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Jerome & Kenneth Lipper 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.

$58k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
5
Grants FY2024
10
Organizations funded FY2023
60%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$33,903
Organizations funded a year
7 to 22
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$617k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEnvironmentHealthOther
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
FY2024still arriving5$58k60%
FY202310$80k60%
FY202210$61k40%
FY20217$101k71%
FY20209$56k44%
FY201920$82k60%
FY201822$178k82%
FY201711$45kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$207kInternational$163kEducation$123kSocial Science$79kPublic Benefit$49kScience & Tech$40kCommunity Improvement$36kEnvironment$16kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
NY
MA
WY
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$135,00060%
East Hampton Library$64,34541%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$50,00010%
The Rand Corporation$45,55040%
African Ceremonies Inc$15,00023%
Fractured Atlas Inc$10,80010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$10,00010%
Film Independent$10,00010%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$8,00020%
Atascadero Education Foundation Inc$6,53241%
Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc$5,50020%
The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc$5,00010%
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc$5,00010%
World Affairs Council$4,00010%
Poets and Writers Inc$3,54040%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Indian Mountain School Inc$2,50010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$2,10030%
Washington Square Park Conservancy Inc$2,05020%
Tribeca Film Institute Inc$2,00010%
The Actors' Studio Inc$2,00010%
Inspirational Triathlon Racing International Corp$1,75030%
Citizens Budget Commission Inc$1,72510%
Century Association Archives Foundation$1,5001n/a
Landmark on Main Street Inc$1,25010%
East Hampton Historical Society Inc$1,20030%
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles$1,00010%
Operation Respect Inc$1,00010%
The Carnegie Hall Society Inc$1,0001n/a
Ojai Valley School$1,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$1,00010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$50010%
Common Good Foundation Inc$5001n/a
City Futures Inc$50010%
East Hampton Group for Good Government Inc$5001n/a
Covenant House$50010%
Share the Harvest Farm Inc Fka Food Pantry Farm Incorporated$50010%
Avenues for Justice Inc$30010%
Decoda Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($254k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCouncil on Foreign Relations Inc: $135,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEast Hampton Library: $64,345 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $45,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Ceremonies Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $10,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFilm Independent: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAtascadero Education Foundation Inc: $6,532 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMarian and Edward Macdowell Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Legal Assistance Group Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Affairs Council: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPoets and Writers Inc: $3,540 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStony Brook Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndian Mountain School Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Square Park Conservancy Inc: $2,050 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTribeca Film Institute Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Actors' Studio Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInspirational Triathlon Racing International Corp: $1,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCitizens Budget Commission Inc: $1,725 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLandmark on Main Street Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEast Hampton Historical Society Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetShakespeare Center of Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Respect Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOjai Valley School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Futures Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShare the Harvest Farm Inc Fka Food Pantry Farm Incorporated: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAvenues for Justice Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDecoda Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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 35.

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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.

The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation IncNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Daniel and Joanna S Rose Fund Inc · J & Ar Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation

How much does Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation give?
Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $58,425 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), International (22%), Education (16%).
Who are Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Council on Foreign Relations Inc ($135k), East Hampton Library ($64k), International Documentary Foundation Inc ($50k).
Does Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jerome & Kenneth Lipper 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 Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Inc, Jewish Communal Fund, The New York Community Trust.
Where is Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation based?
Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation 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 67 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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