Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr
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.
- $260k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $260k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $268k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $318k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $318k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $305k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $440,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc | $76,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | $61,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Via Visually Impaired Advancement | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Animal Medical Center | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Braille Press Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Perkins School for the Blind | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Helen Keller Services | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $440,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc | $76,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | $61,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Via Visually Impaired Advancement | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Animal Medical Center | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Braille Press Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Perkins School for the Blind | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Helen Keller Services | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Association of Blind Athletes Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| New York Institute for Special Education | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pilots to the Rescue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($465k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation · The Gibney Family Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr
- How much does Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr give?
- Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr reported 10 grants totaling $260,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (56%), Education (30%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc ($440k), The Seeing Eye Inc ($250k), Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc ($77k).
- Does Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr 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 Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation, The Gibney Family Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr based?
- Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr is based in PA.
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