Florida · Private foundation
George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust
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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 10
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $98k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $162k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $180k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $180k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center Inc | $74,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Chamber Music of Miami Inc | $74,000 | 4 | 19% |
| Womans Cancer Association of the University of Miami Inc | $64,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Florida Guitar Foundation | $54,000 | 3 | n/a |
| All Florida Youth Orchestra Inc | $54,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc | $54,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Patrons of Exceptional Artistsinc | $36,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Inc | $36,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($166k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
Compare George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust with peer funders
About George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust
- How much does George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust give?
- George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust reported 7 grants totaling $97,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 10 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Health (29%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center Inc ($74k), Friends of Chamber Music of Miami Inc ($74k), Womans Cancer Association of the University of Miami Inc ($64k).
- Does George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust 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 George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust based?
- George and Claire Lessner Charitable Trust is based in FL.
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