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Laura Lemle Family Foundation at a glance

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Laura Lemle Family Foundation

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.

$303k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$230k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

63% of Laura Lemle Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Laura Lemle Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $303k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

10
’18
9
’19
12
’20
8
’21
9
’22
10
’23
9
’24
8
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$1.4MPhilanthropy$845kEducation$504kArts & Culture$49kRecreation & Sports$5kCivil Rights$4kHousing & Shelter$4kHuman Services$508Other$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $230k
$2,148
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NVLD PROJECT$230,000
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY$32,404
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$25,000
LONG ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$5,000
WINSTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL$5,000
MAHHATTAN THEATRE CLUB$2,148
AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION$1,500
THE JEWISH MUSEUM$1,000
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN$350
ASSOCIATION ON AGING IN NEW YORK$250
PROJECT HEAL$200
02The need
03

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 (FY20–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $4k → 17%FRIENDS OF ISLAND ACADEMY: $500 → 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

MN
NY
IN
PA
CT
MO
DC
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 13 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$1.7M
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+34%

Still filing today

85%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $258 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalHuman 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

  • TN
    THE NVLD PROJECT INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +58% · 62% of their budget
  • YU
    YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $186k · revenue +62%
  • LI
    LONG ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    6× · 2020–2025 · $35k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +52%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +34%
  • ES
    EAST SIDE HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +70%
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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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4
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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5
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
6
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
New York Institute of Technology

New york institute of technology (nyit) offers various degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; (continued on…

Education
9
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
12
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Side House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Association On Aging in New York. 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

29 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. 29 of the 35 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
24/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NVLD PROJECT INC: $1,398,133 · Arts & CultureTHE NVLD PROJECT INC+5 more: $48,716 · Arts & CultureRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $825,000 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Charitable Foundation…+2 more: $19,900 · PhilanthropyTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $275,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLU…YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $186,301 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITYTHE WINSTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $24,982 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $20,000 · Education+5 more: $17,379 · EducationCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $4,172 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $1,300 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $1,000 · OtherPROJECT HEAL: $960 · Other+5 more: $978 · OtherAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION: $5,530 · HealthTHE JED FOUNDATION: $1,033 · Health+1 more: $200 · HealthEAST SIDE HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCOVENANT HOUSE: $3,800 · Human ServicesYouth Justice Network Inc: $500 · Human ServicesSALVADORAN AMERICAN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION INC: $250 · InternationalBUILDON INC: $250 · International
Arts & Culture$1,446,849Philanthropy$844,900Education$523,662Other$8,410Health$6,763Recreation & Sports$5,000Human Services$4,300International$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NVLD PROJECT INC: $1,398,133 over 7y, 62% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $275,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $186,301 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLONG ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $35,026 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WINSTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $24,982 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $9,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $6,129 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION: $5,530 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEAST SIDE HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $4,290 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $4,172 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $3,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $1,033 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Justice Network Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION ON AGING IN NEW YORK: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDON INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPIC PLAYERS INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Laura Lemle Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laura Lemle Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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

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How do I get to Laura Lemle Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Laura Lemle Family 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 35 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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