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Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc

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.

$48k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2024
24
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 24
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$108k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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
HealthArts & CultureInternationalEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving12$48k17%
FY202324$89k50%
FY202213$61k46%
FY202118$45k39%
FY202014$20k43%
FY201910$11k60%
FY201810$19k30%
FY201712$17kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$105kArts & Culture$49kHealth$39kEducation$26kRecreation & Sports$25kMembership Benefit$18kReligion$16kHousing & Shelter$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
FL

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 44 grantees
All grantees of Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc$52,00060%
Hellenic Initiative Inc$25,00011%
Washington Nationals Philanthropies$25,00011%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$23,30041%
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$20,21030%
Garden of Remembrance Memorial Park Inc$18,0001n/a
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$17,19030%
Special Love Inc$15,75020%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$13,60020%
The V Foundation$13,02010%
Jewish Association for Residential Care Inc$10,40020%
Cantor's Assembly$5,17711%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$4,54060%
Seeds of Peace Inc$4,14020%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$3,30040%
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation$3,00030%
Martha's Table Inc$2,20050%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$1,80010%
Bread for the City Inc$1,75040%
Food & Friends Inc$1,50020%
Some Inc$1,37030%
A Wider Circle Inc$1,25030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,20030%
Stand Up to Cancer$1,00010%
Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc$1,00010%
Share Our Strength$1,00020%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$1,00010%
The Washington Ballet$1,00010%
United Service Organizations Inc$90020%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$80040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$70020%
Meals on Wheels Inc$60020%
Humane World for Animals Inc$54020%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc$35020%
Special Olympics Inc$30010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$18010%
The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School Corporation$18010%
Joseph Robert Shaw Foundation Inc$18010%
Dr David M McConnell Memorial Scholarship Fund$1801n/a
Sunflower Bakery Inc$18010%
Children's Hospital Foundation$18010%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$10010%
Smithsonian Institution$9010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSave a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc: $52,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHellenic Initiative Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWashington Nationals Philanthropies: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $23,300 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetReading Is Fundamental Inc: $20,210 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJohn F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: $17,190 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Love Inc: $15,750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $13,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe V Foundation: $13,020 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Association for Residential Care Inc: $10,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCantor's Assembly: $5,177 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $4,540 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSeeds of Peace Inc: $4,140 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: $3,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKappa Kappa Gamma Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $2,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFood & Friends Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSome Inc: $1,370 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Wider Circle Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStand Up to Cancer: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYellow Ribbon Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Washington Ballet: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $540 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Florence Melton Adult Mini-School Corporation: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJoseph Robert Shaw Foundation Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSunflower Bakery Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Foundation: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $90 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 42.

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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.

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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 Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc

How much does Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc give?
Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $47,610 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (33%), Arts & Culture (15%), Health (12%).
Who are Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc ($52k), Hellenic Initiative Inc ($25k), Washington Nationals Philanthropies ($25k).
Does Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc 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 Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc based?
Judy and Mark Lerner Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 56 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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