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Lawrence a Neubauer Foundation at a glance

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Lawrence a Neubauer 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.

$312k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$886kArts & Culture$86kHealth$86kPublic Benefit$56kHuman Services$25kCivil Rights$13kPhilanthropy$13kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $123k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $173k
$12,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$110,000
NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$62,500
AMERICA VOTES EDUCATION FUND$37,500
MARY MCDOWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL$35,000
READ GLOBAL$25,000
HOPEWELL FUND$12,500
SD FOUNDATION$12,500
THE VOTER PROJECT FUND$6,250
ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION$3,600
SEEDS OF PEACE FOUNDATION$2,500
THE NY PUBLIC LIBRARY$2,500
RIPLEY WATERFOWL CONSERVANCY$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%READ GLOBAL: $25k → 10%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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$337k · 5 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
3

Total granted

$337k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+65%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthCivil RightsArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    3× · 2017–2022 · $163k · revenue +5%
  • NY
    New York Historical Society
    3× · 2018–2024 · $86k · revenue +8%
  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION
    3× · 2017–2024 · $56k · revenue +233%

Funded once

  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +116%
  • EB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +65%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +19%
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 American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
2
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
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
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
11
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
12
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Ripley 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

16 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. 16 of the 18 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $664,625 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKThe Trustees of Princeton University: $163,250 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University+2 more: $16,566 · EducationNew York Historical Society: $86,150 · Arts & CultureTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $56,100 · HealthMIRACLEFEET: $17,500 · HealthEB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INC: $12,500 · HealthAmerica Votes Education Fund: $37,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $12,500 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER PROJECT FUND: $6,250 · Civil RightsMARY MCDOWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL: $35,000 · OtherSEEDS OF PEACE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherRIPLEY INC: $2,500 · OtherRURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSD Foundation: $12,500 · PhilanthropyHOPEWELL FUND: $12,500 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $6,250 · International
Education$844,441Arts & Culture$86,150Health$86,100Civil Rights$56,250Other$40,000Human Services$25,000Philanthropy$25,000International$6,250

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $664,625 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $163,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $86,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $56,100 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAmerica Votes Education Fund: $37,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetMIRACLEFEET: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL: $14,066 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSD Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PROJECT FUND: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIPLEY INC: $2,500 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Neubauer Family F…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Neubauer Family Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Lawrence a Neubauer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawrence a Neubauer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 18 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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