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Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $54k
$4,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$617k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA ZUCKERMAN INSTITUTE$33,903
EAST HAMPTON LIBRARY$20,322
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL$4,000
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION$100
UCLA HILLEL$100
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 17%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
NY
MA
WY
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$360k · 16 repeat orgs$301k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
44

Total granted

$360k
$263k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+13%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalPublic BenefitHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $135k · revenue +18%
  • EH
    EAST HAMPTON LIBRARY
    4× · 2017–2024 · $64k · revenue +33%
  • The Rand Corporation
    4× · 2018–2022 · $46k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -17%
  • HC
    HARVARD COLLEGE - HARVARD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • CC
    CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR NYC
    one grant, 2018 · $42k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
4
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
5
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
6
The Roosevelt Institute

To create a nation where everyone enjoys a fair share of our collective prosperity.

Education
7
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
8
White Columns Inc

White columns identifies significant emerging and under-represented visual artists and encourages their creative and professional development through the presentation of group and solo exhibitions, an online curated artists registry, and…

Arts & Culture
9
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
10
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
11
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
12
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is City Futures Inc; the most unlike its peers is Atascadero Education Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

42 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. 42 of the 67 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/42
Grantees still filing
29/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EAST HAMPTON LIBRARY: $64,345 · OtherEAST HAMPTON LIBRARYHARVARD COLLEGE - HARVARD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherHARVARD COLLEGE - HARVARD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATIONCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR NYC: $41,587 · OtherCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR NYCCOLUMBIA ZUCKERMAN INSTITUTE: $33,903 · OtherCOLUMBIA ZUCKERMAN INSTITUTETHE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NY: $33,500 · OtherTHE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NYZUKERMAN INSTITUTE OF COLUMBIA: $30,000 · OtherZUKERMAN INSTITUTE OF COLUMBIA+38 more: $100,567 · Other+38 moreCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $135,000 · InternationalCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELAT…MYRIAD USA INC: $23,480 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC+2 more: $4,500 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL D…AFRICAN CEREMONIES INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureAFRICAN CEREMON…FRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,800 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS…FILM INDEPENDENT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFILM INDEPENDEN…LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER …POETS AND WRITERS INC: $3,540 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $55,000 · EducationTHE TRUST…STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · EducationINDIAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $2,500 · Education+4 more: $5,600 · Education+4 moreThe Rand Corporation: $45,550 · Public BenefitCITIZENS BUDGET COMMISSION INC: $1,725 · Public BenefitNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$353,902International$162,980Arts & Culture$98,840Education$65,600Public Benefit$47,275Environment$10,000Health$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $45,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $23,480 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,600 over 2y, 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 budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
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.

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 …Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…Daniel and Joanna S R…J & Ar FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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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