FY201923$214k9%
FY201823$226k17%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$594kReligion$547kCivil Rights$126kEducation$114kScience & Tech$113kPhilanthropy$76kFood & Nutrition$37kHealth$27kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Congregation Rodeph Sholom$480,8009n/a
Primary Stages Company Inc$281,70083%
Project Kesher$126,25092%
New York City Ballet Inc$120,00070%
School of American Ballet Inc$80,00040%
The New York Times Communities Fund$75,50080%
Horace Mann School$65,50090%
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$63,7009n/a
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$32,50050%
University Glee Club of New York City$26,000219%
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All grantees of Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Congregation Rodeph Sholom$480,8009n/a
Primary Stages Company Inc$281,70083%
Project Kesher$126,25092%
New York City Ballet Inc$120,00070%
School of American Ballet Inc$80,00040%
The New York Times Communities Fund$75,50080%
Horace Mann School$65,50090%
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$63,7009n/a
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$32,50050%
University Glee Club of New York City$26,000219%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$25,00010%
The Second Stage Theatre Inc$15,50060%
Bryn Mawr College$15,00020%
New York City Center Inc$13,50090%
The Actors' Fund of America$13,50090%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$13,00070%
New York Common Pantry$13,00060%
City Harvest Inc$11,00060%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$10,56010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$10,00270%
Imentor Inc$10,00010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$6,60030%
Ophthalmicedge Inc$6,00035%
Northwestern University$6,00060%
Als United Greater New York Inc$6,00030%
The Trustees of the New York Society Library$5,00010%
New York University$4,50040%
New York Historical Society$4,00040%
Hadassah Medical Relief Association Inc$4,00010%
The Pins for Pauly Foundation Inc$2,50023%
World Council of Synagogues Inc$2,0001n/a
The Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc$2,00020%
Children's Museum of Manhattan$1,75020%
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America$1,50010%
Voices of Ascension Inc$1,50010%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$1,00010%
Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($132k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPrimary Stages Company Inc: $281,700 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetProject Kesher: $126,250 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $120,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSchool of American Ballet Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe New York Times Communities Fund: $75,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHorace Mann School: $65,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $32,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity Glee Club of New York City: $26,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Second Stage Theatre Inc: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBryn Mawr College: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Center Inc: $13,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $13,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Common Pantry: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Debt Resolution Inc: $10,560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $10,002 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetImentor Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $6,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOphthalmicedge Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetNorthwestern University: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAls United Greater New York Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of the New York Society Library: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHadassah Medical Relief Association Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pins for Pauly Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetThe Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Museum of Manhattan: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Enterprise for a Diverse America: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVoices of Ascension Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundSelect Equity Group F…The Hyde and Watson F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Select Equity Group Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner

How much does Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner give?
Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner reported 15 grants totaling $146,285 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Religion (32%), Civil Rights (7%).
Who are Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Rodeph Sholom ($481k), Primary Stages Company Inc ($282k), Project Kesher ($126k).
Does Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Select Equity Group Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
Where is Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner based?
Elmar Fund Attn Laurence Lerner is based in NY.

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 46 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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