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John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim 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.

$88k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2025
42
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$17,500
Organizations funded a year
1 to 42
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$791k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyInternationalRecreation & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving40$88k20%
FY202442$100k31%
FY202340$70k55%
FY202221$112k29%
FY202133$58k100%
FY20201$54kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$149kArts & Culture$108kEducation$41kReligion$20kCommunity Improvement$15kFood & Nutrition$14kInternational$13kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
McC Foundation Inc$114,920524%
Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library$20,52520%
Opus Ithaca School of Music$16,00042%
Raleigh Civic Ventures Inc$15,00016%
Rochester Contemporary Art Center Inc$13,60041%
Temple Beth El$10,6983n/a
Water for South Sudan Inc$7,70050%
Tompkins County Public Library Foundation Inc$7,15031%
Boa Editions Ltd$7,00041%
The Pine Park Association$7,00031%
Rochester Education Foundation Inc$6,00030%
Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Inc$5,50031%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$5,50030%
United Way of Tompkins County Inc$5,00020%
Kitchen Theatre Company Inc$4,00030%
Center for the Arts at Ithaca Inc$4,00030%
Foodlink Inc$3,60010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$3,50040%
Pegasus Early Music$3,50022%
Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc$2,50020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$2,50040%
The Water Project Inc$2,50020%
Opera Guild of Rochester Inc$2,40042%
Community School of Music and Arts Inc$2,00011%
The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc$2,00010%
The Legal Aid Society of Rochester New York$2,00020%
Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins & Cortland Counties$1,5551n/a
CaringBridge$1,25020%
Hearts for ALS NY Inc$1,20027%
American Lung Association$1,05510%
University of Rochester$1,05020%
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc$1,02010%
Ithaca Health Alliance Inc$1,0001n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00020%
Cornell University$1,00020%
The Landmark Society of Western New York Inc$1,00020%
Catholic Charities Family & Community Services$1,0001n/a
Ithaca Community Recovery$90020%
Friends of Ithaca Farmers Market$5901n/a
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$50010%
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$50010%
National Park Foundation$50010%
George Eastman Museum$45020%
Displaced Homemakers Center of Tc Inc$33510%
Southeast Alaska Land Trust$30010%
St Louis Childrens Hospital$3001n/a
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester Inc$25010%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$20010%
Temple Brith Kodesh$2001n/a
Camp Good Days and Special Times Inc$10010%
Lung Cancer Research Foundation$10010%
Grove Place Association$1001n/a
Nazareth University$10010%
Jewish Senior Life Foundation Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMcC Foundation Inc: $114,920 over 5y, 24% of budgetFriends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library: $20,525 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOpus Ithaca School of Music: $16,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetRaleigh Civic Ventures Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetRochester Contemporary Art Center Inc: $13,600 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetWater for South Sudan Inc: $7,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTompkins County Public Library Foundation Inc: $7,150 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBoa Editions Ltd: $7,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Pine Park Association: $7,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetRochester Education Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCayuga Chamber Orchestra Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLeague of Women Voters Education Fund: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Tompkins County Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKitchen Theatre Company Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for the Arts at Ithaca Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFoodlink Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPegasus Early Music: $3,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLoaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Water Project Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Guild of Rochester Inc: $2,400 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCommunity School of Music and Arts Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Legal Aid Society of Rochester New York: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHearts for ALS NY Inc: $1,200 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $1,055 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc: $1,020 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Landmark Society of Western New York Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIthaca Community Recovery: $900 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Eastman Museum: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisplaced Homemakers Center of Tc Inc: $335 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSoutheast Alaska Land Trust: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Rochester Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Good Days and Special Times Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLung Cancer Research Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNazareth University: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Senior Life Foundation Inc: $100 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 46.

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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.

Rochester Area Community FoundationNY36.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County · Park Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · Esl Charitable Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · William & Sheila Konar 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 John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust

How much does John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust give?
John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust reported 40 grants totaling $87,604 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 42 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (31%), Arts & Culture (22%), Education (9%).
Who are John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: McC Foundation Inc ($115k), Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library ($21k), Opus Ithaca School of Music ($16k).
Does John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim 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 John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Community Foundation, Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc.
Where is John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust based?
John Edward Lovenheim and Barbara Pitlick Lovenheim Charitable Trust 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 84 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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